Zhao Ruyu (趙汝愚) | 24 Histories

Overview

The translated histories identify Zhao Ruyu as an official, royal family member, and statesman. This record brings together 8 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zhao Ruyu	趙汝愚	Zhao Ruyu
Personal	Ruyu	汝愚
Given	Ruyu	汝愚
Personal	Zhao Ruyu	趙汝愚

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · songshi:107:s0202, songshi:469:s0102

Roles

Official
Royal Family Member
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 孝宗崩 · Western Year: AD 1194
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:469:s0152
Source Date: Text: 淳熙中 · Western Interval: Start: AD 1174 · End: AD 1189
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:469:s0102
Source Date: Text: 紹熙五年 · Western Year: AD 1194
Explicit event contextual date · songshi:107:s0202

Career and standing

Label: Chief Councilor / 宰臣 · Action: held
Explicit · songshi:107:s0202

Events and relationships

Relation: kinsman-by-marriage-of · Person Id: Han Tuozhou (韓侂胄)
Explicit · songshi:469:s0153

References in the histories

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History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 2 passages

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時宰臣趙汝愚既以安石之論為非，異議者懼其軋己，藉以求勝，事竟不行。 Chief Councilor Zhao Ruyu already held Anshi's theory wrong; dissenters, fearing overpowering, seized on this to win, and the matter failed.

熹時以得罪，遺汝愚書曰：「相公以宗子入輔王室，而無故輕納妄議，拆祖宗之廟以快其私，欲望神靈降歆，垂休錫羨，以永國祚於無窮，其可得乎？」 Xi, then under censure, wrote Ruyu: "You entered as an imperial clansman to assist the throne, yet lightly accepted reckless deliberation, dismantling ancestral temples for private ends—can spirits descend and extend the nation's fortune forever?"

History of Song, Chapter 469Volume 469 Biographies 228: Eunuchs 4: Shao Chengzhang, Lan Gui Kanglu, Feng Yi, Zhang Quwei, Chen Yuan, Gan Bian, Wang Deqian, Guan Li, Dong Songchen · 6 passages

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俄帶浙西副總管，給事中趙汝愚言：“內侍不當幹軍政。” Soon he also held Western Zhe deputy command; Giving-of-Petition Zhao Ruyu said, “Palace eunuchs must not touch military affairs.”

孝宗崩，光宗疾，不能執喪，樞密趙汝愚等請建儲以安人心，光宗禦批又有“念欲退閑”語，丞相留正懼，納祿去，人心愈搖。 When Xiaozong died Guangzong was too ill to mourn; Zhao Ruyu and others urged establishing an heir; Guangzong’s rescript even spoke of “wishing to retire”; Chancellor Liu Zheng quit in fear and the realm shook.

汝愚遣戚裏韓侂胄因內侍張宗尹以禪位之議奏，太皇太後曰：“此豈可易言！” Ruyu sent his kinsman Han Tuozhou through eunuch Zhang Zongyin to propose abdication; the Grand Empress Dowager said, “How can such a thing be spoken of lightly!”

明日，汝愚再遣侂胄附宗尹以奏，未獲命而侂胄退，與禮遇，禮知其意，問之，侂胄不以告。 Next day Ruyu sent Tuozhou again through Zongyin; before an answer came Tuozhou met Li; Li sensed the plot and asked; Tuozhou would not tell.

太后悟，遂命禮傳旨侂胄以諭汝愚，約明日太后垂簾上其事。 She understood, ordered Li to tell Tuozhou to inform Ruyu, and set the morrow for a curtained audience.

又明日，嘉王入行禫祭，汝愚即簾前進呈禦批，太后遂命王即皇帝位。 Next day Prince Jia entered for mourning rites; Ruyu presented the rescript before the curtain; the empress dowager had the prince take the throne at once.