Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Gaozong 高宗

First attested AD 1127; died AD 1187

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gaozong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1187 高宗崩
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 209

Attested activity

AD 1127 to AD 1187 高宗
Strongly inferred · History of Song 436, passages 215, 220
AD 1187 高宗崩
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 209

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Xiaozong (孝宗)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Song 436, passage 215

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 209

Events and relationships

Enshrined in ancestral temple
Ritual · Deceased
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 216
Jin sent curt mourning envoy
Diplomatic · Deceased
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passages 209, 222

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 436, passage 209

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 195: Confucian Scholars 6: Chen Liang, Zheng Qiaolinting, Li Daochuan · 4 passages

高宗崩，金遣使來弔，簡慢。 After Gaozong's death the Jin dispatched mourners who were curt and disrespectful.

高宗皇帝春秋既高，陛下不欲大舉，驚動慈顏，抑心俯首，以致色養，聖孝之盛，書冊之所未有也。 Gaozong was old; unwilling to shock him with war, you bowed your will and bent your head to comfort him in retirement—a filial devotion books have never matched.

今者高宗既已祔廟，天下之英雄豪傑皆仰首以觀陛下之舉動，陛下其忍使二十年間所以作天下之氣者，一旦而復索然乎？ Now that Gaozong rests in the temple, heroes everywhere watch your next step—will you let the spirit you raised for twenty years collapse in a day?

高宗與金有父兄之仇，生不能以報之，則死必有望於子孫，何忍以升遐之哀告諸仇哉！ Gaozong's feud with Jin was a father's and elder brother's wrong; living, he could not avenge it—dying, he surely hoped his sons would. How could you tell that grief to the enemy?