Song Taizong (宋太宗)

Overview

Song Taizong was a Song Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 976 to AD 997 宋太宗
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress Dowager Du (杜太后)
empress dowager 太后
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

Events and relationships

Betrayed Empress Dowager Du charge
Political · Ruler · Mode named-source-report Speaker Baoting (寶廷)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

Assessments and attributes

Assessment acted-from-selfish-motives · Mode named-source-report Speaker Baoting (寶廷)
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 74

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 1 passage

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宋太宗背杜太后，明景帝廢太子見深，雖因佞臣妄進邪說，究由二君有自私之心。 Song Taizong betrayed Empress Dowager Du's charge; Ming Jingdi deposed the heir Zhu Jianshen—though flatterers fed them false counsel, both rulers acted from selfish motives.