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Emperor Shizong of Jin

Emperor Shizong of Jin
Emperor of the Jin dynasty
Reign 27 October 1161 – 20 January 1189
Born (1123-03-29)29 March 1123
Died 20 January 1189(1189-01-20) (aged 65)
Spouse Empress Mingde
Consort Yuan
Empress Guangxian
Consort Xian
Consort De
Consort Rou
Lady Liang
Lady Shimo
Issue Sons:
Wanyan Yungong
Shunian
Xielu
Wanyan Yongzhong
Wanyan Yonggong
Wanyan Yongdao
Wanyan Yongji
Wanyan Yongde
Wanyan Yongcheng
Wanyan Yongsheng
Daughters:
Princess of Yu
Princess of Han
Princess of Lu
Princess of Yan
Princess of Wu
Princess of Shu
Princess of Wan
Princess of Xi
Princess of Cao
Princess of Wei
Heshilie Zhushennu's wife
Wanyan Changle
Full name
Wanyan Yong (new sinicised name)
Wanyan Xiu (old sinicised name)
Wulu (Jurchen name)
Era dates
Dading (大定; 1161–1189)
Posthumous name
Emperor Guangtian Yuyun Wende Wugong Shengming Renxiao (光天興運文德武功聖明仁孝皇帝)
Temple name
Shizong (世宗)
Father Wanyan Zongyao
Mother Lady Li
Full name
Wanyan Yong (new sinicised name)
Wanyan Xiu (old sinicised name)
Wulu (Jurchen name)
Era dates
Dading (大定; 1161–1189)
Posthumous name
Emperor Guangtian Yuyun Wende Wugong Shengming Renxiao (光天興運文德武功聖明仁孝皇帝)
Temple name
Shizong (世宗)
Emperor Shizong of Jin
Chinese 金世宗
Wulu
Traditional Chinese 烏祿
Simplified Chinese 乌禄
Wanyan Yong
Traditional Chinese 完顏雍
Simplified Chinese 完颜雍
Wanyan Xiu
Traditional Chinese 完顏褎
Simplified Chinese 完颜褎

Emperor Shizong of Jin (29 March 1123 – 20 January 1189), personal name Wulu, sinicised name Wanyan Yong (originally Wanyan Xiu), was the fifth emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty, which ruled northern China between the 12th and 13th centuries. Ruling from 1161 to 1189 under the regnal name "Dading", Emperor Shizong's reign was the longest and most stable among the Jin dynasty emperors.

Wulu was a grandson of Aguda (Emperor Taizu), the founding emperor of the Jin dynasty. His father was Eliduo (訛里朵; also known as Wanyan Zongyao 完顏宗堯), Aguda's third son and a famous general in the early Jin dynasty. As Eliduo died when Wulu was just 12 years old, the latter grew up under the influence of his mother, who had come from a sinicised bohai gentry family from Liaoyang. After her husband's death, Wulu's mother preferred to become a nun instead of remarrying one of her husband's relatives, as was the Jurchen custom. Due to his mother and her relatives, Wulu received a Han Chinese-style education and acquired good knowledge of the Chinese classics.

Wulu is said to have also been greatly influenced by the wife he had before becoming emperor. She was from the Wulinda (烏林荅) clan. She advised Wulu to be patient and to pretend to be loyal to his cousin, the emperor Digunai (Prince of Hailing). Digunai admired Lady Wulinda so he summoned her to his inner court in 1151, but she committed suicide. Her death resulted in a deep enmity between Wulu and Digunai.

In 1161, when Digunai invaded the Southern Song dynasty to unify China under the Jin dynasty's rule, he also sent agents to assassinate many of his own relatives and thus to cement his power within the imperial clan. Wulu, who was on the hit list, started a rebellion against the emperor. The rebellion was supported by many Jurchen officers and aristocrats who were dissatisfied with Digunai's policy of cultural sinicisation and administrative centralisation, and the human cost of the emperor's southern adventure. The first military officer to support the rebellion was Wanyan Mouyan (完顏謀衍). Digunai lost the Battle of Caishi against the Song dynasty and was assassinated by his own disaffected officers. Wulu was able to become the new emperor without having to struggle against Digunai.


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