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*''Reign: [[1125]]-[[1127]]''
Emperor Qinzong was the son and successor of [[Emperor Huizong]] of China's [[Northern Song Dynasty]].
Emperor Huizong abdicated in favor of Qinzong in [[1125]] as the empire came under attack from the [[Jurchen]] armies of the [[Jin Dynasty]]. This did nothing to stop the Jin from conquering the Northern Song capital of [[Kaifeng]] and capturing both Qinzong and his father, along with a number of other members of the Imperial family.
Huizong and Qinzong lived on in captivity for a number of years, eventually dying there, never to return to freedom. Meanwhile, one of Qinzong's younger brothers continued the dynasty, establishing a new capital at [[Hangzhou]] and becoming [[Emperor Gaozong]], first emperor of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]].
==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 317.
[[Category:Emperors|Qinzong]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
Emperor Qinzong was the son and successor of [[Emperor Huizong]] of China's [[Northern Song Dynasty]].
Emperor Huizong abdicated in favor of Qinzong in [[1125]] as the empire came under attack from the [[Jurchen]] armies of the [[Jin Dynasty]]. This did nothing to stop the Jin from conquering the Northern Song capital of [[Kaifeng]] and capturing both Qinzong and his father, along with a number of other members of the Imperial family.
Huizong and Qinzong lived on in captivity for a number of years, eventually dying there, never to return to freedom. Meanwhile, one of Qinzong's younger brothers continued the dynasty, establishing a new capital at [[Hangzhou]] and becoming [[Emperor Gaozong]], first emperor of the [[Southern Song Dynasty]].
==References==
*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 317.
[[Category:Emperors|Qinzong]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
