Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign
25 January 1067 – 1 April 1085
Coronation
25 January 1067
Predecessor
Emperor Yingzong
Successor
Emperor Zhezong
Born
Zhao Zhongzhen (1048–1067) Zhao Xu (1067–1085) 25 May 1048
Died
1 April 1085(1085-04-01) (aged 36)
Burial
Yongyu Mausoleum (永裕陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts
Empress Qinsheng
(m. 1066–1085)
Empress Qincheng
(m. 1068–1085)
Empress Qinci
(before 1085)
Issue
Emperor Zhezong Zhao Bi Emperor Huizong Zhao Yu Zhao Shi Zhao Cai Princess Xianmu Princess Xianxiao Princess Xianjing
Era dates
Xining (熙寧): 1068–1077 Yuanfeng (元豐): 1078–1085
Posthumous name
Emperor Tiyuan Xiandao Fagu Lixian Dide Wanggong Yingwen Liewu Qinren Shengxiao (體元顯道法古立憲帝德王功英文烈武欽仁聖孝皇帝) (conferred in 1113)
Temple name
Shenzong (神宗)
House
Zhao
Dynasty
Song (Northern Song)
Father
Emperor Yingzong
Mother
Empress Xuanren
Emperor Shenzong of Song
Chinese
宋神宗
Literal meaning
"Spiritual Ancestor of the Song"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Sòng Shénzōng
Zhao Xu
Traditional Chinese
趙頊
Simplified Chinese
赵顼
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhào Xū
Zhao Zhongzhen
Traditional Chinese
趙仲鍼
Simplified Chinese
赵仲针
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Zhào Zhòngzhēn
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zhao.
Tomb guardian at Emperor Shenzong's tomb
The Emperor Shenzong of Song (25 May 1048 – 1 April 1085), personal name Zhao Xu, was the sixth emperor of the Song dynasty of China. His original personal name was Zhao Zhongzhen but he changed it to "Zhao Xu" after he acceded to the throne. He reigned from 1067 until his death in 1085 and is best known for supporting Wang Anshi's New Policies. He was a particularly active monarch concerned with solving the fiscal, bureaucratic, and military problems of the Song dynasty, but his reign remains controversial.
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