Dates uncertain · Ruler

Emperor Taizu of Song 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 959 - AD 968

Passages: 10
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Taizu of Song was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 968 乾德六年
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 36, 39
AD 960 太祖即位
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 50, 52
AD 960 太祖親征李筠
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 30-31
AD 961 建隆二年
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 34
AD 963 是冬，卒
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 65
AD 959 顯德末
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 63

Career and standing

commander of the palace guard 殿前都點檢
AD 959 顯德末 · Held
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 63
AD 960 太祖即位
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 50

Places and affiliations

AD 960 宋初
Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 29, 50
Polity Later Zhou 周室 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 37, 63

Works and attributed material

Address · Speaker · With Murong Yanzhao (慕容延釗) · Form elder brother
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 64

Events and relationships

Farewell feast
AD 961 建隆二年 · Ritual · Host · With Han Lingkun (韓令坤)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 34
Held victory banquet
AD 960 太祖親征李筠 · Ritual · Host · At Hall of Reverence for Worthies and Martial Instruction 禮賢講武殿
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 31
Mourned in plain dress
AD 968 乾德六年 · Ritual · Mourner · At Martial Instruction Hall 講武殿 · With Han Lingkun (韓令坤)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 36
Personally campaigned against
AD 960 太祖親征李筠 · Military · Commander · With Li Jun (李筠)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 30
Sealed and sent medicine
Personal · Donor · With Murong Yanzhao (慕容延釗)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 65
Sent envoys authorizing discretion
AD 960 太祖即位 · Diplomatic · Sovereign · With Murong Yanzhao (慕容延釗) · At Zhending 真定
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 50

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Wept at death
Ritual · Mourner · With Murong Yanzhao (慕容延釗)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 65
Relation Intimate friend of · Person Han Lingkun (韓令坤)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 37
Relation Treated as elder brother · Person Murong Yanzhao (慕容延釗)
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passages 63-64

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deeply mourned Lingkun's death · With Han Lingkun (韓令坤) · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 251, passage 39

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 251Volume 251 Biographies 10: Han Lingkun, Murong Yanzhao, Fu Yanqing · 10 passages

太祖親征李筠，詔令坤率兵屯河陽。 When the founder personally campaigned against Li Jun, an edict ordered Lingkun to lead troops and encamp at Heyang.

及澤、潞平，還京，錫宴令坤等於禮賢講武殿，賜襲衣、器幣、鞍勒馬有差，以功加兼侍中。 After Ze and Lu were pacified, the founder returned to the capital and held a banquet for Lingkun and the others in the Hall of Reverence for Worthies and Martial Instruction, bestowing ceremonial robes, vessels, silks, saddles, bridles, and horses in varying amounts. For his service Lingkun was additionally made chief minister.

將赴鎮，上於別殿置酒餞之，因勖其為治。 As he was about to leave for his post, the emperor held a farewell feast for him in a side hall and urged him to govern well.

太祖素服發哀於講武殿，錄其子慶朝為閑廄使，慶雄為閑廄副使。 The founder, dressed in plain mourning, expressed his grief at the Martial Instruction Hall and appointed Lingkun's sons Qingchao as commissioner of the imperial stud and Qingxiong as vice commissioner.

令坤有才略，識治道，與太祖同事周室，情好親密。 Lingkun was talented and resourceful, understood the art of governance, and had served the Zhou court alongside the founder; the two were on close and affectionate terms.

聞其卒，甚悼惜之。 When he heard of Lingkun's death, the founder deeply mourned and regretted the loss.

太祖即位，延釗方握重兵屯真定，帝遣使諭旨，許以便宜從事。 When the founder took the throne, Yanzhao was holding substantial military power and was encamped at Zhending. The emperor sent envoys to convey his wishes and authorized him to act at his discretion.

太祖嘉之，加殿前都點檢、同中書門下三品，避其父名故也。 The founder commended them, granting Yanzhao the additional posts of commander-in-chief of the palace guard and third-rank co-director of the Chancellery — the latter title was used to avoid the character in his father's name.

初，延釗與太祖友善，顯德末，太祖任殿前都點檢，延釗為副，常兄事延釗； Yanzhao and the founder had long been on friendly terms. At the end of the Xiande era, when the founder served as commander of the palace guard with Yanzhao as his deputy, the founder always treated Yanzhao as an elder brother;

洎寢疾，御封藥以賜，聞其卒，慟哭久之。 When Yanzhao fell gravely ill, the emperor personally sealed medicine and sent it to him. When he heard of Yanzhao's death, he wept bitterly for a long time.