Death of Emperor Zhenzong of Song

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1. 1022Yanqing Hall, Dongjing Kaifeng Prefecture · KaifengOn the 19th day of the second month of the Qianxing era, Emperor Zhenzong of Song, Zhao Heng, died at Yanqing Hall in the palace. The History of Song (Basic Annals) records that he was 55 years old and had reigned 25 years; his edict ordered Crown Prince Zhao Zhen to ascend the throne and posthumously honored Empress Liu as Empress Dowager.
2. 1022Yongding Mausoleum, Gong County · GongyiThe ministers bestowed the posthumous title Emperor Wenming Zhangsheng Yuanxiao and the temple name Zhenzong. On the 13th day of the tenth month he was buried at Yongding Mausoleum in Gong County, and on the 23rd he was given supplementary rites at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. According to history, Emperor Renzong had the heavenly books buried with the mausoleum, and Empress Dowager Liu later buried the heavenly books together with Zhenzong, ending the heavenly-books politics of Zhenzong's later reign.