Emperor Shizong of Jin (金世宗)

Overview

Emperor Shizong of Jin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1163 大定三年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passage 200
AD 1169 大定九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passages 202, 205-206, 211
AD 1162 大定二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passage 199
AD 1171 大定十一年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passage 214
AD 1179 大定十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passage 218
AD 1170 大定十年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 54, passage 212

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 199, 202

Works and attributed material

AD 1169 大定九年
Speech · Speaker · With Wei Ziping (魏子平)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 206-210
AD 1169 大定九年
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 202-204
AD 1171 大定十一年
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 214-217
AD 1170 大定十年
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 212-213

Events and relationships

Fixed recommendation rewards and penalties
AD 1163 大定三年 · Policy · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 200-201
Halted circuit petitions for recommendation
AD 1179 大定十九年 · Administrative · Decision maker
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 218
Ordered recommendations
AD 1162 大定二年 · Edict · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 199
Relation Ruler of official · Person Wei Ziping (魏子平)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 205-206
Relation Ruler of official · Person Heishilie Liangbi (紇石列良弼)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 211

Assessments and attributes

Assessment sought loyal and honest officials to share governance · Mode self-report Speaker Emperor Shizong of Jin (金世宗)
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passage 202

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 54, passages 199, 202

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 35: Selection of Officials 4: Ministry Selection, Provincial Selection, Honest Inspectors, Recommendations, Compensation for Achievements and Perpetual Faults · 5 passages

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九年，上曰：「朕思得忠廉之臣，與之共治，故嘗命五品以上各舉所知，於今數年矣！ In the ninth year the Emperor said: "I want loyal and honest officials to help me govern; I once ordered fifth-rank officials and above to recommend people they knew—and years have passed!

上曰：「一任舉一人，則人材或難，恐涉於濫。 The Emperor replied: "Requiring one recommendation per term would strain the supply of talent and invite indiscriminate nominations.

十年，上曰：「舉人之法，若定三品官當舉幾人，是使小官皆諂媚於上也。 In the tenth year the Emperor said: "Fixing how many nominees each third-rank official must submit would only make junior officials flatter their superiors.

十一年，上謂宰臣曰：「昨觀貼黃，五品以下官多闕，而難於得人。 In the eleventh year he told his chief ministers: "Yesterday's memorial showed many vacancies below the fifth rank, yet good candidates are hard to find.

十九年，時朝廷既取民所譽望之官而升遷之，後，上以隨路之民赴都舉請者，往往無廉能之實，多為所使而來沽名者，不須舉行。 In the nineteenth year, after the court had already promoted officials praised by the populace, the Emperor found that petitioners from the circuits who came to the capital often lacked real integrity and ability—many were merely agents seeking fame—and such petitions were no longer to be acted upon.