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Zhao Heng

Type Figure Region China Time 968–1022 Also known as Emperor Zhenzong of Song、Zhao Yuankan、Zhao Dechang

Zhao Heng (968–1022), third son of Emperor Taizong of Song, third emperor of Northern Song (r. 997–1022).…

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  1. 1011Fenyin Earth Shrine · Wanrong CountyIn the second month of the fourth year of Dazhong Xiangfu, Zhao Heng again carried the Heavenly Books west to sacrifice to the Earth deity at Fenyin, elevating Baoding County to Qingcheng Commandery, continuing the eastern and western feng sacrifice system; Wang Dan served as Grand Ritual Envoy and composed the Ode to the Altar.
  2. 1017Eastern Capital Kaifeng Prefecture · Kaifeng CityIn the first year of Tianxi the era name was changed and a grand southern suburban sacrifice held; Wang Dan resigned the chancellorship due to illness, Wang Qinruo and Kou Zhun successively became chancellors, and the court entered a new phase of Tianxi factional strife.
  3. 1020Eastern Capital Kaifeng Prefecture · Kaifeng CityIn the eighth month of the fourth year of Tianxi, the sixth son Zhao Shouyi was invested as crown prince and renamed Zhao Zhen, with a general amnesty; around the same year Zhao Heng contracted wind illness, Empress Liu gradually took part in court governance, and a plot by Zhou Huaizheng and others was leaked.

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