Overview
Shenzong was an emperor.
Life and dates
Age
- on the throne nearly twenty yearsAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Reckoning Reign lengthDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 297
Attested activity
- AD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年Directly stated · History of Song 339, passages 296-297
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Parent of Zhezong (哲宗)son 子
father 父Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 305
Career and standing
- honorific title 尊號AD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Refused · Negated trueDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 297
- AD 1067 先帝嗣位Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 314
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passages 296, 315
Events and relationships
- Abolished rote examination tracks and trained troopsAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Administrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 300
- Created salary posts restored six ministriesAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Administrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 301
- Ignored request to revive pu temple issueAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Political · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 314
- Sold market stalls and hired yamen runnersAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Administrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 299
- Trimmed imperial clan expensesAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Administrative · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 298
- Used limited campaigns against western xiaAD 1067 to AD 1085 在位近二十年 · Military · RulerDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passage 302
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- Relation Successor of · Person Yingzong (英宗)Strongly inferred · History of Song 339, passages 313-314
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment heaven-given talent and great reforming will; much enacted should stand for a hundred generations · Mode quotation Speaker Zhe (轍)Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 296
- Assessment sage, not deficient in filial piety or careless about change · Mode quotation Speaker Zhe (轍)Directly stated · History of Song 339, passage 315
Source notes
- Value historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 339, passages 296, 315
References in the histories
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