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The Emperor was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male · Title only
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 1004 景德元年
AD 997 to AD 1004 詔下禮官議
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations
- Polity Song 宋 · Relation Ruled
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- Edict · Author · Units s0043
Events and relationships
Ordered Imperial Secretariat to reconvene
Ritual · Issuer of edict
Ordered ritual officials to deliberate
Ritual · Issuer of edict
Recommended still styled Filial Son before Taizu at combined sacrifices
Ritual · Sacrificer
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History of Song, Chapter 106Volume 106 Treatises 59: Rites 9 · 10 passages
請自今有事於太廟，則太祖並諸祖室，稱孝孫、孝曾孫嗣皇帝；
We propose that henceforth, at rites in the ancestral temple, before Taizu and the earlier ancestral shrines the emperor be styled Filial Grandson, Filial Great-Grandson, and Heir Emperor;
太宗室，稱孝子嗣皇帝。
and before Taizong's shrine, Filial Son and Heir Emperor.
詔下禮官議。
The emperor ordered the ritual officials to deliberate.
伏請僖祖室止稱廟號，後曰祖妣，順祖室曰高祖，後曰高祖妣，翼祖室曰曾祖，後曰曾祖妣，祝文皆稱孝曾孫。
We propose: the Xizu shrine addressed only by temple name, the consort as ancestral grandmother; Shunzu as great-great-grandfather, the consort as great-great-grandmother; Yizu as great-grandfather, the consort as great-grandmother—with all prayer texts styled Filial Great-Grandson.
宣祖室 曰皇祖考，後曰皇祖妣，祝文稱孝孫。
The Xuanzu shrine as Imperial Grandfather, the consort as Imperial Grandmother, prayer texts styled Filial Grandson.
每大祭，太祖、太宗昭、穆同位，祝文並稱孝子。
At each great sacrifice, Taizu and Taizong share zhao and mu in the same position, with prayer texts uniformly styled Filial Son.
詔都省復集議，曰：「古者，祖有功，宗有德，皆先有其實而後正其名。
The emperor ordered the Imperial Secretariat to reconvene, arguing: "In antiquity, zu honored merit and zong honored virtue—substance came first, title afterward.
今詳都省所議，皇帝於太祖室稱孫，竊有疑焉。」
Reviewing the Secretariat's proposal that the emperor be styled grandson before Taizu's shrine, I have serious doubts."
詔令禮官再議。
The emperor ordered the ritual officials to deliberate again.
臣等參議：自今合祭日，太祖、太宗依典禮同位異坐，皇帝於太祖仍稱孝子，餘並遵舊制。」
We jointly recommend: at combined sacrifices from this day forward, Taizu and Taizong shall share the same position with separate seats per canonical ritual; the emperor before Taizu shall still be styled Filial Son; all else shall follow former regulations."