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Emperor Shengzong of Liao
Son of Emperor Jingzong of Liao, enthroned at twelve in 982 under his mother's regency, who made the Chanyuan treaty
Mural of the event “Treaty of Chanyuan”, which this person presided over.
Liao Empress Dowager Xiao and Emperor Shengzong led the main Liao force in deep southward invasion of the Northern Song, with war fire burning to the northern bank of the Yellow River at Chanzhou. The Song court was in panic and the peace faction strongly advocated moving the capital and fleeing to dodge the enemy.
Also known as Yelu Longxu · Yelu Wenshunu · Wenshunu · Wenxian Tiande Huangdi
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Emperor Shengzong of Liao, Yelü Longxu, the eldest son of Jingzong, was born in 972 and took the throne in 982 at twelve by Chinese reckoning as the sixth Liao emperor, with his mother Xiao Chuo as regent. His era names were Qianheng, Tonghe, Kaitai and Taiping. In 1004 the empress dowager and he led an invasion of Song that ended in the Treaty of Chanyuan, under which Song paid Liao a yearly sum. His reign introduced civil-service examinations and revised the laws, and later historians see it as the height of Liao power. He died in 1031.
Life and times
Dates 972 - 1031
- 1004Kou Zhun and Treaty of Chanyuan
- 1005Treaty of ChanyuanIn power