Emperor Kangzong (康宗)

Overview

Emperor Kangzong was a Jurchen Ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Gongjian	恭簡皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1039 to AD 1092 世祖之世
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 59, passage 250
AD 1136 天會十四年八月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passages 21, 33, 36
AD 1094 to AD 1113 康宗
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 68, passage 75
AD 1145 皇統五年閏十一月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passage 96

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Jingxi (敬僖皇后)
consort 后
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 33
Sibling of Emperor Taizu of Jin (金太祖)
elder brother 兄 · Full siblings
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passages 21, 33
Child of Emperor Shizu (世祖)
father 父
son 子
Sources vary in certainty · History of Jin 32, passages 30, 33; History of Jin 59, passage 250
Parent of Moulianghu (謀良虎)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Jin 59, passage 324
Parent of Pudai (蒲帶)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Jin 59, passage 324
Parent of Yuliye (余里也)
son 子
Directly stated · History of Jin 59, passage 324

Kinship Role sons · Count 3
Directly stated · History of Jin 59, passage 324

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Places and affiliations

Jin 金
Relation Belonged to
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 59, passage 2
Polity Jin
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 68, passage 75
Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 36

Events and relationships

In the second month of Kangzong 11 (guisi) he fell ill, withdrew to the Milimei River to convalesce, and died at sixty three.
Biographical record · Source Text 康宗十一年癸巳二月，得疾，避疾于米里每水，薨，年六十三。
Directly stated · History of Jin 68, passage 76
Kangzong treated him as a veteran of his father and uncles' generation, honored him the more, and drew great profit from his service.
Biographical record · Source Text 康宗以為父叔舊人，尤加敬禮，多所補益。
Directly stated · History of Jin 68, passage 75
When the bier came home Kangzong met it on the road, escorted it to Huandu's house, and oversaw the burial himself.
Biographical record · Source Text 喪歸，康宗親迓于路，送至其家，親視葬事。
Directly stated · History of Jin 68, passage 77

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 33, passage 74

References in the histories

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History

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History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 3 passages

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皇伯祖太師，友于盡愛，國爾惟忠，謀必罔愆，舉無不濟。 The imperial granduncle, Grand Preceptor, fulfilled all fraternal duty as a brother and harbored only loyalty toward the state; every plan was without flaw, and nothing he undertook failed.

愛民長悌曰'恭'，一德不懈曰'簡'，夙夜共事曰'敬'，小心畏忌曰'僖'，請上皇伯祖太師尊諡曰恭簡皇帝，廟號康宗、妣曰敬僖皇后。 Gong is for loving the people and long practicing fraternal duty, jian for single-minded virtue without slackening, jing for toiling from dawn to dusk in service, xi for cautious reverence and restraint—we ask that the imperial granduncle, Grand Preceptor, receive the posthumous title Emperor Gongjian, with the temple name Kangzong, and that his consort be titled Empress Jingxi.

是歲閏十一月，增上祖宗尊諡，始祖景元皇帝曰懿憲景元皇帝，德皇帝曰淵穆玄德皇帝，安皇帝曰和靖慶安皇帝，獻祖定昭皇帝曰純烈定昭皇帝，昭祖成襄皇帝曰武惠成襄皇帝，景祖惠桓皇帝曰英烈惠桓皇帝，世祖聖肅皇帝曰神武聖肅皇帝，肅宗穆憲皇帝曰明睿穆憲皇帝，穆宗孝平皇帝曰章順孝平皇帝，康宗恭簡皇帝曰獻敏恭簡皇帝，太宗文烈皇帝曰體元應運世德昭功哲惠仁聖文烈皇帝，徽宗景宣皇帝曰允恭克讓孝德玄功佑聖景宣皇帝，已上廟號如故。 In the intercalary eleventh month of that year the court augmented the posthumous titles of the imperial ancestors: Founder Emperor Jingyuan became Emperor Yixian Jingyuan; Emperor De became Emperor Yuanmu Xuande; Emperor An became Emperor Hejing Qing'an; Xianzu Emperor Dingzhao became Emperor Chunlie Dingzhao; Zhaozu Emperor Chengxiang became Emperor Wuhui Chengxiang; Jingzu Emperor Huihuan became Emperor Yinglie Huihuan; Shizu Emperor Shengsu became Emperor Shenwu Shengsu; Suzong Emperor Muxian became Emperor Mingrui Muxian; Muzong Emperor Xiaoping became Emperor Zhangshun Xiaoping; Kangzong Emperor Gongjian became Emperor Xianmin Gongjian; Taizong Emperor Wenlie became Emperor Tiyuan Yingyun Shide Zhaogong Zhehui Rensheng Wenlie; Huizong Emperor Jingxuan became Emperor Yungong Kerang Xiaode Xuangong Yousheng Jingxuan—the temple names listed above remained unchanged.

History of Jin, Chapter 33Volume 33 Treatises 14: Rites 6: Original Shrines, Invocation Ceremonies, Pilgrimages, Other Temples · 1 passage

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二十一年閏三月，奉旨昭祖、景祖奉安燕昌閣上，肅宗、穆宗、康宗奉安閣下，明肅皇帝奉安崇聖閣下。 In the intercalary third month of the twenty-first year, by imperial command the portraits of Ancestor Zhao and Ancestor Jing were installed in the upper story of Yanchang Pavilion, those of Emperor Suzong, Emperor Muzong, and Emperor Kangzong in the lower story, and Emperor Mingsu in the lower story of Chongsheng Pavilion.

History of Jin, Chapter 59Volume 59 Tables 1: Imperial Family · 2 passages

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右世祖子，與康宗、太祖、太宗凡十一人。 Listed at right: sons of Shizu—eleven men, counting Kangzong, Taizu, and Taizong.

右康宗子三人。 Listed at right: three sons of Kangzong.

History of Jin, Chapter 68Volume 68 Biographies 6: Huandu and His Son Mouyan; Yehe and His Sons Alubu, Gunan, and Egunai; Sanda's Son Pucha · 3 passages

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康宗以為父叔舊人，尤加敬禮，多所補益。 Kangzong treated him as a veteran of his father and uncles' generation, honored him the more, and drew great profit from his service.

康宗十一年癸巳二月，得疾，避疾于米里每水，薨，年六十三。 In the second month of Kangzong 11 (guisi) he fell ill, withdrew to the Milimei River to convalesce, and died at sixty-three.

喪歸，康宗親迓于路，送至其家，親視葬事。 When the bier came home Kangzong met it on the road, escorted it to Huandu's house, and oversaw the burial himself.