Song, Liao, and Jin · Vice Grand Councilor

Sheng Du 盛度

Attested AD 1035

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Sheng Du was a Vice Grand Councilor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1035 景祐二年
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 98, passages 100, 102

Career and standing

Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs 知樞密院
AD 1035 景祐二年 · Appointed
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 102
Vice Grand Councilor 參知政事
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 102
Entered
Exempted from sacrifice · Reason appointment to know the Bureau of Military Affairs after receiving abstention
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 102

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Song 98, passage 102

Events and relationships

Undertook abstention then could not offer
AD 1035 景祐二年 · Ritual · Intended surrogate offerer · Rite Grand Temple offering 享太廟 · Outcome Appointed to Bureau of Military Affairs and did not perform the sacrifice 除知樞密院，乃不奉祠
Directly stated · History of Song 98, passage 102

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 98Volume 98 Treatises 51: Rites 1 · 1 passage

於是參知政事盛度，享太廟已受誓戒，除知樞密院，乃不奉祠。 Vice Grand Councilor Sheng Du had already undertaken abstention for the Grand Temple offering when he was appointed to the Bureau of Military Affairs and therefore could not perform the sacrifice.