- List of Song Emperors
This is a list of emperors during the
Song Dynasty (960 -1279 ) ofChina .òng dynasty emperors
"Convention: "Sòng" + temple name or posthumous name except last emperor who was revered as
Song Di Bing " ("Sòng Dì Bǐng" 宋帝昺).Bei (Northern) Sòng dynasty, 960- 1127
Temple Names
(Miao Hao 廟號 Miào Hào)Posthumous Names
(Shi Hao 諡號)Birth Names Period
of ReignsEra Names ( Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of yearsTaizu (太祖 Tàizǔ) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Kuangyin (趙匡胤 Zhào Kuāngyìn) 960 -976
*Jianlong (建隆 Jiànlóng) 960-963
*Qiande (乾德 Qiándé) 963-968
*Kaibao (開寶 Kāibǎo) 968-976Taizong (太宗 Tàizōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Kuangyi (趙匡義 Zhào Kuāngyì) or Zhao Guangyi (趙光義 Zhào Guāngyì) 976-997
*Taipingxingguo (太平興國 Tàipíngxīngguó) 976-984
*Yongxi (雍熙 Yōngxī) 984-987
*Duangong (端拱 Duāngǒng) 988-989
*Chunhua (淳化 Chúnhuà) 990-994
*Zhidao (至道 Zhìdào) 995-997Zhenzong (真宗 Zhēnzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Heng (趙恆 Zhào Héng) 997-1022
*Xianping (咸平 Xiánpíng) 998-1003
*Jingde (景德 Jǐngdé) 1004–1007
*Dazhongxiangfu (大中祥符 Dàzhōngxiángfú) 1008–1016
*Tianxi (天禧 Tiānxǐ) 1017–1021
*Qianxing (乾興 Qiánxīng) 1022Renzong (仁宗 Rénzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Zhen (趙禎 Zhào Zhēn) 1022–1063
*Tiansheng (天聖 Tiānshèng) 1023–1032
*Mingdao (明道 Míngdào) 1032–1033
*Jingyou (景祐 Jǐngyòu) 1034–1038
*Baoyuan (寶元 Bǎoyuán) 1038–1040
*Kangding (康定 Kāngdìng) 1040–1041
*Qingli (慶曆 Qìnglì) 1041–1048
*Huangyou (皇祐 Huángyòu) 1049–1054
*Zhihe (至和 Zhìhé) 1054–1056
*Jiayou (嘉祐 Jiāyòu) 1056–1063Yingzong (英宗 Yīngzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Shu (趙曙 Zhào Shù) 1063–1067
*Zhiping (治平 Zhìpíng) 1064–1067Shenzong (神宗 Shénzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Xu (趙頊 Zhào Xū) 1067–1085
*Xining (熙寧 Xīníng) 1068–1077
*Yuanfeng (元豐 Yuánfēng) 1078–1085Zhezong (哲宗 Zhézōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Xu (趙煦 Zhào Xǔ) 1085–1100
*Yuanyou (元祐 Yuányòu) 1086–1094
*Shaosheng (紹聖 Shàoshèng) 1094–1098
*Yuanfu (元符 Yuánfú) 1098–1100Huizong (徽宗 Huīzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Ji (趙佶 Zhào Jí) 1100–1125
*Jianzhongjingguo (建中靖國 Jiànzhōngjìngguó) 1101
*Chongning (崇寧 Chóngníng) 1102–1106
*Daguan (大觀 Dàguān) 1107–1110
*Zhenghe (政和 Zhènghé) 1111–1118
*Chonghe (重和 Chónghé) 1118–1119
*Xuanhe (宣和 Xuānhé) 1119–1125Qinzong (欽宗 Qīnzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Huan (趙桓 Zhào Huán) 1126–1127
*Jingkang (靖康 Jìngkāng) 1125–1127Nan (Southern) Song dynasty, 1127-1279
Temple Names
(Miao Hao 廟號 Miào Hào)Posthumous Names
(Shi Hao 諡號)Born Names Period
of ReignsEra Names ( Nian Hao 年號) and their according range of yearsGaozong (高宗 Gāozōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Gou (趙構 Zhào Gòu) 1127–1162
*Jingyan (靖炎 Jìngyán) 1127–1130
*Shaoxing (紹興 Shàoxīng) 1131–1162Xiaozong (孝宗 Xiàozōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Shen (趙昚 Zhào Shèn) 1162–1189
*Longxing (隆興 Lóngxīng) 1163–1164
*Qiandao (乾道 Qiándào) 1165–1173
*Chunxi (淳熙 Chúnxī) 1174–1189Guangzong (光宗 Guāngzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Dun (趙惇 Zhào Dūn) 1189–1194
*Shaoxi (紹熙 Shàoxī) 1190–1194Ningzong (寧宗 Níngzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Kuo (趙擴 Zhào Kuó) 1194–1224
*Qingyuan (慶元 Qìngyuán) 1195–1200
*Jiatai (嘉泰 Jiātài) 1201–1204
*Kaixi (開禧 Kāixǐ) 1205–1207
*Jiading (嘉定 Jiādìng) 1208–1224Lizong (理宗 Lǐzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Yun (趙昀 Zhào Yún) 1224–1264
*Baoqing (寶慶 Bǎoqìng) 1225–1227
*Shaoding (紹定 Shàodìng) 1228–1233
*Duanping (端平 Duānpíng) 1234–1236
*Jiaxi (嘉熙 Jiāxī) 1237–1240
*Chunyou (淳祐 Chúnyòu) 1241–1252
*Baoyou (寶祐 Bǎoyòu) 1253–1258
*Kaiqing (開慶 Kāiqìng)1259
*Jingding (景定 Jǐngdìng) 1260–1264Duzong (度宗 Dùzōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Qi (趙祺 Zhào Qí) 1264–1274
*Xianchun (咸淳 Xiánchún) 1265–1274Gongzong (恭宗 Gōngzōng) Gong Di (恭帝 Gōngdì) Zhao Xian (趙顯 Zhào Xiǎn) 1275
*Deyou (德祐 Déyòu) 1275–1276Duan Zong (端宗 Duān Zōng) "too tedious; thus, not used when referring to this sovereign" Zhao Shi (趙昰 Zhào Shì) 1276–1278
*Jingyan (景炎 Jǐngyán) 1276–1278"did not exist" Di (帝 Dì) or Wei Wang (衛王 Wèiwáng) Zhao Bing (趙昺 Zhào Bǐng) 1278–1279
*Xiangxing (祥興 Xiángxīng) 1278–1279
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