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Capture of Emperors Huizong and Qinzong

Type Event Region North China Time 1127

In the Jingkang Incident of 1127 CE, Emperors Huizong and Qinzong of Song surrendered to Jin forces and were escorted north, finally settling in Wugu…

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  1. 1127Kaifeng · HenanAfter Kaifeng fell, Jin forces demanded the two emperors come out to surrender. Qinzong (Zhao Huan) and retired emperor (Zhao Ji) were forced to remove their dragon robes and bow to the Jin commanders, the dignity of Northern Song imperial power trampled.
  2. 1127Yanjing · BeijingJin forces escorted the two emperors, consorts, imperial clansmen, and officials northward in batches, enduring humiliation along the way, passing through Yanjing and elsewhere; commoners witnessing the fall of their sovereigns were grief-stricken.
  3. 1127Wuguocheng · HeilongjiangThe two emperors were finally taken to the Jin's Wuguocheng (near present-day Yilan, Heilongjiang) and imprisoned, given the titles 'Duke of Hunde' and 'Marquis of Chonghun'; the symbol of Northern Song legitimacy was utterly destroyed, and the two emperors later died in the north.

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