Emperor Xianzong of Jin (金顯宗)

Overview

Emperor Xianzong of Jin was a Crown Prince of Jin.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Tidao Hongren Yingwen Ruide Guangxiao	體道弘仁英文睿德光孝皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1163 to AD 1185 劉仲誨任東宮官期間
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 78, passages 105, 116
AD 1189 大定二十九年五月甲午
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passage 208
AD 1185 避顯宗諱
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 53, passage 188
AD 1189 to AD 1208 章宗時避顯宗諱
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 13, passage 1

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Shizong of Jin (金世宗)
crown prince 太子
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 78, passages 105, 107, 116; History of Jin 32, passage 208
Parent of Emperor Zhangzong of Jin (金章宗)
father 父
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 208

Key source chapters

Career and standing

Emperor Tidao Hongren Yingwen Ruide Guangxiao 體道弘仁英文睿德光孝皇帝
Posthumously conferred
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 208

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 208

Events and relationships

Relation Respected · Person Liu Zhonghui (劉仲誨)
Directly stated · History of Jin 78, passage 116

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · History of Jin 13, passage 1
name taboo 諱
Statement A palace brush-and-ink attendant title was changed to avoid his name taboo.
Directly stated · History of Jin 53, passage 188

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 13Volume 13 Annals 13: Wei Shaowang · 1 passage

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衛紹王諱永濟，小字興勝，更諱允濟，章宗時避顯宗諱，詔改「允」為「永」。 Wei Shaowang—taboo name Yongji, childhood name Xingsheng, once taboo-named Yunji—during Zhangzong's reign, because of the taboo on Xianzong's name, received an edict changing "Yun" to "Yong."

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 1 passage

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大定二十九年五月甲午，上皇考尊諡曰體道弘仁英文睿德光孝皇帝，廟號顯宗。 On the jiawu day of the fifth month, Dading 29, the late emperor's father received the posthumous title Emperor Tidao Hongren Yingwen Ruide Guangxiao, with the temple name Xianzong.

History of Jin, Chapter 53Volume 53 Treatises 34: Selection of Officials 3: Miscellaneous Selection of Senior Officials, Minor Officials · 1 passage

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筆硯承奉，舊名筆硯令史，大定三年，更為筆硯供奉，後以避顯宗諱，複更今名。 Brush-and-ink attendants were formerly brush-and-ink clerks, renamed in Dading 3 and again to avoid Emperor Xianzong's taboo.

History of Jin, Chapter 78Volume 78 Biographies 16: Liu Yanzong and His Sons E and Kuo; Kuo's Son Zhonghui; Liu Yi; Shi Liai; Han Qixian and His Son Duo · 2 passages

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頃之，東宮請增牧人及張設什用，上謂仲誨曰：「太子生於富貴，每教之恭儉。 Soon the Eastern Palace requested more herdsmen and furnishings. The emperor told Zhonghui: "The crown prince was born to privilege—keep teaching him modesty and thrift.

仲誨前後為東宮官且十五年，多進規戒，顯宗特加禮敬。 Zhonghui had served in the Eastern Palace for some fifteen years in all, offering many admonitions, and Emperor Xianzong treated him with special deference.