Emperor Xuanzong of Jin (金宣宗)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Xuanzong of Jin as a ruler. This record brings together 7 passages from 3 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Xuanzong of Jin	金宣宗	Jīn Xuānzōng
Temple name	Emperor Xuanzong	宣宗
Temple name	Xuanzong	宣宗	Xuānzōng
Temple	Xuanzong	宣宗	Xuānzōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · jinshi:013:s0213, jinshi:045:s0028
Sex: male
Strongly inferred · jinshi:035:s0050

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 興定元年八月 · Lunar Month: 8 · Western Year: AD 1217
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:045:s0215
Source Date: Text: 宣宗遷汴 · Western Year: AD 1214
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Source Date: Text: 至寧元年九月 · Western Year: AD 1213
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:013:s0213
Source Date: Text: 貞祐三年 · Western Year: AD 1215
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:045:s0210
Source Date: Text: 貞祐四年 · Western Year: AD 1216
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:045:s0211
Source Date: Text: 章宗、宣宗嘗親民事 · Western Year: AD 1213
Explicit event contextual date · jinshi:045:s0028

Places and affiliations

Polity: Jin / 金 · Relation: ruled
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Polity: Jin / 金 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · jinshi:035:s0050
Place: Bian / 汴 · Relation: moved-capital-to · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宣宗遷汴 · Western Year: AD 1214
Explicit · jinshi:035:s0050

Works and attributed material

Kind: edict · Role: author
Explicit · jinshi:045:s0211, jinshi:045:s0214
Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Explicit · jinshi:045:s0210, jinshi:045:s0215, jinshi:045:s0217

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · jinshi:013:s0213

References in the histories

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History of Jin, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Wei Shaowang · 4 passages

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九月甲辰，宣宗即位。 In the ninth month, on jiachen, Emperor Xuanzong took the throne.

胡沙虎固執前議，宣宗不得已，乃降封東海郡侯。 Hushahu held to his earlier proposal; Emperor Xuanzong, having no choice, demoted him to Marquis of Donghai.

宣宗乃下詔削其官爵。 Emperor Xuanzong then issued an edict stripping him of rank and title.

《章宗實錄》詳其前事，《宜宗實錄》詳其後事。 The Veritable Record of Zhangzong treats the earlier reign; the Veritable Record of Xuanzong treats what followed.

History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 2 passages

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宣宗遷汴，建廟會朝門內，歲祀如儀，宣聖、顏、孟各羊一、豕一，餘同小祀，共用羊八，無豕。 When Emperor Xuanzong moved the capital to Bian, a temple was built inside the Gate of Assembly, and annual sacrifices followed the established regulations. Confucius, Yan Hui, and Mencius each received one sheep and one pig; the remainder followed the minor sacrifice format, eight sheep in all and no pigs.

宣宗遷汴，餘會朝門內闕庭之右營廟如制，春秋上戊之祭仍舊。 When Emperor Xuanzong moved to Bian, a temple was built to the right of the palace courtyard inside the Gate of Assembly as prescribed; the spring and autumn upper-wu sacrifices continued as before.

History of Jin, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 26: Punishment · 1 passage

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章宗、宣宗嘗親民事，當寧裁決，寬猛出入雖時或過中，跡其矜恕之多，猶有祖風焉。 Emperors Zhangzong and Xuanzong sometimes took civil cases in hand themselves, rendering judgment from the throne; though their leniency and severity occasionally overshot the mark, the record of their compassion and clemency still bore traces of their forebears' style.