Zhao Bing

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Zhao Bing 趙昺
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	10 May 1278 – 19 March 1279
Coronation	10 May 1278
Predecessor	Emperor Duanzong
Successor	Kublai Khan (Yuan dynasty)
Born	Zhao Bing 12 February 1272 Lin'an, Song Empire (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China)
Died	19 March 1279(1279-03-19) (aged 7) Yamen, Guangnan East Circuit, Song Empire (present-day Xinhui, Guangdong, China)
Burial	Song Shaodi's Tomb (宋少帝陵, in present-day Chiwan, Shenzhen, Guangdong)
Era dates Xiangxing (祥興; 1278–1279) Temple name Huaizong (懷宗) (unofficially)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Southern Song)
Father	Emperor Duzong
Mother	Lady Yu

Zhao Bing (12 February 1272 – 19 March 1279), also known as Emperor Bing of Song or Bing, Emperor of Song (宋帝昺),^{[note 1]} was the 18th and last emperor of the Song dynasty of China, who ruled as a minor between 6 and 7 years of age.

He was also the ninth and last emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He reigned for around 313 days in 1278 and 1279. His reign, and the Song dynasty, ended with the Song's total defeat by the Yuan dynasty at the naval Battle of Yamen.

Zhao Bing and his entourage had been observing the naval combat from some coastal cliffs nearby. As the victorious enemy approached, Lu Xiufu seized the emperor and leaped from the clifftops, killing them both.

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