Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Li Renxiao 李仁孝

Lǐ Rénxiào

First attested AD 1139; died AD 1193

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12
Chapters
2
Histories
1

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Li Renxiao was a ruler.

IdentityHistorical · Male

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Key source chapters

  1. History of Jin, Chapter 134 Volume 134 Biographies 72: Foreign Countries 1: Xixia 11 passages
  2. History of Jin, Chapter 50 Volume 50 Treatises 31: Finance and Economics 5: Monopoly Markets, State Purchase of Grain, Rice Fields, Agricultural Land Administration, Buying of Titles or Pardons With Grain and Selling of Ordination Certificates 1 passage

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History of Jin, Chapter 50Volume 50 Treatises 31: Finance and Economics 5: Monopoly Markets, State Purchase of Grain, Rice Fields, Agricultural Land Administration, Buying of Titles or Pardons With Grain and Selling of Ordination Certificates · 1 passage
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History of Jin, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 72: Foreign Countries 1: Xixia · 11 passages
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初，仁孝嗣位，其臣屢作亂，任得敬抗禦有功，遂相夏二十餘年，陰蓄異志，欲圖夏國，誣殺宗親大臣，其勢漸逼，仁孝不能制。 When Renxiao first succeeded, his ministers rebelled repeatedly; Ren Dejing distinguished himself in suppressing them and served as chief minister for more than twenty years. He secretly harbored ambitions against the state, executed imperial kinsmen and high officials on false charges, and grew so powerful that Renxiao could no longer restrain him.
乃卻其貢物，賜仁孝詔曰：「自我國家戡定中原，懷柔西土，始則畫疆于乃父，繼而錫命於爾躬，恩厚一方，年垂三紀，籓臣之禮既務踐修，先業所傳亦當固守。 Their tribute was refused, and an edict was sent to Renxiao: "Since Our dynasty pacified the Central Plain and embraced the western lands, we first drew your father's borders, then invested you personally. For nearly three decades we have shown you deep favor; you have diligently observed vassal rites, and the patrimony you inherited must be firmly upheld.
仁孝再以表上曰：「所進帳本非珍異，使人亦已到邊，若不蒙包納，則下國深誠無所展效，四方鄰國以為夏國不預大朝眷愛之數，將何所安。」 Renxiao submitted another memorial: "The tent presented is not especially rare, and our envoys have already reached the border. If it is not accepted, our lesser state has no way to express its sincerity, and neighboring states will think Xia no longer enjoys the Great Court's favor—how could we bear that?"