Song, Liao, and Jin · Ruler

Taizong 太宗

Attested AD 976 - AD 997

Passages: 2
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Taizong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 976 to AD 997 太宗
Strongly inferred · History of Song 112, passage 10
AD 997 至道三年四月
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 105

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Li (李氏)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · History of Song 110, passage 105

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Song 112, passage 10

Events and relationships

Qianming Festival 乾明節
Ritual · Honoree · Birthday festival established
Directly stated · History of Song 112, passage 10
Shouning Festival 壽寧節
Ritual · Honoree · Birthday festival renamed
Directly stated · History of Song 112, passage 10

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 110Volume 110 Treatises 63: Rites 13 · 1 passage

至道三年四月，尊太宗皇后李氏為皇太后，宰臣等詣崇政殿門表賀皇帝，又詣內東門表賀皇太后。 In the fourth month of Zhidao 3, 997, Empress Li, consort of Emperor Taizong, was honored as empress dowager. Chief ministers went to the gate of Chongzheng Hall to submit congratulatory memorials to the emperor, then to the Inner Eastern Gate to submit congratulatory memorials to the empress dowager.

History of Song, Chapter 112Volume 112 Treatises 65: Rites 15 · 1 passage

太宗以十月七日為乾明節，復改為壽寧節。 Taizong’s birthday was observed on the seventh day of the tenth month as the Qianming Festival, later renamed the Shouning Festival.