Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Taizu of Song 太祖

Attested AD 960 - AD 976

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Taizu of Song was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 960 to AD 976 太祖
Strongly inferred · History of Song 106, passage 234

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 106, passage 234

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 1 passage

今若不祧遠祖，不以哲宗為世，則三昭四穆與太祖之廟而八。 If we do not move the remote ancestor to distant-line status and do not count Zhezong as a generation, there will be three zhao, four mu, and the Grand Ancestor's temple—eight in all.