Grand Preceptor (太師)

Overview

Grand Preceptor was an official.

PeriodSong, Liao, and Jin

IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1115 to AD 1234 冊皇太后儀
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 195

Career and standing

Grand Preceptor 太師
Held
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passage 195

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 37, passage 195

Works and attributed material

Memorial · Speaker · Direct quotation · Addressed to Empress Dowager (皇太后)
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 195-196

Events and relationships

Presented congratulatory memorial then returned to formation
Ritual · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Jin 37, passages 195-197

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 37Volume 37 Treatises 18: Rites 10: Ceremony for Conferring Title of Empress; Ceremony for Reverence to Empress Dowager; Ceremony for Conferring Title of Crown Prince; Ceremony for Birth of a Crown Prince; Ceremony for Crown Prince to Receive Officials · 1 passage

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通事舍人引太師詣西階升，俯伏，跪奏稱：「文武百僚具官臣某等稽首言，皇太后殿下顯對冊儀，永安帝養。 Protocol secretaries led the Grand Preceptor up the western steps to prostrate himself, kneel, and report: "The civil and military officials, officers of record, your subjects [names], bow the head and state: under the empress dowager's exalted reception of the investiture book, may the emperor's nurture be forever secure.