Emperor Zhezong (哲宗)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Zhezong as a ruler. This record brings together 13 passages from 5 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor Zhezong	哲宗	Zhezong
Title	Emperor	帝
Temple	Emperor Zhezong	哲宗	Zhézōng
Temple name	Emperor Zhezong of Song	哲宗	Zhezong
Title	Your Majesty	陛下
Temple	Zhezong	哲宗	Zhezong
Temple name	Zhezong	哲宗	Zhezong

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:107:s0159, songshi:112:s0040, songshi:118:s0070
Sex: male
Explicit · songshi:110:s0124, songshi:144:s0119

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Birth

Day Of Month: 7 · Note: festival observed one day later
Explicit · songshi:112:s0042

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 元祐中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1086 · End: AD 1094
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:118:s0067, songshi:118:s0070
Source Date: Text: 元祐元年 · Western Year: AD 1086
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0210
Source Date: Text: 哲宗即位 · Western Year: AD 1085
Explicit · songshi:110:s0124
Source Date: Text: 哲宗即位 · Western Year: AD 1085
Strongly inferred · songshi:112:s0040
Source Date: Text: 紹聖二年 · Western Year: AD 1095
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0119
Source Date: Text: 紹聖元年 · Western Year: AD 1094
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0216
Source Date: Text: 紹聖初 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1094 · End: AD 1098
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:118:s0072, songshi:118:s0080
Source Date: Text: 紹興五年 · Western Year: AD 1135
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0159

Family

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Child of Empress Dowager Gao (高氏)
Kinship Term: grandmother / 祖母 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: grandmother · Object Role: grandson · Generation Distance: 2
Spouse of Empress Yuanfu (元符皇后)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: marriage · Subject Role: empress · Object Role: emperor · Relationship State: active
Spouse of Empress Xiang (向氏)
Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage
Child of Emperor Shenzong (神宗)
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Kin of Great Empress Dowager (太皇太后)
Kinship Term: grand empress dowager / 太皇太后 · Subject Role: grand-empress-dowager · Object Role: emperor
Spouse of Virtuous Consort Zhu (德妃朱氏)
Kinship Term: virtuous consort / 德妃 · Union Category: concubinage
Descendant of Emperor Xizu (僖祖)
Kinship Term: Xizu / 僖祖 · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Date Context: Source Date: Text: 元祐元年 · Western Year: AD 1086
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:144:s0210
Date Context: Source Date: Text: 哲宗即位 · Western Year: AD 1085
Explicit · songshi:112:s0040

Places and affiliations

Label: Song / 宋 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · songshi:118:s0070
Polity: Song / 宋 · Relation: ruled
Explicit · songshi:112:s0040, songshi:144:s0119

Works and attributed material

Kind: speech · Role: speaker · Quoted: true
Explicit · songshi:118:s0070

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: honoree · Action: birthday-festival-established · Label: Xinglong Festival / 興龍節
Explicit · songshi:112:s0041, songshi:112:s0042
Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: reorganized-tour-escorts · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 紹聖二年 · Western Year: AD 1095
Explicit · songshi:144:s0119

Source notes

Statement: Actually born on the seventh day; festival moved one day later to avoid Xizu taboo anniversary · Related Person Id: Emperor Xizu (僖祖)
Explicit · songshi:112:s0042