Song: Emperors: 960-1127
Each ruler is recorded under the following protocol: temple name (miàohào | 廟號) || personal name (míng | 名), considered tabooed (huì | 諱) upon accession; posthumous name (shì | 諡). The courtesy name (zì | 字) is included where applicable. The years of bestowal or change are given in brackets. |
Ruling House: Zhào (趙) |
Huángdì (皇帝) |
3 Feb 960 - 14 Nov 976 |
Tàizǔ (太祖) [976] || Zhào Kuāngyìn (趙匡胤) [1] |
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courtesy name: Yuánlǎng (元朗) |
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posthumous names: Yīng wǔ shèng wén shén dé huángdì | (英武聖文神德皇帝) [976]; Qǐ yùn lì jí yīng wǔ shèng wén shén dé xuán gōng dà xiào huáng dì (啟運立極英武聖文神德玄功大孝皇帝) [1008]; Qǐ yùn lì jí yīng wǔ ruì wén shén dé shèng gōng zhì míng dà xiào huáng dì (啟運立極英武睿文神德聖功至明大孝皇帝) [1017] |
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15 Nov 976 - 8 May 997 |
Tàizōng (太宗) [997] || Zhào Kuāngyì (趙匡義); Zhào Guāngyì (趙光義) [960]; Zhào Jiǒng (趙炅) (alternative [modern] reading of 炅: Guì) [977] |
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posthumous names: Shén gōng shèng dé wén wǔ huángdì (神功聖德文武皇帝) [997]; (至仁應道神功聖德睿烈大明廣孝皇帝) [1017] |
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8 May 997 - 23 Mar 1022 |
Zhēnzōng (真宗) [1024] || Zhào Déchāng (趙德昌); Zhào Yuánxiū (趙元休) [983]; Zhào Yuánkǎn (趙元侃) [986]; Zhào Héng (趙恆) [995] |
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posthumous names: Wén míng wǔ dìng zhāng shèng yuán xiào huángdì (文明武定章聖元孝皇帝) [1024]; Yīng fú jī gǔ shén gōng ràng dé wén míng wǔ dìng zhāng shèng yuán xiào huángdì (應符稽古神功讓德文明武定章聖元孝皇帝) [1047] |
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23 Mar 1022 - 30 Apr 1063 |
Rénzōng (仁宗) [1063] || Zhào Shòuyì (趙受益); Zhào Zhēn (趙禎) [1018?] |
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posthumous names: Shén wén shèng wǔ míng xiào huángdì (神文聖武明孝皇帝) [1063]; Tǐ tiān fǎ dào jí gōng quán dé shén wén shèng wǔ ruì zhé míng xiào huángdì (體天法道極功全德神文聖武睿哲明孝皇帝) [1083] |
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1 May 1063 - 25 Jan 1067 |
Yīngzōng (英宗) [1067] || Zhào Zōngshí (趙宗實) [1036]; Zhào Shǔ (趙曙) [1062] |
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posthumous names: Xiàn wén sù wǔ xuān xiào huángdì (憲文肅武宣孝皇帝) [1067]; Tǐ gān yīng lì lóng gōng shèng dé xiàn wén sù wǔ ruì shén xuān xiào huángdì (體乾應歷隆功盛德憲文肅武睿神宣孝皇帝) [1083] |
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25 Jan 1067 - 1 Apr 1085 |
Shénzōng (神宗) [1085] || Zhào Zhòngzhēn (趙仲鍼) [1048]; Zhào Xū (趙頊) [1063] |
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posthumous names: Yīng wén liè wǔ shèng xiào huángdì (英文烈武聖孝皇帝) [1085]; Shào tiān fǎ gǔ yùn dé jiàn gōng yīng wén liè wǔ qīn rén shèng xiào huángdì (紹天法古運德建功英文烈武欽仁聖孝皇帝) [1095]; Tǐ yuán xiǎn dào dì dé wáng gōng yīng wén liè wǔ qīn rén shèng xiào huángdì (體元顯道帝德王功英文烈武欽仁聖孝皇帝) [1104]; Tǐ yuán xiǎn dào fǎ gǔ lì xiàn dì dé wáng gōng yīng wén liè wǔ qīn rén shèng xiào huángdì (體元顯道法古立憲帝德王功英文烈武欽仁聖孝皇帝) [1113] |
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1 Apr 1085 - 23 Feb 1100 |
Zhézōng (哲宗) [1100] || Zhào Yōng (趙傭) (alternative readings of 傭: Yóng [modern], Chōng [apparently obsolete]); Zhào Xù (趙煦) (alternative reading of 煦: Xǔ) [1085] |
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posthumous names: Qīn wén ruì wǔ zhāo xiào huángdì (欽文睿武昭孝皇帝) [1100]; Xiàn yuán jì dào xiǎn dé dìng gōng qīn wén ruì wǔ qí shèng zhāo xiào huángdì (憲元繼道顯德定功欽文睿武齊聖昭孝皇帝) [1104]; Xiàn yuán jì dào shì dé yáng gōng qīn wén ruì wǔ qí shèng zhāo xiào huángdì (憲元繼道世德揚功欽文睿武齊聖昭孝皇帝) [1113] |
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23 Feb 1100 - 18 Jan 1126 |
Huīzōng (徽宗) [1137] || Zhào Jí (趙佶) [1083] [2] |
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posthumous names: Shèng wén rén dé xiǎn xiào huángdì (聖文仁德顯孝皇帝) [1137]; Tǐ shén hé dào jùn liè xùn gōng shèng wén rén dé xiàn cí xiǎn xiào huángdì (體神合道駿烈遜功聖文仁德憲慈顯孝皇帝) [1143] |
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19 Jan 1126 - 9 Jan 1127 |
Qīnzōng (欽宗) [1161] || Zhào Dǎn (趙亶) (alternative readings of 亶: Dàn); Zhào Xuǎn (趙烜) [1102]; Zhào Huán (趙桓) [1102] [3][4] |
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posthumous names: Gōng wén shùn dé rén xiào huángdì (恭文順德仁孝皇帝) [1161] |