Overview
Taizu was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 966 四年七月丙寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 86
- AD 966 四年七月己巳Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 88
- AD 966 四年七月庚辰Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 90
- AD 966 四年七月癸酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 89
- AD 966 四年三月癸未Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 66
- AD 966 四年三月癸酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 64
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- AD 966 四年九月丙午Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 111
- AD 966 四年九月乙巳Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 110
- AD 966 四年二月甲子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 62
- AD 966 四年二月癸卯Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 58
- AD 966 四年二月辛酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 61
- AD 966 四年五月丁丑Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 76
- AD 966 四年五月乙亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 75
- AD 966 四年八月丁酉Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 93
- AD 966 四年八月乙卯Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 101
- AD 966 四年八月壬寅Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 95
- AD 966 四年八月辛亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 98
- AD 966 四年六月Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 84
- AD 966 四年十月己巳Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 114
- AD 966 四年十月癸亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 113
- AD 966 四年十月辛酉朔Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 112
- AD 966 四年四月壬子Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 69
- AD 966 四年四月庚申Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 72
- AD 966 四年閏月乙亥Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 106
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passages 58, 72, 112
Works and attributed material
- Abolished doubled interest on Shu debtsAD 966 四年八月丁酉 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 93
- Directed prefectures to erect temples at tombs of ancient emperors and kings, with graded caretaker householdsAD 966 四年十月癸亥 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 113
- Forbade ministers' households from privately keeping eunuchs; palace attendants over thirty might rear one son; commoners who castrated boys would not be pardonedAD 966 四年六月 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 84
- Ordered medicine, money, and silks for sick Shu officials, clerks, soldiers, and affinal kinAD 966 四年七月丙寅 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 86
- Ordered that censors and Personnel and Justice officials be transferred and granted favor after three years in postAD 966 四年八月壬寅 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 95
- Ordered Wu Yue to build a temple to Yu the Great at KuaijiDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 111
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- Promised no added levies for those who planted trees or reclaimed land, and rewards for magistrates who encouraged settlersAD 966 四年閏月乙亥 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 106
- Warned that in Shu commanderies anyone failing to nurse sick parents would be punishedAD 966 四年五月丁丑 · Edict · AuthorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 76
Events and relationships
- Abolished the charity granariesAD 966 四年三月癸酉 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 64
- Assigned salary households to prefectural and county officialsAD 966 四年七月 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 92
- Banned officers and troops on inspection from harassing the peopleAD 966 四年十月己巳 · Administrative · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 114
- Ended Guang prefecture tribute of hawks and falconsAD 966 四年四月壬子 · Fiscal · Sovereign · At Guang prefecture 光州Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 69
- Feasted and shot at Yujin GardenAD 966 四年八月辛亥 · Banquet · Host · At Yujin Garden 玉津園Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 98
- Granted each of monk Xingqin and 157 companions 30,000 cash for travel to the Western RegionsDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 66
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- Granted graded money and silk to the western Sichuan campaign troopsAD 966 四年七月癸酉 · Reward · GrantorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 89
- Held a judicial review of prisonersAD 966 四年八月乙卯 · Legal · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 101
- Held a supplemental examination for failed candidatesAD 966 四年二月辛酉 · Examination · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 61
- Inspected Shu ritual regalia, books, and mapsAD 966 四年五月乙亥 · Inspection · InspectorDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 75
- Inspected work on the Imperial City wallsAD 966 四年二月癸卯 · Inspection · Inspector · At Imperial City 皇城Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 58
- Lifted Shu grain and wheat taxes in JiannanAD 966 四年七月庚辰 · Fiscal · Sovereign · At Jiannan 劍南Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 90
- Ordered the Court of Imperial Sacrifices to restore the two ritual dancesAD 966 四年十月辛酉朔 · Ritual · SovereignDated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 112
- Remitted Huazhou land tax for the year because of droughtAD 966 四年七月 · Fiscal · Sovereign · At Huazhou 華州Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 91
- Remitted western Sichuan summer tax and halved other levies; abolished charges on untilled fieldsAD 966 四年二月甲子 · Fiscal · Sovereign · At western Sichuan 西川Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 62
- Visited the Naval Drill Pool, then Jade Ford Garden to watch guards' mounted archeryAD 966 四年九月乙巳 · Inspection · Visitor · At Jade Ford Garden 玉津園Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 110
- Visited the Princess of Yan's residence to inquire after her illnessAD 966 四年四月庚申 · Visit · Visitor · With Princess of Yan (燕國長公主) · At Princess of Yan's residence 燕國長公主第Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 72
- Visited the shipyard, then the Kaifeng prefect's north garden for a banquet and archeryAD 966 四年七月己巳 · Inspection · Visitor · At Kaifeng 開封Dated from the passage context · History of Song 2, passage 88
- Relation Visited in illness · Person Princess of Yan (燕國長公主)Directly stated · History of Song 2, passage 72
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · History of Song 2, passage 58
References in the histories
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