Song, Liao, and Jin · Emperor

Shengzong 聖宗

First attested AD 983; died AD 1031

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Shengzong was an emperor.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1031 帝崩
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passages 107, 133

Attested activity

AD 983 統和元年
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passages 220, 226
AD 1001 統和十九年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 71, passages 95, 97
AD 1031 帝崩
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passages 107, 133
AD 1016 開泰五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 71, passage 104

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Qin'ai (欽哀皇后)
empress 皇后 · Secondary marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passages 104, 123
Spouse of Empress Rendé (仁德皇后)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 95
Parent of Xingzong (興宗)
imperial son 皇子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passages 104, 110
Child of Empress Ruizhi (睿智皇后)
son 子
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 226

Career and standing

Entered
AD 1031 帝大漸 · Gravely ill
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 71, passage 105

Places and affiliations

Polity Id liao · Relation Member of
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 95

Assessments and attributes

Assessment hailed as Liao flourishing sovereign · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Liao 71, passage 226

References in the histories

History of Liao, Chapter 71Volume 71 Biographies 1: Empresses and Consorts · 7 passages

聖宗稱遼盛主，后教訓為多。 Shengzong was hailed as the Liao's flourishing sovereign, and much of that owed to her instruction.

聖宗仁德皇后蕭氏，小字菩薩哥，睿智皇后弟隗因之女。 Empress Rendé (Xiao), wife of Shengzong, childhood name Pusage, daughter of Weiyin, younger brother of Empress Ruizhi.

帝大漸，耨斤詈后曰：「老物寵亦有既耶！」 As the emperor lay dying, Noujin cursed the empress: "You old thing—does favor never end?"

帝崩，耨斤自立為皇太后，是為欽哀皇后。 After the emperor's death Noujin made herself empress dowager—she who became Empress Qin'ai.

興宗聞之曰：「皇后侍先帝四十年，撫育眇躬，當為太后； Xingzong heard this and said, "The empress served my late father forty years and raised me—she ought to be empress dowager;

聖宗欽哀皇后蕭氏，小字耨斤，淳欽皇后弟阿古只五世孫。 Empress Qin'ai (Xiao), wife of Shengzong, childhood name Noujin, fifth-generation descendant of Aguzhi, younger brother of Empress Chunqin.

聖宗崩，令馮家奴等誣仁德皇后與蕭浞卜、蕭匹敵等謀亂，徙上京，害之。 When Shengzong died she had Feng Jianu and others frame Empress Rendé and Xiao Tubu and Xiao Pidi for rebellion, exiled her to Shangjing, and had her killed.