Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Shizong 世宗

Shizong

Attested AD 1161 - AD 1189

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Emperor Shizong was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

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  • Adopted Song provincial inspection return ritual with yellow banner guard
    AD 1166 大定六年 · Ritual · Adopter · Mode quotation Source Work memorial of the Department of State Affairs 尚書省奏
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 107
  • Personally performed suburban sacrifice
    AD 1161 to AD 1189 世宗親行郊祀 · Ritual · Officiant · Mode quotation Source Work memorial of provincial ministers 省臣奏
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 111
  • Returned from Western Capital to the capital
    AD 1166 大定六年 · Travel · Traveler · At Western Capital 西京 · Mode quotation Source Work memorial of the Department of State Affairs 尚書省奏
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 107

Source notes

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 42Volume 42 Treatises 23: Ceremonial Guards 2: Guards for the Emperor, Guards for the Empress Dowager, Guards for the Crown Prince, Attendants for Princes, Guides for Imperial Concubines, Ceremonial Attendants for Officials · 2 passages
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章宗明昌五年六月，尚書省奏：「大定六年，世宗自西京還都，采宋省方還京之儀，用黃麾仗二千人、及金玉輅、栲栳隊甲騎五百人、導駕官四十二員，自後遂不復用。 In the sixth month of Mingchang 5 (1194), the Department of State Affairs memorialized, "In Dading 6, when Emperor Shizong returned from the Western Capital, he adopted the Song ritual for a provincial inspection's return to the capital, employing a yellow-banner guard of two thousand men together with the jade and golden carriages, five hundred armored horsemen of the wickerwork company, and forty-two imperial escort officers; thereafter this formation was not used again.