Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Emperor Zhezong 哲宗

Zhezong

Attested AD 1085 - AD 1100

Passages: 8
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhezong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1085 to AD 1100 哲宗
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 231

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Shenzong (神宗)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 233, 237

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 231

Events and relationships

Proposed ninth chamber enshrinement
AD 1100 元符三年 · Ritual · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 106, passage 231
Tablet installed in flanking chamber
AD 1100 元符三年六月 · Ritual · Honoree · At east flanking chamber 東夾室
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 106, passages 243, 248
Relation Successor of · Person Emperor Shenzong (神宗)
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 233

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History

8 passages

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 8 passages

元符三年，禮部太常寺言：「哲宗升祔，宜如晉成帝故事，於太廟殿增一室，候祔廟日，神主祔第九室。」 In 1100, the Ministry of Rites and Court of Imperial Sacrifices proposed: "Zhezong's elevation and enshrinement should follow Emperor Cheng of Jin's precedent—add one chamber to the temple hall and install the tablet in the ninth chamber on the enshrinement day."

蔡京議：「以哲宗嗣神宗大統，父子相承，自當為世。 Cai Jing argued: "Zhezong succeeded Shenzong's great succession; father and son continued in line—they naturally constitute one generation.

今若不祧遠祖，不以哲宗為世，則三昭四穆與太祖之廟而八。 If we do not move the remote ancestor to distant-line status and do not count Zhezong as a generation, there will be three zhao, four mu, and the Grand Ancestor's temple—eight in all.

今哲宗於神宗，父子也，如禮官議，則廟中當有八世。 Zhezong and Shenzong are father and son; if we follow the ritual officials' proposal, the temple should have eight generations.

哲宗祔廟，當以神宗為昭，上遷宣祖，以合古三昭三穆之義。」 When Zhezong is enshrined, Shenzong should be zhao and Xuanzu moved upward—in accord with three zhao and three mu."

六月，禮部請用太廟東夾室奉安哲宗神主。 In the sixth month, the Ministry of Rites proposed using the ancestral temple's east flanking chamber to install Zhezong's spirit tablet.

太常少卿孫傑言：「先帝神主，錯之夾室，即是不得祔於正廟，與前詔增建一室之議不同。 Vice Director Sun Jie of Imperial Sacrifices argued: "Placing the late emperor's tablet in a flanking chamber means he cannot be enshrined in the main temple—contrary to the earlier edict to add a chamber.

詔依初旨行之，乃祔哲宗神主於夾室。 An edict ordered following the original intent; Zhezong's spirit tablet was enshrined in a flanking chamber.