Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Zhangzong 章宗

Zhangzong

Attested AD 1194 - AD 1208

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1
Histories
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Emperor Zhangzong was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male
RolesRuler

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  • Approved revival of Dading 6 yellow banner formation
    AD 1194 章宗明昌五年六月 · Political · Approver
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 109
  • Approved suburban guard numbers
    AD 1196 承安元年 · Political · Approver
    Strongly inferred · History of Jin 42, passage 113
  • Di sacrifice at Grand Ancestral Temple
    AD 1208 八年四月 · Ritual · Officiant · At Grand Ancestral Temple 太廟
    Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 42, passage 118
  • Imperial carriage visited Jingming Palace
    AD 1194 章宗明昌五年六月 · Ritual · Subject · At Jingming Palace 景明宮
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 108
  • Ordered further deliberation
    AD 1206 泰和六年 · Administrative · Issuer
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 117
  • Ordered offices to calculate labor costs
    AD 1206 泰和六年 · Administrative · Issuer
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 114
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  • Wished to perform joint ancestral sacrifice in person
    AD 1206 泰和六年 · Ritual · Intending officiant
    Directly stated · History of Jin 42, passage 114

Source notes

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 42Volume 42 Treatises 23: Ceremonial Guards 2: Guards for the Emperor, Guards for the Empress Dowager, Guards for the Crown Prince, Attendants for Princes, Guides for Imperial Concubines, Ceremonial Attendants for Officials · 4 passages
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章宗明昌五年六月，尚書省奏：「大定六年，世宗自西京還都，采宋省方還京之儀，用黃麾仗二千人、及金玉輅、栲栳隊甲騎五百人、導駕官四十二員，自後遂不復用。 In the sixth month of Mingchang 5 (1194), the Department of State Affairs memorialized, "In Dading 6, when Emperor Shizong returned from the Western Capital, he adopted the Song ritual for a provincial inspection's return to the capital, employing a yellow-banner guard of two thousand men together with the jade and golden carriages, five hundred armored horsemen of the wickerwork company, and forty-two imperial escort officers; thereafter this formation was not used again.