Yuan · Yuan Emperor

Renzong 仁宗

Rénzōng

Attested AD 1305 - AD 1311

Passages: 15
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Renzong was a Yuan Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1311 仁宗即位
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 35
AD 1305 大德九年
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passages 78-79
AD 1311 武宗崩
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passages 250, 253

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Sibling of Wuzong (武宗)
brothers 兄弟
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 137, passages 75, 250
Child of Empress Dowager of Sagely Benevolence and Abundant Sagacity (徽仁裕聖皇太后)
empress dowager 太后
Strongly inferred · History of Yuan 137, passages 75, 79

Career and standing

AD 1311 仁宗即位
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 35

Places and affiliations

Polity Id yuan · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 35

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Li Meng (李孟)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passages 56-58
Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Chahan (察罕)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passages 36, 253-254
Speech · Speaker
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 37

Events and relationships

Accompanied empress dowager to Huai and Yunzhong
Travel · Attendant · With Empress Dowager of Sagely Benevolence and Abundant Sagacity (徽仁裕聖皇太后)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 79
Bestowed surname Bai on Chahan
Court · Patron · With Chahan (察罕)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 59
Grieved Wuzong death
Personal · Mourner · With Wuzong (武宗)
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 250
Ordered Nangatai and Chahan to command Right Guard
Administrative · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passage 257
Ordered translations
Court · Patron
Directly stated · History of Yuan 137, passages 49-51

References in the histories

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History

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History of Yuan, Chapter 137Volume 137 Biographies 24: Chahan, Qushu, Alihaiya, Yihediyaerding, Tuoliehaiya · 15 passages

仁宗即位，拜中書參知政事，但緫持綱維，不屑細務，識者謂得大臣體。 When Renzong ascended the throne, Chahan was made associate grand councillor of the Central Secretariat. He held to the broad outlines of policy and disdained petty detail, and observers said he had the bearing of a true statesman.

帝嘗賜枸杞酒，曰：「以益卿壽。」 The emperor once gave him wolfberry wine, saying: "To add years to your life."

嘗入見，帝望見曰：「白雲先生來也。」 Once when he came to audience, the emperor caught sight of him and said: "Master White Cloud has arrived."

帝嘗問張良何如人，對曰：「佐高帝，興漢，功成身退，賢者也。」 The emperor once asked what manner of man Zhang Liang had been; he answered: "He aided the High Emperor, raised Han to power, and withdrew once his work was done—a man of true merit."

帝歎息良久曰：「察罕博學如此邪。」 The emperor sighed at length and said: "Chahan's learning runs this deep!"

帝大悅，詔繕寫遍賜左右。 The emperor was delighted and ordered copies made and distributed throughout the court.

嘗以病請告，暨還朝，帝御萬歲山圓殿，與平章李孟入謝。 Once, after requesting sick leave, he returned to court; the emperor received audience in the round hall on Longevity Mountain, and Chahan entered with Grand Councillor Li Meng to give thanks.

帝曰：「白雲病愈邪？」 The emperor said: "Has Master White Cloud recovered?"

武宗崩，仁宗哀慟不已。 When Wuzong died, Renzong grieved without cease.

天下重器懸於殿下，縱自苦，如宗廟、太后何？」 The great charge of empire rests upon Your Highness; if you afflict yourself, what becomes of the ancestral temples and the empress dowager?"

仁宗輟泣曰：「曩者大喪必命浮屠，何益？ Renzong restrained his tears and said: "At past imperial funerals Buddhist monks were always summoned—what good did it do?

殿下行之幸甚。」 If Your Highness does the same, it would be a great blessing."

東宮故有左右衞兵，命囊加台、察罕總右衞，且令審擇官屬。 The Eastern Palace already had left and right guard troops. Renzong ordered Nangatai and Chahan to command the Right Guard and directed them to select their staff with care.

仁宗幼時，以曲樞可任保傅，左右擁翼。 In Renzong's youth Qushu was judged fit to serve as guardian and tutor and attended him closely on either hand.

仁宗侍皇太后之國于懷，未幾，復之雲中，連年奔走不暇。 Renzong accompanied the empress dowager to her fief in Huai; before long they were back in Yunzhong, and for years they were constantly on the move without respite.