Emperor Renzong (仁宗)

Overview

Emperor Renzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1022 仁宗立
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passage 243
AD 1051 皇祐三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 248, passages 273-274

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Zhenzong (真宗)
late emperor 先帝
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 26

Career and standing

AD 1022 仁宗立
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 243

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Associated with
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 243

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passages 26, 29

Events and relationships

Dispatched palace eunuchs to mobilize county patrols to escort her carriage
Travel · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 18
Escorted physicians to her mansion and later licked her afflicted eyes
Medical · Visitor
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passages 25-26
Mourned at her residence in person and suspended court for five days
AD 1051 皇祐三年 · Ritual · Mourner
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 274
Personally tried to pin flowers in her hair at a palace banquet
Ritual · Host
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 20
Sent a eunuch to punish her attendants; they were spared after her plea
Legal · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passages 21-22

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 243

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 7: Princesses, Dachang Princess of the State of Qin, Six Daughters of Taizu, Two Daughters of Zhenzong, Thirteen Daughters of Renzong, Four Daughters of Yingzong, Ten Daughters of Shenzong, Four Daughters of Zhezong, Thirty Three Daughters of Huizong, Two Daughters of Xiaozong, Three Daughters of Guangzong, Daughter of Weihui Xianwang, Daughter of Ningzong, Daughter of Lizong · 8 passages

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仁宗立，進鄧國大長公主。 When Emperor Renzong took the throne, she was raised to Grand Princess of Deng.

帝聞，遽命內侍督諸縣邏兵以衛主車。 On hearing of this, the emperor at once dispatched palace eunuchs to mobilize county patrol forces along her route to escort her carriage.

嘗燕禁中，帝親為簪花，辭曰：「自誓不復為此久矣。」 At a palace banquet the emperor himself tried to pin flowers in her hair; she refused, saying, "I swore long ago that I would never do this again."

嘗因浴僕地，傷右肱，帝遣內侍責侍者，主曰：「早衰力弱，不任步趨，非左右之過。」 On another occasion she slipped while bathing and fell to the ground, hurting her right arm. The emperor sent a eunuch to punish her attendants, but she said, "My strength has failed early; I can scarcely walk—this is no fault of those around me."

及病目，帝挾醫診視，自后妃以下皆至第候問。 When her eyes failed, the emperor himself escorted physicians to her mansion; from the empress and consorts down, the entire inner court came to inquire after her health.

帝親舐其目，左右皆感泣，帝亦悲慟曰：「先帝伯仲之籍十有四人，今獨存大主，奈何嬰斯疾！」 The emperor licked her afflicted eyes himself; everyone present wept, and he lamented, "Of the fourteen brothers and sisters recorded in my father's line, only the Grand Princess survives—how can she be stricken with this disease!"

帝因謂從臣曰：「大主之疾，倘可移於朕，亦所不避也。」 The emperor then told his attendants, "If the Grand Princess's illness could be shifted onto me, I would not hesitate to take it."

帝臨奠，輟視朝五日。 The emperor mourned at her residence in person and suspended court for five days.