Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Founder Emperor Jingyuan 始祖景元皇帝

Shǐzǔ Jǐngyuán huángdì

Attested AD 1136 - AD 1145

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Founder Emperor Jingyuan was a ruler.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Emperor Yixian Jingyuan	懿憲景元皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1136 天會十四年八月
Dated from the passage context · History of Jin 32, passages 11, 24, 36
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 Mingyi (明懿皇后)
consort 后
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 24
Parent of Emperor De (德皇帝)
father 父
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passages 24-25

Places and affiliations

Polity Jin 金 · Relation Associated with
Strongly inferred · History of Jin 32, passage 36

Source notes

consorts of successive generations 累代祖妣
Statement Consorts of successive ancestral generations (累代祖妣) shared in founding labor
Directly stated · History of Jin 32, passage 22

References in the histories

History of Jin, Chapter 32Volume 32 Treatises 13: Rites 5: Conferring of Posthumous Titles · 4 passages

伏惟皇九代祖，廓君人之量，挺禦世之姿。 We humbly reflect that the imperial ancestor nine generations back possessed the breadth of a true sovereign and the bearing to master an age.

謹按諡法，布義行剛曰'景'，主義行德曰'元'，保民耆艾曰'明'，溫柔聖善曰'懿'，請上皇九代祖尊諡曰景元皇帝，廟號始祖，妣曰明懿皇后。 According to the law of posthumous titles: 'jing' for spreading righteousness and acting with firmness, 'yuan' for upholding righteousness and practicing virtue, 'ming' for protecting the people and honoring the aged, 'yi' for gentle warmth and sagely goodness—we ask that the ninth-generation imperial ancestor receive the posthumous title Emperor Jingyuan, with the temple name Shizu, and that his consort be titled Empress Mingyi.

仍請以始祖景元皇帝、景祖惠桓皇帝、世祖聖肅皇帝、太祖武元皇帝、太宗文烈皇帝為永永不祧之廟。 We further ask that the Founder Emperor Jingyuan, Jingzu Emperor Huihuan, Shizu Emperor Shengsu, Taizu Emperor Wuyuan, and Taizong Emperor Wenlie be designated as temples that shall never be removed from the main ancestral line.

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.