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Song emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
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- Kinship Role sons and younger kinsmen · Quantity unspecified
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- Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
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History of Song, Chapter 408Volume 408 Biographies 167: Wu Changyi, Wang Gang, Chen Mi, Wang Ting · 6 passages
冬洊雷，春大雨雪，昌裔居齋宮秉燭草疏，凡上躬缺失，宮庭嬖私，廟堂除授，皆以為言。
Repeated thunder sounded in winter, and heavy rain and snow fell in spring. Changyi stayed in the fasting palace, drafting memorials by candlelight. He spoke on every matter touching the emperor's own conduct, palace favorites and private interests, and court appointments.
且曰：“今大昕坐朝，間有時不視事之文；
He went on: "Nowadays the emperor holds court at dawn, yet from time to time there appear notices that he is not attending to affairs;
上有耽樂慆逸之漸，下無協恭和衷之風。
Above, there are signs that the emperor is slipping into indulgence and idleness; below, there is no spirit of united respect and harmony among officials.
昌裔曰：“君命也，不可不亟行。”
Changyi replied, "It is the ruler's command. I must set out at once."
慷慨襆被出關，忽得疾，中道病甚，帝聞之，授秘閣修撰，改嘉興府。
He wrapped his bedding with high resolve and set out through the pass. Suddenly he fell ill, and on the road his condition grew grave. When the emperor heard of it, he appointed him compiler of the Secret Pavilion and transferred him to Jiaxing prefecture.
昌裔曰：“吾以疾不能歸救父母，上負聖恩，下負此心，若舍遠就近，舍危就安，人其謂我何？”
Changyi said, "Because of illness I cannot go back to save my parents. I fail the emperor above and my own conscience below. If I abandon the distant post for a nearby one, abandon danger for safety, what will people say of me?"