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5 unusual facts about Emperor Huizong of Song


Emperor Huizong of Song

He himself wrote the famous Treatise on Tea, the most detailed and masterful description of the Song dynasty sophisticated style of tea ceremony.

A few years later (1141), as the peace negotiations leading up to the Treaty of Shaoxing between the Jin and the Song were proceeding, the Jin posthumously honored Huizong with the neutral-sounding title of Prince of Tianshun qun, after a commandery in the upper reaches of the Wei River (now in Gansu).

Gao Qiu

Gao Qiu (died 1126) was a government official who served Emperor Huizong during the Song Dynasty.

After the death of Emperor Zhezong, Prince Duan ascends to the throne as Emperor Huizong and Gao Qiu is promoted to high official ranks by the emperor.

The Patriot Yue Fei

Shi Yanjing as Zhao Ji (Emperor Huizong), the eighth ruler of the Song Dynasty and the father of the emperors Qinzong and Gaozong.


Irgen Gioro

According to a famous tale, the ancestors of Irgen Gioros were the Emperor Huizong, Qinzong and other royal family members of Song Dynasty who was captured by the Jurchens in the Jingkang Incident of the Jin–Song wars.


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