Ming · Ruler

Xiaozong 孝宗

First attested AD 1488; died AD 1505

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xiaozong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 96

Attested activity

AD 1488 to AD 1505 孝宗崩
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 96, 117

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xiaomu (孝穆)
birth mother 生母
Strongly inferred · History of Ming 52, passages 117, 121

Places and affiliations

AD 1488 to AD 1505 孝宗崩
Polity Ming 明 · Relation Served
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passages 96, 117

Events and relationships

Sacrificed to birth mother at fengci
Ritual · Officiant · With Xiaomu (孝穆)
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 117
Spirit couch announced
AD 1505 及孝宗崩，武宗即位 · Ritual · Honoree · Posthumous true
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 97

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Ming 52, passage 96

References in the histories

History of Ming, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 28: Rites 6 · 3 passages

及孝宗崩，武宗即位，禮部始進奉安孝肅神主儀。 When Xiaozong died and the Wuzong took the throne, the Ministry of Rites first presented the rite for installing the spirit tablet of Xiaosu in peace.

前期致齋三日，告奉先殿及孝宗几筵。 Three days beforehand one observed abstinence; announcement was made to the Hall of Ancestors and to Xiaozong’s spirit couch.

孝宗奉慈殿之祭，蓋子祀生母，以盡終身之孝焉耳。 Xiaozong’s sacrifice at the Hall of Maternal Kindness was simply a son sacrificing to his birth mother, to fulfill a lifetime of filial devotion.