Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

the reigning Song emperor 時君

Attested AD 1102 - AD 1106

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

the reigning Song emperor was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1102 to AD 1106 崇甯間
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passages 21, 25

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 21

Assessments and attributes

AD 1102 to AD 1106 崇甯間
Item finger joints used as foot-rule 指節 · Relation Used as standard · Mode quotation
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passages 21, 25

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 39, passage 21

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 39Volume 39 Treatises 20: Music 1: Formal Music, Court Music, Wind Instrument Music, Our Own Court Music · 2 passages

至崇甯間，魏漢津以範鎮知舊樂之高，無法以下之，乃以時君指節為尺，其所造鐘磐即今所用樂是也。 By the Chongning era, Wei Hanjin recognized that Fan Zhen knew the old music was too high yet had no practical way to lower it, so he took the reigning emperor's finger joints as the foot-rule; the bells and chimes he cast are the instruments in use today.

漢津用李照、範鎮之說，而恥同之，故用時君指節為尺，使眾人不敢輕議。 Hanjin drew on Li Zhao's and Fan Zhen's theories yet was unwilling to appear merely to follow them, so he took the reigning emperor's finger joints as the foot-rule so that critics would not dismiss his work lightly.