Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

the emperor 上

Attested AD 1196 - AD 1202

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1199 四年正月
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 196
AD 1201 泰和元年春
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 216
AD 1196 方德壽之叛
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 94, passage 168
AD 1202 明年，皇子生
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 218, 220
AD 1200 to AD 1201 時方旱
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 94, passages 214-215
AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 94, passage 178

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Parent of Imperial Prince (皇子)
imperial son 皇子 · paternal line
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 218

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 168

Works and attributed material

Ordered yi to take command
AD 1196 方德壽之叛 · Edict · Issuer · With Yi (裔)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 168
Self reproach edict
AD 1200 to AD 1201 時方旱 · Edict · Issuer
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 215
AD 1198 to AD 1199 襄至自軍
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passages 193-194

Events and relationships

Accepted institutional advice
Political · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 212
Accepted memorial
Political · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 172
Approved campaign plan
AD 1198 to AD 1199 時議北討 · Political · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 178
Approved frontier works
Political · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 185
Recalled with tally
Court · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 191
Suspended court on death news
AD 1202 明年，皇子生 · Ritual · Ruler · With Xiang (襄)
Directly stated · History of Jin 94, passage 220

References in the histories

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History

13 passages

History of Jin, Chapter 94Volume 94 Biographies 32: Jiaguqingchen, Xiang, Jia Guheng, Wan Yananguo, Yaolibeidie · 13 passages

尋詔參知政事裔代領其軍。 Soon the emperor ordered Associate Administrator Yi to assume command of his army.

時議以契丹戶之驅奴尚眾，乞盡鬻以散其黨，襄以為非便，奏請量存口數，餘悉官贖為良，上納之。 Some argued that Khitan households still held large numbers of dependent slaves and urged selling them off to break rebel networks. Xiang disagreed and memorialized that fixed household quotas be preserved while the rest were redeemed by the state as free commoners. The emperor accepted.

上從其策，賜內庫物即軍中用之。 The emperor approved his plan and granted goods from the inner treasury for use in the field.

其後斜出部族詣撫州降，上專使問襄，襄以為受之便。 Later the Xiechu tribe came to Fuzhou to surrender. The emperor sent a special envoy to ask Xiang's view, and Xiang advised accepting them.

言者多異同，詔問方略。 Opinion in court was divided, and the emperor asked for his strategic assessment.

詔可。 The emperor approved.

上以信符召還，遣近臣迎勞於途。 The emperor recalled him with an imperial tally and sent close ministers to welcome and honor him on the road.

既至，複撫問於第，入獻邊機十事，皆為施行，仍厚賜之，複拜左丞相。 On his arrival the emperor visited his residence to inquire after him. Xiang presented ten proposals on frontier affairs, all of which were adopted. He was richly rewarded and reappointed Left Chancellor.

初，襄至自軍，上諭宰臣曰：「樞密使襄築立邊堡完固。 When Xiang first returned from campaign, the emperor told his chief ministers, "Commissioner of Military Affairs Xiang has built frontier fortifications that are complete and strong.

時上頗更定制度，初置提刑司，又議設清閒職位，如宋朝宮觀使，以待年高致仕之官。 The emperor was then overhauling the institutions: he first established the Office of Judicial Inspection and also debated creating honorary sinecures, modeled on the Song dynasty's palace-attendant commissioners, for officials who had retired in old age.

臣恐混淆之辭，徒煩聖聽。 I fear this confused argument will only weary Your Majesty's attention to no purpose.

上皆聽納。 The emperor accepted all his recommendations.

上召翰林學士党懷英草罪己詔，仍慰諭襄等視事。 The emperor summoned Hanlin Academician Dang Huaiying to draft an edict of self-reproach, but still comforted Xiang and the others and told them to remain at their posts.