Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Taizong 太宗

Taizong

Attested AD 1059

Passages
5
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Taizong as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Emperor Taizong 太宗 Taizong
Temple Taizong 太宗 Taizong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 嘉祐四年十月 · Western Year: AD 1059
    Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0039

Family

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  • Spouse of Empress Yuande (元德)
    Kinship Term: empress / 後 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
  • Spouse of Empress Shude (淑德)
    Kinship Term: original consort / 元配 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: ended
  • Sibling of Emperor Taizu (太祖)
    Kinship Term: Taizong / 太宗 · Shared Parentage: uncertain · Subject Relative Age: younger
  • Parent of Emperor Zhenzong (宋真宗)
    Kinship Term: Zhenzong / 真宗 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 5 passages