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Emperor Yizong of Western Xia
Western Xia Emperor Who Purged Consort Regencies and Sinicized Rites
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 Li Liangzuo · Weiming Liangzuo · Liangzuo · Zhaoxian Huangdi · Ningling Liangcha
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Emperor Yizong of Western Xia, Li Liangzuo, a son of Emperor Jingzong, Li Yuanhao, and Lady Mozang, was born in 1047 and took the throne in 1048 at the age of one as the second Western Xia emperor. His uncle Mozang Epang held power; in 1061 Liangzuo learned of a plot by Epang and his son and had them killed. He dropped Tangut ceremony for Han ritual and employed Han scholars, honouring Confucian learning. In 1063 trade at border markets resumed and he asked Song to let him use the surname Li, which Emperor Renzong rebuked. He died in 1068.
Life and times
Dates 1047 - 1068