Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Yingzong 英宗

Attested AD 1063 - AD 1063

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Yingzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1063 四月
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 117, passages 189-190
AD 1063 英宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 189

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Empress Dowager (皇太后)
empress dowager 皇太后 · Uncertain parentage
Strongly inferred · History of Song 117, passage 189

Career and standing

AD 1063 英宗即位
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 189

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 189
At Rouyi Hall 柔儀殿 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 191

Events and relationships

Held court after illness eased
Court · Sovereign · At front and rear halls 前後殿
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 192
Resided while ill
Illness · Patient · At western chamber of the eastern pavilion of Rouyi Hall 柔儀殿東閣西室
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 191

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Song 117, passage 189

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 117Volume 117 Treatises 70: Rites 20 · 3 passages

英宗即位，輔臣請與皇太后權同聽政。 When Yingzong acceded, the chief ministers asked that he and the Empress Dowager jointly hold provisional authority to govern.

時帝以疾權居柔儀殿東閣西室，太后垂簾處分稱“吾”，唯兩府日入候問聖體，因奏政事，退詣小殿簾外，覆奏太后。 At the time the emperor, ill, temporarily resided in the western chamber of the eastern pavilion of Rouyi Hall; the empress dowager issued dispositions from behind the curtain using wu ("I"); only the Two Departments entered daily to inquire after his health and report government affairs, then withdrew to outside the small hall's curtain and reported again to the empress dowager.

帝疾間，御前後殿聽政，兩府退朝，猶於小殿覆奏。 When the emperor's illness eased, he held court in the front and rear halls; after the Two Departments withdrew from court, they still reported again at the small hall.