Overview
Xiaozong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 1163 to AD 1189 孝宗
AD 1187 高宗崩
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation
Events and relationships
Filial restraint from campaign while gaozong lived
Moved by memorial and sought to promote
Threw down dossier and spared
- Relation Favored · Person Chen Liang (陳亮)
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment sagely filial piety unmatched in books · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Chen Liang (陳亮)
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History of Song, Chapter 436Volume 436 Biographies 195: Confucian Scholars 6: Chen Liang, Zheng Qiaolinting, Li Daochuan · 14 passages
書奏，孝宗赫然震動，欲榜朝堂以勵群臣，用種放故事，召令上殿，將擢用之。
The memorial shook Xiaozong; he would post it in court and promote Liang as with Zhong Fang.
恭惟皇帝陛下厲志復仇，不肯即安於一隅，是有大功於社稷也。
Your resolve on revenge, refusing ease in a corner, is great merit.
是以遷延之計遂行，而陛下大有為之志乖矣。
So delay wins and your great plan stalls.
臣恐天下豪傑有以測陛下之意向，而雲合響應之勢不得而成矣。
Heroes will read your intent—and the gathering cloud, answering echo, will never form.
事勢昭然而效見殊絕，非陛下聰明度越百代，決不能一一以聽之。
Effects differ wildly—only a sage of ages could hear each in turn.
書既上，帝欲官之，亮笑曰：「吾欲為社稷開數百年之基，寧用以博一官乎！」
The emperor offered office; Liang laughed, 'I aim at centuries of foundation—not one post!'
事聞，孝宗知為亮，嘗陰遣左右廉知其事，及奏入取旨，帝曰：「秀才醉後妄言，何罪之有！」
Xiaozong knew it was Liang; when the report came he said, 'A drunk scholar's babble is no crime!'
時丞相淮知帝欲生亮，而辛棄疾、羅點素高亮才，援之尤力，復得不死。
Chief Councilor Huai knew the emperor wanted Liang to live; Xin Qiji and Luo Dian, who had long admired his ability, argued for him with unusual vigor, and he was spared once more.
而光宗由潛邸判臨安府，亮感孝宗之知，至金陵視形勢，復上疏曰：
Guangzong, still heir in the Hidden Residence, was put in charge of Lin'an; grateful for Xiaozong's trust, Liang traveled to Jinling to study the terrain and submitted another memorial:
陛下慨然有削平宇內之志，又二十餘年，天下之士始知所向，其有功於宗廟社稷者，非臣區區所能誦說其萬一也。
Your Majesty's resolve to reunify the realm has, for another twenty years, shown scholars where their duty lies; the worthies who have served throne and state are beyond this humble servant's power to praise even in part.
高宗皇帝春秋既高，陛下不欲大舉，驚動慈顏，抑心俯首，以致色養，聖孝之盛，書冊之所未有也。
Gaozong was old; unwilling to shock him with war, you bowed your will and bent your head to comfort him in retirement—a filial devotion books have never matched.
今者高宗既已祔廟，天下之英雄豪傑皆仰首以觀陛下之舉動，陛下其忍使二十年間所以作天下之氣者，一旦而復索然乎？
Now that Gaozong rests in the temple, heroes everywhere watch your next step—will you let the spirit you raised for twenty years collapse in a day?
東宮居曰監國，行曰撫軍，陛下何以不於此時而命東宮為撫軍大將軍，歲巡建業，使之兼統諸司，盡護諸將，置長史、司馬以專其勞，而陛下於宅憂之餘，運用人才，均調天下，以應無窮之變？
An heir at home 'oversees the state'; abroad he 'pacifies the army.' Why not now name the crown prince Pacifying-Army Grand General, send him yearly to Jianye to command all offices and generals, with a chief administrator to bear the toil, while you, in mourning, marshal men and balance the realm against every turn?
而金人僅以一使，如臨小邦，哀祭之辭寂寥簡慢，義士仁人痛切心骨，豈以陛下之聖明智勇而能忍之乎！
Yet the Jin people sent only a single envoy, as if they were approaching a petty state; their words of mourning and sacrifice were sparse and arrogant. Loyal and humane men feel the pain in their bones. How could Your Majesty, with your sagely clarity, wisdom, and courage, bear this?