Emperor Shizong (世宗)

Overview

Emperor Shizong was a Jin Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1161 to AD 1189 世宗之業
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 96
AD 1185 大定二十五年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 35, passage 163
AD 1164 大定四年
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 35, passage 195

Key source chapters

History of Jin, Chapter 35 Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple 2 passages
History of Jin, Chapter 127 Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke 1 passage

Places and affiliations

Jin 金
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Jin 127, passage 96
Polity Jin 金 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 35, passage 150

Events and relationships

Had zhangzong name mountain
Other · Namer
Directly stated · History of Jin 35, passage 163

Later references and commemoration

Praised in a ritual text
AD 1195 明昌六年 · Posthumous commemoration · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 35, passage 150

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 35Volume 35 Treatises 16: Rites 8: Consecration of Shrines to a Sages; Temple to the Warrior King Cheng of Zhou; Monarchs of Past Ages; Halls to Various Spirits in Changbai Shan, Dafang Shan, Amur River, Jia Yin Hou; Spirits of the Lu River; Spirits of Zhao Yin Shun; Spirits of Zhen an Gong, Rui Shen Gongl; Worshipping, Sacrifices, Vists, and State Ceremonies at Zhen Xian Jun Wang Temple · 2 passages

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洪惟世宗，功昭列聖，亦越顯考，德利生民。 Great was Emperor Shizong, his merit manifest to the successive sages; also surpassing was my illustrious father, whose virtue benefited the living people.

世宗愛此山勢衍氣清，故命章宗名之。 Emperor Shizong loved this mountain's spreading terrain and clear qi, and therefore had Zhangzong name it.

History of Jin, Chapter 127Volume 127 Biographies 65: Xiao You, Wendihanwolubu, Chen Yan, Liu Yu, Meng Xing, Wang Zhen, Liu Zheng, Yin Yi, Chu Chengliang, Wang Qufei, Zhao Zhi, Du Shisheng, Hao Tianting, Xue Jiyuan, Gao Zhongzhen, Zhang Qian, Wang Rumei, Song Ke, Xin Yuan, Wang Yuke · 1 passage

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是時，風俗侈靡，紀綱大壞，世宗之業遂衰。 At that time customs were extravagant and corrupt, institutions were in ruins, and the achievements of Emperor Shizong went into decline.