Emperor Taizu of Jin

Facts

Reign

28 January 1115 – 19 September 1123 (1st ruler of Jin)

Length of reign

8 years

Born

1 August 1068

Died

19 September 1123

Age at accession

48

Age at death

56

Cause of death

Natural causesNatural death or illness (including old age)

Path to the throne

Succession (circumstances unrecorded)Founded the titleSucceeded the previous ruler of the same regime, but the primary sources do not say who decided it (e.g. Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Taizong of Song)

Predecessor

完顏烏雅束 (did not claim the title of emperor)

Successor

Emperor Taizong of Jin

Era names

• 收國 Shōuguó (proclaimed 1115)
• 天輔 Tiānfǔ (proclaimed 1117)

Ages are given in East Asian reckoning (sui): a person is one year old at birth and gains a year at each New Year, so the figure is one or two years higher than the Western age.

During the reign

Number of times each event is recorded in the official histories. How each item is counted

Era name changes

2

General amnesties

1

Empresses installed

0

Crown princes deposed

0

Personal campaigns

5

Rebellions suppressed

8

Rebellions faced

9

Capital relocations

0