Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Taizong 太宗

Attested AD 976 - AD 997

Passages
2
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Taizong as a ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Taizong 太宗 Taizong
Temple name Taizong 太宗 Taizong
Temple Taizong 太宗 Taizong

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 太宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 976 · End: AD 997
    Strongly inferred · songshi:112:s0010
  • Source Date: Text: 至道三年四月 · Western Year: AD 997
    Explicit · songshi:110:s0105

Family

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  • Spouse of Empress Li (李氏)
    Kinship Term: empress / 皇后 · Union Category: primary-marriage

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: ritual · Role: honoree · Action: birthday-festival-established · Label: Qianming Festival / 乾明節
    Explicit · songshi:112:s0010
  • Kind: ritual · Role: honoree · Action: birthday-festival-renamed · Label: Shouning Festival / 壽寧節
    Explicit · songshi:112:s0010

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 110Volume 110 Treatises 63: Rites 13 · 1 passage
History of Song, Chapter 112Volume 112 Treatises 65: Rites 15 · 1 passage