Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Taizu of Jin 金太祖

Jin Taizu

Attested AD 1115 - AD 1123

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Taizu of Jin was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1115 to AD 1123 太祖命
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 134, passage 25

Family

Kin of Emperor Taizong of Jin (金太宗)
succeeded the throne 纂紹
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 134, passage 27

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 134, passage 25

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 72: Foreign Countries 1: Xixia · 3 passages

蓋宗望以太祖命與之通書，而宗翰以便宜割地議和雲。 Zongwang had exchanged letters with Xia under the founding emperor's orders; Zonghan had ceded territory at his own discretion to conclude the peace.

太宗使王阿海、楊天吉往賜誓詔曰：「維天會二年歲次甲辰，閏三月戊寅朔，皇帝賜誓詔于夏國王乾順：先皇帝誕膺駿命，肇啟鴻圖，而卿國據夏台，境連遼右，以效力於昏主，致結釁于王師。 Emperor Taizong sent Wang Ahai and Yang Tianji to deliver the sworn edict: "In Tianhui 2, year jiachen, on the first day of the intercalary third month, the Emperor bestows this sworn edict upon Xia King Qianshun: The late emperor received Heaven's mandate and founded our great enterprise, yet your state holds Xia Terrace on Liao's western border, serving a deluded sovereign and thereby drawing Our armies into war.

先皇帝以謂忠於所事，務施恩而釋過，迨眇躬之纂紹，仰遺訓以遵行，卿乃深念前非，樂從內附，飭使軺而奉貢，效臣節以稱籓。 The late emperor judged that loyalty to one's sovereign deserved mercy; now that I have succeeded the throne I follow his testament. You have deeply repented your past errors, willingly submitted, sent envoys with tribute, and accepted vassal status with full ministerial devotion.