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Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia
Fourth Western Xia emperor, enthroned at three, who ended Empress Dowager Liang's rule in 1099 and founded a state school in 1101
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 Qianshun · Weiming Qianshun · Qianshun · Shengwen Huangdi
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Emperor Chongzong of Western Xia, Li Qianshun, a son of Huizong, was born in 1083 and took the throne in 1086 at three as the fourth Western Xia emperor, reigning more than fifty years. In 1099 Empress Dowager Liang died, reportedly poisoned by envoys from Liao, and Qianshun, then about sixteen, took personal rule and later married into the Liao house. He first aligned with Liao, submitted to Jin in 1124 and used the Song-Jin war to take land. In 1101 he set up a state school for Han learning. He died in 1139.
Life and times
Dates 1083 - 1139