Emperor Duanzong of Song

Zhao Shi 趙昰
Emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty
Reign	14 June 1276 – 8 May 1278 (&100000000000000010000001 year, &10000000000000328000000328 days)
Predecessor	Emperor Gong of Song
Successor	Emperor Huaizong of Song
Posthumous name
Emperor Yu Wen Zhao Wu Min Xiao 裕文昭武愍孝皇帝
Temple name
Duanzong 端宗
Father	Emperor Duzong of Song
Mother	Empress Dowager Yang 楊淑妃
Born	1268
Died	1278 (aged 9–10)

Emperor Duānzōng (Chinese: 端宗) (1268 – May 8, 1278) was the eighth and penultimate emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty of China who reigned from 1276 to 1278 and died at the early age of ten. He was also known as the "Nation Establishing Duke " (建國公).
Born Zhào Shì (趙昰), his father was sixth Southern Song Emperor Duzong. He became King Ji (吉王) in 1274 and King Yi (益王) in 1276. Enthroned as emperor at Fuzhou on June 14, 1276, his only era took the name of Jǐngyán (景炎 literally: bright flame). Duanzong's temple name means "Final Ancestor".

Duanzong's younger brother Emperor Gong of Song had been captured after the Mongol invasion of Lin'an (present day Hangzhou) in 1276. Duanzong, along with one of his younger brothers Zhào Bǐng (赵昺/趙昺, escaped to Fujian and established the seat of the government in Fuzhou. In 1278, the Mongol forces were about to breakthrough Song's last line of defense forcing Duanzong to flee.^[1] Accompanied by ministers such as Lu Xiufu, Duanzong boarded a ship and fled to the province of Guangdong. Thereafter he stayed temporarily in Hong Kong where the Sung Wong Toi (literally: Terrace of the Sung kings) in Kowloon City commemorates this event.

In March 1278, whilst fleeing from the Mongols, Duanzong fell from a boat and almost drowned. After his rescue, he became ill and died a few months later in Gangzhou (碙州) (modern day Lantau Island, Hong Kong).^[1]

He was succeeded by his younger brother, Emperor Huaizong of Song.

See also

• List of Song Emperors
• Architecture of the Song Dynasty
• Culture of the Song Dynasty
• Economy of the Song Dynasty
• History of the Song Dynasty
• Society of the Song Dynasty
• Technology of the Song Dynasty

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Wintle, Justin. [2002] (2002). China. ISBN 1858287642

Emperor Duanzong of Song House of Zhao Born: 1268 Died: 1278
Regnal titles
Preceded by Emperor Gongdi	Emperor of China 1276–1278	Succeeded by Emperor Huaizong

Persondata
Name	Duanzong Of Song
Alternative names
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Date of birth	1268
Place of birth
Date of death	May 8, 1278
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