Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Taizu 太祖

Tàizǔ

Attested AD 960 - AD 976

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

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Taizu 太祖 Tàizǔ
Title Emperor 皇帝 Huangdi
Temple name Emperor Taizu 太祖 Taizu
Descriptive kinship son of Lady Nanyang 母南陽郡太夫人之子
Temple name Taizu 太祖 Tàizǔ

Identity

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Sex
Male

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  • Ruler

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 85Volume 85 Book of Later Jin 11: Emperor Shao 4 · 1 passage
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History of Song, Chapter 118Volume 118 Treatises 71: Rites 21 · 1 passage
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太祖建隆三年三月，有司上合班儀：太師，太傅，太保，太尉，司徒，司空， 太子太師、太傅、太保，嗣王，郡王，左、右僕射，太子少師、少傅、少保，三京牧，大都督，大都護，御史大夫，六尚書，常侍，門下、中書侍郎，太子賓客，太 常、宗正卿，御史中丞，左右諫議大夫，給事中，中書舍人，左、右丞，諸行侍郎，秘書監，光祿、衛尉、太僕、大理、鴻臚、司農、太府卿，國子祭酒，殿中、少 府、將作監，前任節度使，開封、河南、太原尹，太子詹事，諸王傅，司天監，五府尹，國公，郡公，中都督，上都護，下都督，太子左右庶子，五大都督府長史， 中都護，下都護，太常、宗正少卿，秘書少監，光祿等七寺少卿，司業，三少監，三少尹，少詹事，左右諭德、家令、率更令、仆，諸王府長史、司馬，司天少監， 起居舍人，侍御史，殿中侍御史，左右補闕、拾遺，監察御史，郎中、員外郎，太常博士，五府少尹，五大都督府司馬，通事舍人，國子博士，五經博士，都水使 者，四赤令，太常、宗正、秘書丞，著作郎，殿中丞，尚食、尚藥、尚舍、尚乘、尚輦奉御，大理正，太子中允、讚善、中舍、洗馬，諸王友、諮議參軍，司天五官 正。 In the third month of the third Jianlong year, the responsible offices submitted the order for joint seating at court: Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, Grand Guardian, Grand Marshal, Minister of Education, Minister of Works; Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, and Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent; Heir Apparent King; Prince of a Commandery; Left and Right Grand Counselors; Junior Grand Preceptor, Junior Grand Tutor, and Junior Grand Guardian of the Heir Apparent; Governors of the Three Capitals; Grand Commander-in-Chief of a Superior Defense Command; Grand Protector-General; Censor-in-Chief; the Six Ministers; Regular Attendant; Vice Ministers of the Gate and Central Secretariats; Guest of the Heir Apparent; Ministers of Rites and of the Imperial Clan; Vice Censor-in-Chief; Left and Right Remonstrance Officials; Supervising Secretariat Drafter; Secretariat Drafter; Left and Right Vice Ministers; Vice Ministers of the various ministries; Director of the Secretariat; Directors of the Bureau of Imperial Sacrifices, Palace Guards, Imperial Stud, Court of Judicial Review, Court of Imperial Entertainments, Court of the Imperial Granaries, and Court of the Imperial Treasury; Director of the Directorate of Education; Directors of the Palace Administration, Court of Imperial Manufactories, and Court of Imperial Construction; former Military Governors; Governors of Kaifeng, Henan, and Taiyuan; Grand Steward of the Heir Apparent; Tutors of the Princes; Director of the Bureau of Astronomy; Governors of the Five Prefectures; Duke of a State; Duke of a Commandery; Commander-in-Chief of a Superior Command; Senior Protector-General; Commander-in-Chief of an Inferior Command; Left and Right Subordinates of the Heir Apparent; Chief Administrators of the Five Superior Defense Commands; Middle Protector-General; Junior Protector-General; Junior Ministers of Rites and of the Imperial Clan; Vice Director of the Secretariat; Junior Directors of the Seven Courts; Vice Director of Education; three Junior Directors; three Junior Governors; Junior Grand Steward; Left and Right Tutors; Director of the Household Administration; Director of the Palace Guard Office; Chief Administrator and Administrator in the princes' households; Vice Director of Astronomy; Attendant Recorder; Attending Censor; Palace Attending Censor; Left and Right Remonstrance Supplementation and Remonstrance Selection Officials; Investigating Censor; Directors and Vice Directors of ministries; Doctor of Rituals; Junior Governors of the Five Prefectures; Administrators of the Five Superior Defense Commands; Herald Master; Doctor of the Directorate of Education; Doctor of the Five Classics; Commissioner of Waterways; Magistrates of the Four Scarlet Counties; Assistants of Rites, Imperial Clan, and Secretariat; Gentleman of Composition; Palace Assistant Censor; Food, Medicine, Lodging, Carriage, and Palanquin Attendants of the Palace; Rectifier of the Court of Judicial Review; Junior Attaches of the Heir Apparent--Companion, Praiser, Middle Attendant, and Groom; Friends and Advisers of the Princes; and Rectifier of the Five Officers of Astronomy.