Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Song Taizu 太祖

Taizu

Attested AD 960 - AD 976

Passages: 6
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Song Taizu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 976 太祖受命開基
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 55

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Kin of The Emperor (皇帝)
elder uncle 伯 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 51, 64
Spouse of Consort of Taizu (太祖后)
consort 妣 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 51
Sibling of Song Taizong (太宗)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 51, 83
Child of Xuanzu (宣祖)
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passages 50-51

Career and standing

shrine never displaced for a hundred generations 百世不祧之廟
Held
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 55
Proposed for great sacrifices
Zhao mu same position with Taizong
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passages 52, 85

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 55

Events and relationships

Received the Mandate and founded the dynasty
Political · Founder
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 55

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 6 passages

太祖室曰皇伯考妣，太宗室曰皇考妣。 The Taizu shrine as Imperial Elder Uncle and Consort; the Taizong shrine as Imperial Father and Mother.

每大祭，太祖、太宗昭、穆同位，祝文並稱孝子。 At each great sacrifice, Taizu and Taizong share zhao and mu in the same position, with prayer texts uniformly styled Filial Son.

今太祖受命開基，太宗纘承大寶，則百世不祧之廟矣。 Taizu received the Mandate and founded the dynasty; Taizong continued the great inheritance—they are shrines never to be displaced for a hundred generations.

今詳都省所議，皇帝於太祖室稱孫，竊有疑焉。」 Reviewing the Secretariat's proposal that the emperor be styled grandson before Taizu's shrine, I have serious doubts."

又按太宗享祀太祖二十有二載，稱曰『孝弟』，此不易之制，又安可追改乎？ Moreover, Taizong sacrificed to Taizu for twenty-two years as 'Filial Younger Brother'—an established institution that cannot be retroactively altered.

臣等參議：自今合祭日，太祖、太宗依典禮同位異坐，皇帝於太祖仍稱孝子，餘並遵舊制。」 We jointly recommend: at combined sacrifices from this day forward, Taizu and Taizong shall share the same position with separate seats per canonical ritual; the emperor before Taizu shall still be styled Filial Son; all else shall follow former regulations."