Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Grand Ancestor 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 1206 - AD 1227

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Grand Ancestor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1206 to AD 1227 自太祖、太宗，滅夏剪金
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 98, passage 244

Places and affiliations

Polity Mongol empire 蒙古 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 98, passages 243-244

Events and relationships

Destroyed Xia and advanced on Jin
AD 1206 to AD 1227 自太祖、太宗，滅夏剪金 · Military · Commander · At Central Plain 中土
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passage 244

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Yuan 98, passage 244

References in the histories

History of Yuan, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Military 1 · 1 passage

雖其兵制簡略，然自太祖、太宗，滅夏剪金，霆轟風飛，奄有中土，兵力可謂雄勁者矣。 Though its military institutions were simple, from the campaigns of the Grand Ancestor and Taizong—destroying Western Xia, overthrowing Jin, sweeping forward like thunder and wind—the dynasty seized the Central Plain; its forces were truly formidable.