In the early calendar, the monarch, the king of Shouchun County, the king and the official book order [2]. Tianxi was appointed Crown Prince in the second year (10 18). In the first year of Ganxing (1022), thirteen-year-old Zhao Zhen ascended the throne. Xianming Zhang was in charge of Empress Liu at the beginning of her reign, and didn't take charge until two years (1033). The first "Song-Xia War" broke out in the middle of the reign. After three years of fighting, the two sides signed the Calendar and Celebration. During this period, Liao took the opportunity to press the border with heavy troops, forcing Song Ting to increase the loss of old coins, which was called "increasing coins by celebrating the calendar" in history. In the third year of Li Qing (1043), Zhao Zhen appointed Fan Zhongyan, a politician, to carry out the "Qingli New Deal" in an attempt to curb the increasingly serious phenomenon of land annexation and "three redundancies", but the reform was suspended immediately because of the huge opposition. In the eighth year of Jiayou (1063), Zhao Zhen died in Funingtang, Tokyo at the age of 54. He reigned for forty-two years and was the longest-serving emperor in the Song Dynasty. It is called "Rui (also known as Zhuo [1 14]), the god of virtue, and the philosopher Xiao Ye" [1 13], the temple number is Renzong, and Yong Zhaoling was buried [3].
During the reign of Zhao Zhen, the economy of the Northern Song Dynasty was prosperous, and science, technology and culture also developed greatly. "History of Song Dynasty" praised: "It is said:' Being a gentleman stops at benevolence.' The emperor is sincere and innocent. "[4] Historians summarized their rule as" Ren Zongsheng Zhi ". He is good at calligraphy, especially at flying white books. The royal collection has one hundred volumes [5]. His poems are recorded in The Whole Song Poetry.
Overview Image source: "Song Renzong Sitting on the Axis" [6]
Original name
Zhen Zhao
Another name
Beneficiary of Zhao, Renzu, Emperor.
The Times
Northern Song Dynasty
Ethnic groups
Han (ha)
birthplace
Kaifeng Prefecture, Tokyo