Shenzong (神宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shenzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1067 神宗立
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 100

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress Xuanren Shengli (宣仁聖烈皇后)
empress dowager 太后
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 103, 296
Sibling of Grand Princess of Wei and Chu (魏、楚國大長公主)
sisters 姊妹 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 103, 286
Sibling of Grand Princess of Han and Wei (韓、魏國大長公主)
sisters 姊妹 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 103, 303
Sibling of Grand Princess of Wei (魏國大長公主)
sisters 姊妹 · Full siblings
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 103
Child of Emperor Yingzong (英宗)
the emperor as her brother 帝 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 248, passages 100, 103

Career and standing

ordered a full investigation 命窮治
Ordered
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 110
had eight maids flogged and assigned to soldiers 杖八妝以配兵
Punished
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 110
AD 1067 神宗立
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 100

Events and relationships

Felt pulse and fed porridge
Medical · Caregiver · With Grand Princess of Wei (魏國大長公主)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 297
Observed mourning
Ritual · Mourner · With Empress Cisheng Guangxian (慈聖光獻皇后)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 106
Wept at gate and suspended court
Ritual · Mourner · Duration five days · With Grand Princess of Wei (魏國大長公主)
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 300

Assessments and attributes

Assessment lavished affection on his sisters · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Song 248, passage 103

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History of Song, Chapter 248Volume 248 Biographies 7: Princesses, Dachang Princess of the State of Qin, Six Daughters of Taizu, Two Daughters of Zhenzong, Thirteen Daughters of Renzong, Four Daughters of Yingzong, Ten Daughters of Shenzong, Four Daughters of Zhezong, Thirty Three Daughters of Huizong, Two Daughters of Xiaozong, Three Daughters of Guangzong, Daughter of Weihui Xianwang, Daughter of Ningzong, Daughter of Lizong · 8 passages

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神宗立，進舒國長公主，改蜀國，下嫁左衛將軍王詵。 When Shenzong took the throne, she was promoted to Senior Princess of Shu, redesignated Princess of Shu (Sichuan), and married Wang Shen, a general of the Left Guard.

帝厚于姊妹，故主第池籞服玩極其華縟。 The emperor lavished affection on his sisters, and her mansion, gardens, and furnishings were accordingly sumptuous.

間遇旱暵，帝降損以禱，主亦如之，曰：「我奉賜皆出公上，固應同其傈戚。」 During droughts, when the emperor cut back his meals to pray for rain, she did the same, saying, "Everything I receive comes from the state—I ought to share his distress."

帝居慈聖光獻皇后喪，毀甚，主曰：「吾與上同體，視此亦復保聊！」 During mourning for Empress Cisheng Guangxian, when the emperor was utterly prostrate with grief, she said, "We are of one flesh—how can I alone remain at ease in this!"

至是，帝命還詵官，以慰主意。 At this point the emperor ordered Wang Shen's office restored to comfort her.

帝繼至，自為診脈，親持粥食之，主強為帝盡食。 The emperor then arrived, felt her pulse himself, and fed her porridge with his own hands; she forced herself to eat it all for his sake.

帝未上食即駕往，望第門而哭，輟朝五日。 Before breakfast the emperor drove there at once, wept on seeing her gate, and suspended court for five days.

薨後，乳母訴之，帝命窮治，杖八妝以配兵。 After her death, her wet nurse reported the affair; the emperor ordered a full inquiry and had eight maids flogged and married off to soldiers.