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*''Died: [[976]]''
*''Reign: [[960]]-976''
*''Chinese'': 太祖皇帝 ''(Taizu huangdi)''
Emperor Taizu was the founder of the Chinese [[Song Dynasty]].
He was a general in the service to the [[Later Zhou Dynasty]] before overthrowing the boy ruler in [[960]] and taking the throne himself, declaring the beginning of a new dynasty. His armies took [[Jiangnan]] in [[963]], [[Sichuan]] in [[965]], [[Guangdong]] in [[971]], and [[Anhui]], [[Jiangxi]] and [[Hunan]] in [[975]], as he worked to unify China under his control.
Emperor Taizu died in [[976]] and was succeeded by his younger brother, [[Emperor Taizong of Song]], who completed this effort of unification, seizing control of [[Jiangsu]] and [[Zhejiang]] in [[978]], and [[Shanxi]] in [[979]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Gongdi of Later Zhou]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Song Dynasty|Song]]<br>[[960]]-[[976]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Song]]'''
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 265.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]
*''Reign: [[960]]-976''
*''Chinese'': 太祖皇帝 ''(Taizu huangdi)''
Emperor Taizu was the founder of the Chinese [[Song Dynasty]].
He was a general in the service to the [[Later Zhou Dynasty]] before overthrowing the boy ruler in [[960]] and taking the throne himself, declaring the beginning of a new dynasty. His armies took [[Jiangnan]] in [[963]], [[Sichuan]] in [[965]], [[Guangdong]] in [[971]], and [[Anhui]], [[Jiangxi]] and [[Hunan]] in [[975]], as he worked to unify China under his control.
Emperor Taizu died in [[976]] and was succeeded by his younger brother, [[Emperor Taizong of Song]], who completed this effort of unification, seizing control of [[Jiangsu]] and [[Zhejiang]] in [[978]], and [[Shanxi]] in [[979]].
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<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Gongdi of Later Zhou]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Song Dynasty|Song]]<br>[[960]]-[[976]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Song]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 265.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Heian Period]]