Xiaozong (孝宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Xiaozong as a ruler. This record brings together 5 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Xiaozong	孝宗	Xiàozōng
Title	Emperor Hongzhi	孝宗
Title	Hongzhi	孝宗
Regnal	Hongzhi	弘治
Temple name	Xiaozong	孝宗	Xiàozōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
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Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Death

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Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝宗崩 · Western Year: AD 1505
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Source Date: Text: 弘治元年正旦 · Western Year: AD 1488
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Source Date: Text: 憲宗崩 · Western Year: AD 1487
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Family

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Child of Xianzong (憲宗)
Kinship Term: Xiaozong / 孝宗 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Places and affiliations

Polity: Ming / 明 · Relation: served
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Assessments and attributes

Assessment: deeply devoted to parents; mourning rites detailed and complete · Provenance: Mode: named-source-report
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References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 58Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 · 5 passages

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憲宗崩，孝宗既除服，仍素翼善冠、麻衣、腰絰視朝，不鳴鐘鼓，百官素服朝參，百日後如常。 When Emperor Chenghua died, Emperor Hongzhi, though his mourning period had ended, still held court wearing a plain Yishan cap, hemp garments, and waist mourning bands; bells and drums were not sounded; all officials attended court in plain dress; after one hundred days affairs returned to normal.

弘治元年正旦，時未及小祥，帝黃袍御殿受朝。 On New Year's Day of the first year of Hongzhi, before the lesser expiration had arrived, the emperor in yellow robe mounted the hall to receive the court.

孝宗崩，工部言：「大行遺詔，惓惓以節用愛民爲本。 When Emperor Hongzhi died, the Ministry of Works reported: "The late emperor's final testament earnestly made frugality and cherishing the people its foundation.

光宗即位，禮部言：「喪服列代皆有制度，而斷自孝宗。 When Emperor Guangzong ascended the throne, the Ministry of Rites reported: "Each generation has its own regulations for mourning dress, but the standard was set by Hongzhi.

蓋孝宗篤於親，喪禮詳且備，故武、世、穆三廟皆宗之。 Hongzhi was deeply devoted to his parents, and his mourning rites were detailed and complete; for this reason the reigns of Wuzong, Shizong, and Muzong all took him as their model.