Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Zhenzong as a ruler. This record brings together 13 passages from 7 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Zhenzong | 宋真宗 | Song Zhenzong |
| Title | Emperor | 皇帝 | Huangdi |
| Title | Emperor Zhenzong | 宋真宗 | Song Zhenzong |
| Title | Emperor Zhenzong | 真宗 | |
| Temple | Emperor Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhenzong |
| Temple name | Emperor Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhenzong |
| Temple | Emperor Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhēnzōng |
| Temple | Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhenzong |
| Temple name | Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhēnzōng |
| Temple | Zhenzong | 真宗 | |
| Temple name | Zhenzong | 真宗 | Zhenzong |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · houhanshu:001:s0016, songshi:076:s0010, songshi:107:s0009, songshi:112:s0011, songshi:118:s0161
- Sex: maleExplicit · songshi:110:s0106, songshi:144:s0024
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: testamentary instructions issued · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 乾興元年 · Western Year: AD 1022Explicit · songshi:110:s0106
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 乾興元年 · Western Year: AD 1022Explicit · songshi:110:s0106
- Source Date: Text: 北宋真宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 997 · End: AD 1022Explicit · houhanshu:001:s0016
- Source Date: Text: 大中祥符三年 · Western Year: AD 1010Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0025
- Source Date: Text: 大中祥符元年 · Western Year: AD 1008Explicit · songshi:112:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 天禧二年四月 · Western Year: AD 1018Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 天禧初 · Western Year: AD 1017Explicit · songshi:112:s0158
- Source Date: Text: 景德二年 · Western Year: AD 1005Explicit · songshi:112:s0015
- Source Date: Text: 真宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 997 · End: AD 1022Strongly inferred · songshi:112:s0011
- Source Date: Text: 真宗咸平二年八月 · Western Year: AD 999Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0009
- Source Date: Text: 真宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 997 · End: AD 1022Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0024
- Source Date: Text: 真宗祥符初 · Western Year: AD 1008Explicit · songshi:076:s0010
- Source Date: Text: 祥符故事 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1008 · End: AD 1016Explicit event contextual date · songshi:118:s0160, songshi:118:s0161
- Source Date: Text: 至道三年四月 · Western Year: AD 997Explicit · songshi:110:s0105
Family
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- Spouse of Empress Zhangyi (章懿)Kinship Term: empress / 後 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband
- Spouse of Empress Liu (劉氏)Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
- Spouse of Empress Zhanghuai (章懷)Kinship Term: original consort / 元配 · Union Category: primary-marriage · Subject Role: wife · Object Role: husband · Relationship State: ended
- Parent of Prince attended by Zhang Shixun (王)Kinship Term: prince / 王 · Parentage: biological · Line: paternal
- Spouse of Pure Consort Yang (淑妃楊氏)Kinship Term: pure consort / 淑妃 · Union Category: concubinage
- Child of Emperor Taizong (太宗)Kinship Term: Zhenzong / 真宗 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Career and standing
- Label: emperor / 皇帝Explicit · houhanshu:001:s0016
Places and affiliations
- Label: Song / 宋 · Relation: ruledExplicit · songshi:107:s0009
- Label: Song / 宋 · Relation: servedStrongly inferred · songshi:118:s0161
- Polity: Northern Song / 北宋 · Relation: ruledExplicit · houhanshu:001:s0016
- Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: ruled
Events and relationships
- Kind: ritual · Role: ruler · Action: added-surrounding-inner-guardsExplicit · songshi:144:s0024
- Kind: administrative · Role: authority · Action: appointed-Zhang-Shixun-as-prince-friend-and-ordered-return-bowExplicit · songshi:118:s0161
- Kind: ritual · Role: honoree · Action: birthday-festival-established · Label: Chengtian Festival / 承天節Explicit · songshi:112:s0011
- Kind: ritual · Role: initiator · Action: established-celebratory-holidaysExplicit · songshi:112:s0149, songshi:112:s0150
- Kind: scholarly · Role: reigning-emperor · Action: houhanshu-and-xu-han-shu-treatises-combined-during-reign · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 北宋真宗時 · Western Interval: Start: AD 997 · End: AD 1022Explicit · houhanshu:001:s0016
- Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: issued-escort-diagram · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 大中祥符三年 · Western Year: AD 1010Explicit · songshi:144:s0025
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · houhanshu:001:s0016
References in the histories
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