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Emperor Xingzong of Liao
Son of Emperor Shengzong of Liao, who made Song raise its payments in 1042 and was defeated by Western Xia in 1044
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Yelu Zongzhen · Yelu Zhigu · Zhigu · Shensheng Xiaozhang Huangdi
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Emperor Xingzong of Liao, Yelü Zongzhen, a son of Shengzong, was born in 1016 and took the throne in 1031 as the seventh Liao emperor. In 1034 his mother, Empress Dowager Xiao Nujin, was forced to go and keep watch at the Qing Mausoleum, and he took personal rule. He was a devout Buddhist. In 1042, while Song was at war with Western Xia, he sent envoys to demand land and made Song raise its annual payments, the Chongxi increase. In 1044 he led a campaign against Li Yuanhao of Western Xia and was defeated at Hequ. He died in 1055.
Life and times
Dates 1016 - 1055