Overview
Taizu was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 970 丁亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 249
- AD 970 三年春正月癸卯朔Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 240
- AD 971 三月乙未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 285
- AD 970 三月庚戌Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 244
- AD 971 丙午Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 278
- AD 970 丙寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 273
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- AD 971 丙申Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 286
- AD 970 丙辰Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 266
- AD 970 乙巳Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 270
- AD 970 九月己亥朔Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 262
- AD 971 二月丁亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 281
- AD 970 二月庚寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 243
- AD 970 五月丁未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 254
- AD 970 八月戊子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 261
- AD 970 六月乙未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 257
- AD 969 冬十月戊子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 229
- AD 969 十一月丙午Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 234
- AD 970 十一月壬寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 269
- AD 969 十二月癸未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 237
- AD 970 十月庚辰Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 268
- AD 971 四年春正月戊戌朔Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 277
- AD 970 壬子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 259
- AD 970 夏四月辛未朔Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 248
- AD 971 己丑Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 282
- AD 969 己亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 238
- AD 970 己亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 252
- AD 970 己未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 247
- AD 970 己酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 265
- AD 969 庚子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 232
- AD 969 庚寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 230
- AD 969 庚申Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 236
- AD 970 戊辰Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 260
- AD 970 甲午Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 251
- AD 969 甲寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 235
- AD 970 甲辰Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 264
- AD 970 癸丑Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passages 241, 255
- AD 970 癸亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 256
- AD 969 癸卯Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 233
- AD 970 秋七月乙巳Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 258
- AD 970 辛亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 245
- AD 970 辛卯Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 250
- AD 971 辛卯Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 284
- AD 970 辛酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 242
Career and standing
- emperor 皇帝Strongly inferred · History of Song 2, passage 229
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation RuledStrongly inferred · History of Song 2, passages 229, 240, 277
Works and attributed material
- Edict · Author · Summary districts of five thousand households to nominate the filial and virtuousDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passage 242
- Edict · Author · Summary examined Sima Pu and 105 others with fifteen or more jinshi attempts and granted cohort statusDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 244
- Edict · Author · Summary free those sold as slaves in Guangnan; abolish harmful puppet-regime measuresDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passages 286-287
- Edict · Author · Summary prefectures must not tribute non-native productsDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passage 253
- Edict · Author · Summary reburial and sacrifice at twenty-seven robbed imperial tombsDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 264
- Edict · Author · Summary restored households of corvée laborers from Xiang, Shen, and Zhao who died at TaiyuanDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passage 231
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- Edict · Author · Summary Sichuan then all circuits: grade local officials by households and adjust posts and salariesDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 259
Events and relationships
- Abolished acting local postsAD 971 丙午 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 278
- AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 273
- AppointedDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 232
- Banned private armsAD 970 五月丁未 · Legal · Sovereign · At capital 京城Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 254
- Barred private followers from stockade officesAD 970 六月乙未 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 257
- Bestowed horsesAD 971 三月乙未 · Honor · Bestower · At Flying Dragon Hall 飛龍院Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 285
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- Compensated rain damaged barracksAD 970 癸亥 · Economic · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 256
- Feasted and shotAD 970 戊辰 · Ritual · Host · At Jade Ford Garden 玉津園Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 260
- Granted retirement officeDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 245
- Great amnesty and tax remissionAD 971 辛卯 · Legal · Sovereign · At Guangnan 廣南Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 284
- HuntedAD 969 冬十月戊子 · Ritual · Hunter · At near the capital 近郊Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 229
- HuntedAD 969 甲寅 · Ritual · Hunter · At near the capital 近郊Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 235
- Increased tomb guard households by twoAD 971 丙申 · Ritual · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 288
- Inspected naval pool and gardenAD 970 八月戊子 · Travel · Inspector · At Jade Ford Garden 玉津園Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 261
- InspectedAD 970 甲午 · Travel · Inspector · At naval training pool 教船池Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 251
- Lifted salt monopolyAD 970 己亥 · Economic · Sovereign · At Hebei prefectures 河北諸州Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 252
- Ordered campaign against Southern HanAD 970 九月己亥朔 · Military · Appointing authority · With Pan Mei (潘美), Yin Chongke (尹崇珂) · At Hezhou 賀州Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passages 262-263
- Ordered dike worksAD 970 癸丑 · Public works · Sovereign · At Yellow River 河Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 241
- Ordered dike worksAD 970 癸巳 · Public works · Sovereign · At Yellow River 河Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 276
- Ordered reburial of violated imperial tombsAD 970 甲辰 · Ritual · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 264
- Prayed for rainAD 970 丁亥 · Ritual · Officiant · At temples and monasteries 寺觀Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 249
- Received tribute envoysAD 969 庚申 · Diplomatic · Recipient · At Ganzhou Uyghurs and Khotan 回鶻、于闐Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 236
- Reduced white gold tributeAD 970 乙巳 · Economic · Sovereign · At Guiyang 桂陽Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 270
- Set flood drought report scheduleAD 970 秋七月乙巳 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 258
- TouredAD 970 二月庚寅 · Travel · Visitor · At West Tea Storehouse 西茶庫Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 243
- Viewed new bellAD 970 己酉 · Travel · Visitor · At Kai Bao Temple 開寶寺Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 265
- Viewed water millAD 970 癸丑 · Travel · Visitor · At north of the city 城北Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 255
- Visited in sicknessDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 234
- Visited in sicknessDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 237
- Visited in sicknessDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 247
- VisitedAD 970 二月庚寅 · Travel · Visitor · At Jianlong Temple 建隆觀Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 243
- VisitedAD 969 甲寅 · Travel · Visitor · At Golden Phoenix Garden 金鳳園Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 235
- Withheld courtAD 970 三年春正月癸卯朔 · Ritual · Sovereign · snowDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 240
- Withheld courtAD 971 四年春正月戊戌朔 · Ritual · Sovereign · army in the fieldDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 277
- Relation Visited in sickness · Person Zhao Pu (趙普)Directly stated · History of Song 2, passages 237, 247
- Relation Visited in sickness · Person Zhang Lingduo (張令鐸)Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 234
Source notes
- Value historicalStrongly inferred · History of Song 2, passage 229