Shizong (世宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Shizong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1161 to AD 1189 世宗保全宗室
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passage 219

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Zhangzong (章宗)
grandfather 祖 · paternal line · 2 generations · Through Late Father of Zhangzong (顯考)
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passages 185, 219-220
Parent of Late Father of Zhangzong (顯考)
son 子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passages 185, 219
Parent of Yong Sheng (永升)
son 子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passages 219, 297
Parent of Yong Cheng (永成)
son 子 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 85, passages 219-220
Parent of Yong Dao (永蹈)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 220
Parent of Yong Zhong (永中)
son 子 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 220

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 219

Events and relationships

Protected imperial clan
Policy · Ruler
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 219

Assessments and attributes

Assessment spared no effort to protect the imperial clan; generous and mild by nature · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 219

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 85, passage 219

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 85Volume 85 Biographies 23: Sons of Shizong: Yong Zhong, Yong Dao, Yong Gong Son: Shu (Former Name Shousun), Yong De, Yong Cheng, Yong Sheng · 1 passage

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贊曰：世宗保全宗室，無所不至，雖矯海陵之失，亦由天資仁厚而然也。 The eulogist writes: Shizong spared no effort to protect the imperial clan; though this corrected Hailing's excesses, it also sprang from a nature that was generous and mild by birth.