Emperor Lizong

Emperor Lizong of Song
Emperor Lizong of Song
Chinese	宋理宗
Literal meaning	"Model Ancestor of the Song"
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Sòng Lǐzōng
Wade–Giles	Sung Litsung
IPA	[sʊ̂ŋ lì.tsʊ́ŋ]
Zhao Yun
Traditional Chinese	趙昀
Simplified Chinese	赵昀
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Yún
Wade–Giles	Chao Yün
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ y̌n]
Zhao Yuju
Traditional Chinese	趙與莒
Simplified Chinese	赵与莒
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Yǔjú
Wade–Giles	Chao Yüchü
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ y̌.tɕù]
Zhao Guicheng
Traditional Chinese	趙貴誠
Simplified Chinese	赵贵诚
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhào Guìchéng
Wade–Giles	Chao Kueich'eng
IPA	[ʈʂâʊ kwêɪ.ʈʂʰə̌ŋ]

Era dates
	Baoqing (寶慶; 1225–1227); Shaoding (紹定; 1228–1233); Duanping (端平; 1234–1236); Jiaxi (嘉熙; 1237–1240); Chunyou (淳祐; 1241–1252); Baoyou (寶祐; 1253–1258); Kaiqing (開慶; 1259); Jingding (景定; 1260–1264)
Posthumous name
	Short: Emperor An (安帝); Full: Emperor Jiandao Beide Dagong Fuxing Liewen Renwu Shengming Anxiao (建道備德大功復興烈文仁武聖明安孝皇帝)
Temple name
	Lizong (理宗)

Emperor Lizong of Song
宋理宗
Emperor Lizong of Song ; 宋理宗
	Emperor Lizong's portrait drawn after his death, kept in the National Palace Museum.
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	17 September 1224 – 16 November 1264
Coronation	17 September 1224
Predecessor	Emperor Ningzong
Successor	Emperor Duzong
Born	Zhao Yuju (1205–1222); Zhao Guicheng (1222–1224); Zhao Yun (1224–1264); 26 January 1205; Shaoxing, Song dynasty
Died	16 November 1264 (aged 59); Lin'an, Song dynasty (modern Hangzhou, Zhejiang)
Burial	Yongmu Mausoleum (永穆陵, in present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang)
Consorts	Empress Shouhe (m. 1227⁠–⁠1264)
Issue	Princess Zhouhan Duanxiao; Princess Zhenzhu; Emperor Duzong
Era dates
Era dates
	Baoqing (寶慶; 1225–1227); Shaoding (紹定; 1228–1233); Duanping (端平; 1234–1236); Jiaxi (嘉熙; 1237–1240); Chunyou (淳祐; 1241–1252); Baoyou (寶祐; 1253–1258); Kaiqing (開慶; 1259); Jingding (景定; 1260–1264)
Posthumous name
	Short: Emperor An (安帝); Full: Emperor Jiandao Beide Dagong Fuxing Liewen Renwu Shengming Anxiao (建道備德大功復興烈文仁武聖明安孝皇帝)
Temple name
	Lizong (理宗)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Southern Song)
Father	Zhao Xilu
Mother	Lady Quan
Signature

Emperor Lizong of Song (26 January 1205 – 16 November 1264), personal name Zhao Yun, was the 14th emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the fifth emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He reigned from 1224 to 1264.

His original name was Zhao Yuju but later changed his name to Zhao Guicheng and then finally changed his name to Zhao Yun being elevated to an imperial son.^[1] Although he was a descendant of the Song dynasty's founder Zhao Kuangyin (Emperor Taizu) through his son Zhao Dezhao and hence a member of the imperial clan, Zhao Yun was not in line to succeed to the throne as his family had no political status. Shi Miyuan, the Chancellor for many years, collaborated with Empress Dowager Yang and when Emperor Ningzong eventually died in 1224, Shi Miyuan, along with Empress Dowager Yang, supplanted the reigning crown prince Zhao Hong and replaced him with Zhao Yun as emperor, reigning with the era name Baoqing and the temple name Lizong. In his 40-year-reign of Emperor Lizong did little to nothing to improve the Dynasty and instead sought pleasure even as the Mongols were terrorizing the borders. He died at age 59 in 1264 and was succeeded by his nephew Emperor Duzong.

^ Chaffee, John W. (1999). Branches of heaven: A history of the imperial clan of Sung China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 203. ISBN 0674080491.

[:3-1] Chaffee, John W. (1999). Branches of heaven: A history of the imperial clan of Sung China. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center. p. 203. ISBN 0674080491.

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