Song Gaozong

Song Gaozong ( Chinese 宋高宗 , Pinyin Sòng Gāozōng , Jyutping Sung ¹ Gou ² zung ¹ , * June 12, 1107 ; † November 9, 1187 ), personal name Zhao Gou ( 趙構 / 赵构 , Zhào Gòu ), court name Deji ( 德基 , Déjī ), was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty , and the first of the Southern Song Dynasty .

Calligraphy of Qijue -Gedichtes Qijue Tian Shan shi 七絕天山詩 / 七绝天山诗 in cursive script by Zhao Gou on a round silk fans (John B. Elliott Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art )

After the Jurchen invasion of northern China, Emperors Qinzong and Huizong were captured, Gaozong fled south and settled in Hangzhou , where he continued the fight against the Jurchen Jin dynasty . He abdicated in 1162.

His reign is divided into the reigns of Jianyan ( 建炎 , Jìanyán ) from 1127 to 1130 and Shaoxing ( 紹興 / 绍兴 , Shàoxīng ) from 1131 to 1162.

Web links

Zhao Gou - Emperor Gaozong of the Song Dynasty - English
Zhao Gou: Qijue Tian Shan shi - Chinese
Gaozong - English in Encyclopædia Britannica

Individual evidence

↑ Christine Moll-Murata: The Chinese regional description. Development and function of a source type, illustrated using the example of the prefecture descriptions of Hangzhou (= publications of the East Asia Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum. Vol. 47). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04442-X , p. 139 , (also: Bochum, Universität, Dissertation, 1998).

predecessor	Office	successor
Qinzong	Emperor of the Song Dynasty 1127–1162	Xiaozong

personal data
SURNAME	Song Gaozong
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	10. Emperor of the Song Dynasty
DATE OF BIRTH	June 12, 1107
DATE OF DEATH	November 9, 1187

[1] Christine Moll-Murata: The Chinese regional description. Development and function of a source type, illustrated using the example of the prefecture descriptions of Hangzhou (= publications of the East Asia Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum. Vol. 47). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 3-447-04442-X , p. 139 , (also: Bochum, Universität, Dissertation, 1998).