太宗 Tàizōng
Biography
太宗神功聖德文武皇帝諱炅，初名匡乂，改賜光義，即位之二年改今諱，宣祖第三子也，母曰昭憲皇后杜氏。初，后夢神人捧日以授，已而有娠，遂生帝於浚儀官舍。是夜，赤光上騰如火，閭巷聞有異香，時晉天福四年十月七日甲辰也。
帝幼不群，與他兒戲，皆畏服。及長，隆準龍顏，望之知為大人，儼如也。性嗜學，宣祖總兵淮南，破州縣，財物悉不取，第求古書遺帝，恆飭厲之，帝由是工文業，多藝能。
仕周至供奉官都知。太祖即位，以帝為殿前都虞候，領睦州防禦使。親征澤、潞，帝以大內點檢留鎮，尋領泰寧軍節度使。征李重進，為大內都部署，加同平章事、行開封尹，再加兼中書令。征太原，改東都留守，別賜門戟，封晉王，序班宰相上。
開寶九年
開寶九年冬十月癸丑，太祖崩，帝遂即皇帝位。乙卯，大赦，常赦所不原者咸除之。丙辰，群臣表請聽政，不許；丁巳，宰相薛居正等固請，乃許，即日移御長春殿。庚申，以弟廷美為開封尹兼中書令，封齊王；先帝子德昭為永興軍節度使兼侍中，封武功郡王；德芳為山南西道節度使、興元尹、同平章事。薛居正加左僕射，沈倫加右僕射，盧多遜為中書侍郎，曹彬仍樞密使，並同平章事。楚昭輔為樞密使，潘美為宣徽南院使，內外官進秩有差。詔茶、鹽、榷酤用開寶八年額。
十一月癸亥朔，帝不視朝。甲子，追冊故尹氏為淑德皇后，越國夫人符氏為懿德皇后。戊辰，罷州縣奉戶。庚午，詔諸道轉運使察州縣官吏能否，第為三等，歲終以聞。命諸州大索知天文術數人送闕下，匿者論死。乙亥，命權知高麗國事王伷為高麗國王。癸未，幸相國寺。己丑，遣著作郎馮正、佐郎張玘使契丹告哀。詔文武官由譴累不齒者，有司毋得更論前過。
Taizong, the Emperor of Divine Achievement, Sage Virtue, Culture and Martial Prowess, was named Jiong. His first name was Kuangyi; it was changed by bestowal to Guangyi, and in the second year after he took the throne it was changed to his present name. He was the third son of Xuanzu, and his mother was Empress Zhaoxian, of the Du family. Earlier, the empress dreamed that a divine being held up the sun and gave it to her; soon afterwards she became pregnant, and she gave birth to the emperor in the official residence at Junyi. That night a red light rose upward like fire, and people in the lanes and alleys smelled an unusual fragrance. It was the seventh day of the tenth month of the fourth year of Tianfu of the Jin, the day jiachen. Edit
As a child the emperor was unlike others, and when he played with other children they all held him in awe and obeyed him. When he grew up, he had a high-bridged nose and a dragon's countenance, and anyone who saw him knew he was a great man, so dignified was he. He loved learning by nature. When Xuanzu commanded troops in Huainan and took prefectures and counties, he took none of the wealth for himself but sought only old books to give to the emperor, constantly urging and encouraging him; because of this the emperor became skilled in letters and learning and accomplished in many arts. Edit
He served the Zhou and rose to Chief of the Palace Attendants. When Taizu took the throne, he made the emperor Chief Inspector of the Palace Command and titular Defence Commissioner of Mu Prefecture. When Taizu went in person to campaign against Ze and Lu, the emperor stayed behind to guard the capital as Inspector of the Palace, and soon he was made titular Military Commissioner of the Taining Army. During the campaign against Li Chongjin he was Chief Administrator of the Palace, and was given the additional titles of Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery and Governor of Kaifeng, and later also that of Secretariat Director. During the campaign against Taiyuan he was made Regent of the Eastern Capital, was granted halberds for his gate as a special favour, and was enfeoffed as Prince of Jin, ranking above the chief ministers at court. Edit
Ninth year of Kaibao (976)
In the ninth year of Kaibao, in the winter, the tenth month, on guichou, Taizu died, and the emperor thereupon took the imperial throne. On yimao, there was a general amnesty, and even those whom ordinary amnesties did not pardon were all pardoned. On bingchen, the ministers submitted a memorial asking him to take up the affairs of government, and he did not consent; on dingsi, when the chief minister Xue Juzheng and others pressed their request, he consented, and that same day moved to the Changchun Hall. On gengshen, his younger brother Tingmei was made Governor of Kaifeng and Secretariat Director and enfeoffed as Prince of Qi; the late emperor's son Dezhao was made Military Commissioner of the Yongxing Army and Chancellery Director and enfeoffed as Prince of Wugong Commandery; and Defang was made Military Commissioner of Shannan West Circuit, Governor of Xingyuan and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Xue Juzheng was given the additional title of Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, Shen Lun that of Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, Lu Duoxun was made Vice Director of the Secretariat, and Cao Bin remained Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, all of them as Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Chu Zhaofu was made Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs and Pan Mei Commissioner of the Southern Bureau of Palace Affairs, and officials at court and in the provinces were advanced in rank according to grade. An edict ordered that the tea, salt and wine monopolies follow the quotas of the eighth year of Kaibao. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, guihai, the emperor did not hold court. On jiazi, the late lady of the Yin family was posthumously invested as Empress Shude, and the Lady of the State of Yue, of the Fu family, as Empress Yide. On wuchen, the households assigned to serve prefectural and county officials were abolished. On gengwu, an edict ordered the Fiscal Commissioners of the circuits to examine the ability of prefectural and county officials, rank them in three grades, and report at the end of the year. The prefectures were ordered to search thoroughly for people who knew astronomy and the arts of divination and send them to the capital; anyone who hid them was to be put to death. On yihai, Wang Zhou, acting administrator of the affairs of the state of Goryeo, was made King of Goryeo. On guiwei, the emperor went to the Xiangguo Monastery. On jichou, Feng Zheng, Editorial Director, and Zhang Qi, Assistant Editorial Director, were sent as envoys to the Khitan to announce the death. An edict ordered that civil and military officials who had been shunned because of reprimands or involvement in others' cases were not to have their past faults raised again by the officials concerned. Edit
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十二月己亥，置直舍人院。甲寅，御乾元殿受朝，樂縣而不作。大赦，改是歲為太平興國元年。命太祖子及齊王廷美子並稱皇子，女並稱皇女。丁巳，置三司副使。戊午，契丹遣使來賻。己未，幸講武池，遂幸玉津園。庚申，節度使趙普、向拱、張永德、高懷德、馮繼業、張美、劉廷讓來朝。
太平興國二年
二年春正月壬戌，以大行殯，不視朝。丙寅，禁居官出使者行商賈事。戊辰，親試禮部舉人。甲戌，上大行皇帝諡曰英武聖文神德，廟號太祖。丙子，幸相國寺，還御東華門觀燈。庚辰，閱禮部貢士十舉至十五舉者百二十人，並賜出身。戊子，命邕州廣源州酋長坦坦綽儂民富為檢校司空、御史大夫、上柱國。辛卯，幸講武池。置江南榷茶場。
二月甲午，契丹遣使來賀即位及正旦。吳越國遣使來貢。罷南唐鐵錢。庚子，帝改名炅。壬寅，大宴崇德殿，不作樂。乙巳，幸新鑿池，遂幸講武池，宴射玉津園。丁未，占城國遣使來貢。己酉，令江南諸州鹽先通商處悉禁之。戊午，幸太平興國寺，遂幸造船務。還幸建隆觀。
三月壬戌朔，始立試銜官選限。己卯，以河陽節度使趙普為太子少保。己丑，幸開寶寺。置威勝軍。禁江南諸州銅。許契丹互市。
夏四月辛卯，大食國遣使來貢。丁酉，契丹遣使來會葬。乙卯，葬太祖於永昌陵。
五月壬戌，河南法曹參軍高丕、伊闕縣主簿翟嶙、鄭州滎澤令申廷溫坐不勤事，並免。癸亥，向拱、張永德、張美、劉廷讓皆罷節鎮，為諸衛上將軍。乙丑，幸新水磑，遂幸玉津園宴射。丙寅，詔繼母殺子及婦者同殺人論。庚午，宴崇德殿，不作樂。遣辛仲甫使契丹。甲戌，以十月七日為乾明節。己卯，祔太祖神主於廟，以孝明皇后王氏配；又以懿德皇后符氏、淑德皇后尹氏祔別廟。庚辰，詔作北帝宮于終南山。癸未，幸新水磑，遂宴射玉津園。
六月辛卯朔，白龍見邠州要策池中。乙卯，幸開寶寺，遂幸飛龍院，賜從官馬。是月，磁州保安等縣墨蟲生，食桑葉殆盡。潁州大水。
秋七月庚午，詔諸庫藏敢變權衡以取羨餘者死。癸未，鉅鹿、沙河步屈食桑、麥，河決滎澤、頓丘、白馬、溫縣。
閏月己亥，幸白鶻橋，臨金水河。己酉，河溢開封等八縣，害稼。甲寅，詔發潭州兵擊梅山洞賊。丁巳，有司上閏年輿地版籍之圖。令支郡得專奏事。
八月癸亥，黎州兩林蠻來貢。乙丑，平海軍節度使陳洪進來朝。癸酉，以觀燈遂幸相國寺。戊寅，詔作崇聖殿。是月，陝、澶、道、忠、壽諸州大水，鉅鹿步蝻生，景城縣雹。
九月乙未，幸弓箭院，遂幸新修三館。壬寅，幸新水磑，遂幸西御園宴射。丁未，渤尼國遣使來貢，山後兩林蠻來獻馬。辛亥，幸講武台大閱。容州初貢珠。乙卯，鎮海、鎮東軍節度使錢惟濬來朝。丙辰，狩近郊。丁巳，吳越王遣使乞呼名，不允。是月，興州江水溢，濮州大水，汴水溢。
冬十月戊午朔，賜百官及在外將校、長吏冬服。辛酉，契丹來賀乾明節。己巳，幸京城西北，觀衛士與契丹使騎射，遂宴苑中。己巳，群臣請舉樂，表三上，從之。丙子，詔禁天文卜相等書，私習者斬。辛巳，畋近郊。初榷酒酤。
十一月丁亥朔，日有食之，既。庚寅，日南至，帝始受朝。甲午，遣李瀆等賀契丹正旦。丁酉，禁江南諸州新小錢，私鑄者棄市。癸丑，幸御龍弓箭直營，賜軍士錢帛有差。
十二月丁巳朔，試諸州所送天文術士，隸司天臺，無取者黥配海島。庚午，畋近郊。癸酉，詔定晉州礬法，私煮及私販易者罪有差。辛巳，幸新水磑。高麗國王使其子元輔來賀即位。
太平興國三年
三年春正月丙戌朔，不受朝，群臣詣閣賀。庚寅，殿直霍瓊坐募兵劫民財，腰斬。甲午，浚汾河。雅州西山野川路蠻來朝。戊戌，開襄、漢漕渠，渠成而水不上，卒廢。己亥，光祿丞李之才坐擅入酒邀同列飲殿中，除名。庚子，罷陳州蔡河舟算。辛丑，浚廣濟、惠民及蔡三河，治黃河隄。乙巳，浚汴口。己酉，命修太祖實錄。辛亥，命群臣禱雨。癸丑，京畿雨足。
二月丙辰，幸鄭國公主第。以三館新修書院為崇文院。丁巳，詔班諸州錄事、縣令、簿尉曆子合書式。甲子，罷昌州七井虛額鹽。丙寅，泗州錄事參軍徐璧坐監倉受賄出虛券，棄市。辛未，幸西綾錦院，命近臣觀織室機杼，還幸崇文院觀書。詔鑿金明池。甲申，禁沿邊諸郡闌出銅錢。製西京新修殿名。
三月乙酉朔，貝州清河民田祚十世同居，詔旌其門閭，復其家。辛丑，監海門戍、殿直武裕坐姦贓棄市。壬寅，秦州言，戎酋王泥豬寇八狼戍，巡檢劉崇讓擊敗之，梟其首以徇。己酉，吳越國王錢俶來朝。壬子，幸開寶寺。是月，壽州甘露降。
夏四月乙卯朔，命群臣禱雨。召華山道士丁少微。丙辰，禁民自春及秋毋捕獵。庚午，幸建隆觀，遂幸西染院，又幸造船務。乙亥，置諸道轉運判官。己卯，陳洪進獻漳、泉二州，凡得縣十四、戶十五萬一千九百七十八、兵萬八千七百二十七。庚辰，幸城南觀麥，遂幸玉津園宴射。辛巳，侍御史趙承嗣坐監市征隱官錢，棄市。癸未，以陳洪進為武寧軍節度使、同平章事。錢俶乞罷所封吳越國王，及解天下兵馬大元帥，並寢書詔不名之命，歸其兵甲，求還，不許。是月，河決獲嘉縣。
五月乙酉，赦漳、泉，仍給復一年。錢俶獻其兩浙諸州，凡得州十三、軍一、縣八十六、戶五十五萬六百八十、兵一十一萬五千三十六。丁亥，封錢俶為淮海國王，其子惟濬徙淮南軍節度使，惟治徙鎮國軍節度使。戊子，赦兩浙，給復如漳、泉。癸巳，遣李從吉等使契丹。乙未，占城國遣使獻方物。壬寅，定難軍節度使李克叡卒，子繼筠立。乙巳，以繼筠襲定難軍節度使。幸殿前都指揮使楊信第視疾。戊申，以秦州節度判官李若愚子飛雄矯制乘驛至清水縣，縛都巡檢周承瑨及劉文裕、馬知節等七人，將劫守卒據城為叛，文裕覺其詐，禽縛飛雄按之，盡得其狀，詔誅飛雄及其父母妻子同產，而哀若愚宗奠無主，申戒中外臣庶，自今子弟有素懷兇險、屢戒不悛者，尊長聞諸州縣，錮送闕下，配隸遠處，隱不以聞，坐及期功以上。
六月戊午，復給乘驛銀牌。壬午，秦州清水監軍田仁朗擊破西羌，斬獲甚眾。癸未，詔：太平興國元年十月乙卯以來諸職官以贓致罪者，雖會赦不得敘，永為定制。是月，泗州大水，汴水決寧陵縣。
秋七月乙酉，大雨震電，西窰務藁聚焚。壬辰，右千牛衛上將軍李煜卒，追封吳王。戊戌，金鄉縣民李光襲十世同居，詔旌其門。庚戌，改明德門為丹鳳門。壬子，中書令史李知古坐受賕擅改刑部所定法，杖殺之。
八月癸丑，幸南造船務，遂幸玉津園宴射。滑州黃河清。丙辰，詔兩浙發淮海王緦麻以上親及管內官吏赴闕。辛未，夷州蠻任朗政來貢。癸酉，詹事丞徐選坐贓，杖殺之。甲戌，群臣請上尊號曰應運統天聖明文武皇帝，許之。
九月甲申，親試禮部舉人。壬子，以布衣張遯為襄邑縣主簿，張文旦濮陽縣主簿。
冬十月癸丑朔，契丹遣使來賀乾明節。高麗國王遣使來貢。庚申，幸武功郡王德昭邸，遂幸齊王邸，賜齊王銀萬兩、絹萬匹，德昭、德芳有差。辛酉，復兗州曲阜縣襲封文宣公家。庚午，畋近郊。是月，河決靈河縣。
十一月丙申，祀天地於圜丘，大赦。御乾元殿受尊號。庚子，幸齊王邸。丙午，以郊祀，中外文武加恩。
十二月乙丑，幸講武台觀機石連弩。庚午，畋近郊。戊寅，契丹遣使來賀正旦。己卯，置三司推官、巡官。
太平興國四年
四年春正月丁亥，命太子中允張洎、著作佐郎句中正使高麗，告以北伐。遣官分督諸州軍儲輸太原行營。庚寅，以宣徽南院使潘美為北路都招討制置使，分命節度使河陽崔彥進、彰德李漢瓊、彰信劉遇、桂州觀察使曹翰，副以衛府將直，四面進討。侍衛馬軍都虞候米信、步軍都虞候田重進並為行營指揮使，將其軍以從，西上閣門使郭守文、順州團練使梁迥監護之。辛卯，命雲州觀察使郭進為太原石嶺關都部署，以斷燕薊援師。癸巳，置簽署樞密院事，以石熙載為之。乙未，宴潘美等于長春殿，賜以襲衣、金帶、鞍馬。癸卯，新渾儀成。
二月壬子，幸國子監，遂幸玉津園宴射。甲寅，以齊王廷美子德恭為貴州防禦使。丙辰，以中書侍郎、尚書右僕射、同平章事沈倫為東京留守兼判開封府事，宣徽北院使王仁贍為大內都部署，樞密承旨陳從信副之。癸亥，賜扈從近臣鞍馬、衣服、金玉帶有差。甲子，帝發京師。戊寅，次澶州，觀魚於河。
三月庚辰朔，次鎮州。丁亥，郭進破北漢西龍門砦，禽獲甚眾。乙未，郭進大破契丹於關南。庚子，左飛龍使史業破北漢鷹揚軍，俘百人來獻。乙巳，夏州李繼筠乞帥所部助討北漢。詔泉州發兵護送陳洪進親屬赴闕。
夏四月己酉朔，嵐州行營與北漢軍戰，破之。庚戌，盂縣降。以石熙載為樞密副使。辛酉，以孟玄喆、劉廷翰為兵馬都鈐轄，崔翰總馬步軍，並駐泊鎮州。壬戌，帝發鎮州。折御卿克岢嵐軍，獲其軍使折令圖。乙丑，克隆州，獲其招討使李詢等六人。己巳，折御卿克嵐州，殺其憲州刺史郭翊，獲夔州節度使馬延忠。庚午，次太原，駐蹕汾東行營。辛未，幸太原城，詔諭北漢主劉繼元使降。壬申夜，帝幸城西，督諸將發機石攻城。甲戌，幸諸砦。乙亥，幸連城，視攻城諸洞。
五月己卯朔，攻城西南，遂陷羊馬城，獲其宣徽使范超，斬纛下。辛巳，攻城西北。壬午，其騎帥郭萬超來降，遂移幸城南，手詔賜繼元。癸未，進攻，將士盡奮，若將屠之。是夜，繼元遣使納款。甲申，繼元降，北漢平，凡得州十、縣四十、戶三萬五千二百二十。命祠部郎中劉保勛知太原府。乙酉，赦河東常赦所不原者，命錄死事將校子孫，瘞戰士。戊子，以榆次縣為新并州。優賞歸順將校，盡括僧道隸西京寺觀，官吏及高貲戶授田河南。北漢節度使蔚進盧遂以汾州降。己丑，以繼元為右衛上將軍、彭城郡公。帝作平晉詩，令從臣和。辛卯，繼元獻官妓百餘，以賜將校。乙未，築新城。送劉繼元緦麻以上親赴闕。丙申，幸城北，御沙河門樓。盡徙餘民于新城，遣使督之，既出，即命縱火。丁酉，以行宮為平晉寺，帝作平晉記刻寺中。廢隆州，隳其城。庚子，發太原。丁未，次鎮州。
六月甲寅，以將伐幽薊，遣發京東、河北諸州軍儲赴北面行營。庚申，帝復自將伐契丹。丙寅，次金臺頓，募民為鄉導者百人。丁卯，次東易州，刺史劉宇以城降，留兵千人守之。戊辰，次涿州，判官劉厚德以城降。己巳，次鹽溝頓，民得近界馬來獻，賜以束帛。庚午，次幽州城南，駐蹕寶光寺。契丹軍城北，帝率眾擊走之。壬申，命節度使定國宋偓、河陽崔彥進、彰信劉遇、定武孟玄喆四面分兵攻城。以潘美知幽州行府事。契丹鐵林廂主李札盧存以所部來降。癸酉，移幸城北，督諸將進兵，獲馬三百。幽州神武廳直并鄉兵四百人來降。乙亥，范陽民以牛酒犒師。丁丑，帝乘輦督攻城。
秋七月庚辰，契丹建雄軍節度使、知順州劉廷素來降。壬午，知薊州劉守恩來降。癸未，帝督諸軍及契丹大戰于高梁河，敗績。甲申，班師。庚寅，命孟玄喆屯定州，崔彥進屯關南。乙巳，帝至自范陽。
八月壬子，西京留守石守信坐從征失律，貶崇信軍節度使。甲寅，彰信軍節度使劉遇貶宿州觀察使。癸亥，命潘美屯河東三交口。甲戌，汴水決宋城縣。武功郡王德昭自殺。詔作太清樓。是月，秦州大水。
九月己卯，河決汲縣。丁亥，置皇子侍讀。己亥，幸新城，觀鐵林軍人射強弩。庚子，華山道士丁少微詣闕，獻金丹及巨勝、南芝、玄芝。癸卯，山後兩林蠻以名馬來獻。丙午，鎮州都鈐轄劉廷翰及契丹戰于遂城西，大敗之，斬首萬三百級，獲三將、馬萬匹。
冬十月乙亥，以平北漢功，齊王廷美進封秦王，薛居正加司空，沈倫加左僕射，盧多遜兼兵部尚書，曹彬兼侍中，白進超、崔翰、劉廷翰、田重進、米信並領諸軍節度使，楚昭輔、崔彥進、李漢瓊並加檢校太尉，潘美加檢校太師，王仁贍加檢校太傅，石熙載加刑部侍郎，文武從臣進秩有差。
十一月庚辰，放道士丁少微歸華山。己丑，畋近郊。辛卯，忻州言與契丹戰，破之。關南言破契丹，斬首萬餘級。
十二月丁未，占城國遣使來貢。丁卯，畋近郊。置諸州司理判官。
太平興國五年
五年春正月庚辰，詔宣慰河東諸州。壬午，新作天駟左、右監，以左、右飛龍使為左、右天廄使，閑廄使為崇儀使。庚寅，改端明殿學士為文明殿學士。
二月戊辰，斬徐州妖賊李緒等七人。廢順化軍。
三月戊子，會親王、宰相、淮海國王及從臣蹴鞠大明殿。己丑，左監門衛上將軍劉鋹卒，追封南越王。癸巳，代州言，宣徽南院使潘美敗契丹之師於雁門，殺其駙馬侍中蕭咄李，獲都指揮使李重誨。
閏三月丙午，幸水磑，因觀魚。甲寅，親試禮部舉人。丁巳，親試諸科舉人。庚午，幸講武池觀習樓船。辛未，甘、沙州回鶻遣使以橐駝名馬來獻。
夏四月癸未，親試應百篇舉趙昌國，賜及第。壅汾河晉祠水灌太原，隳其故城。是月，壽州風雹，冠氏縣雨雹。
五月癸卯朔，大霖雨。辛酉，命宰相祈晴。
六月壬午，高麗國王遣使來貢。是月，潁州大水，徐州白溝溢入城。
秋七月丁未，討交州黎桓，命蘭州團練使孫全興、八作使張濬、左監門衛將軍崔亮、寧州刺史劉澄、軍器庫副使賈湜、閣門祗候王僎並為部署。全興、濬、亮由邕州，澄、湜、僎由廉州，各以其眾致討。庚申，北海虸蚄生。
八月甲申，西南蕃主龍瓊琚使其子羅若從並諸州蠻來貢。
九月癸卯，黎桓遣使為丁璿上表求襲位。甲辰，史館上太祖實錄。壬戌，畋近郊。
冬十月戊寅，大發兵屯關南及鎮、定州。己丑，發京師至雄州民治道。甲午，命侍衛馬軍都指揮使米信護定州屯兵。
十一月庚子朔，安南靜海軍節度行軍司馬、權知州事丁璿上表求襲位，不報。丙午，以秦王廷美為東京留守，王仁贍為大內都部署，陳從信副之。己酉，帝伐契丹。壬子，發京師。癸丑，次長垣縣。關南與契丹戰，大破之。以河陽三城節度使崔彥進為關南都部署。戊午，駐蹕大名府。諸軍及契丹大戰于莫州，敗績。
十二月甲戌，大閱，遂宴幄殿。衛士有盜獲麞者當坐，詔特釋之。戊寅，以保靜軍節度使劉遇、威塞軍節度使曹翰為幽州東、西路部署。庚辰，發大名府，因校獵。乙酉，帝至自大名府。交州行營與賊戰，大破之。
太平興國六年
六年春正月癸卯，置平塞、靜戎二軍。辛亥，易州破契丹數千眾。丙寅，改靜戎軍為安靜軍。
二月己卯，命宰臣禱雨。
三月己酉，興元尹德芳薨，追封岐王。癸丑，詔令諸路轉運使察官吏賢否以聞。丙辰，置破虜、平戎二軍。丁巳，高昌國遣使來貢。壬戌，交州行營破賊于白藤江口，獲戰艦二百艘，知邕州侯仁寶死之。會炎瘴，軍士多死者，轉運使許仲宣驛聞，詔班師。詔斬劉澄、賈湜于軍中，徵孫全興下獄。令諸州長吏五日一慮囚。
夏四月辛未，幸太平興國寺禱雨。丙戌，高麗國遣使來貢。禁西川諸州白衣巫師。罷湖州織羅，放女工。
五月己未，雨。降死罪囚，流以下釋之。平塞軍與契丹戰，破之。
六月甲戌，司空、平章事薛居正薨。
七月丙午，詔渤海琰府王助討契丹。是月，延州、鄜、寧、河中大水，宋州蝗。
九月乙未朔，日有食之。甲辰，左拾遺田錫上疏極諫，詔嘉獎之。丙午，置京朝官差遣院，初令中書舍人郭贄等考校課績。辛亥，以趙普為司徒，石熙載為樞密使。壬子，詔求直言。丙辰，易州言破契丹。斬緜州妖賊王禧等十人。
冬十月癸酉，群臣三奉表上尊號曰應運統天睿文英武大聖至明廣孝皇帝，許之。甲申，以河陽三城節度使崔彥進為關南都部署，侍衛馬軍都指揮使米信為定州都部署。丙戌，校歷代醫書。甲午，詔作蘇州太一宮成。
十一月丁酉，監察御史張白坐知蔡州日假官錢糴糶，棄市。甲辰，改武德司為皇城司。女真遣使來貢。辛亥，祀天地於圜丘，大赦。御乾元殿受尊號，內外文武加恩。壬子，令諸州監臨官有所聞見傳聞須面陳者，俟報。丁巳，交州行營部署孫全興棄市。辛酉，以樞密使楚昭輔為左驍衛上將軍。
十二月癸酉，購求醫書。己卯，畋近郊。己丑，諸道節度州置觀察支使，奉料同掌書記，仍不得並置。辛卯，禁民私市近界部落馬。
太平興國七年
七年春正月甲午朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤稱賀。壬戌，定輿服等差及婚取喪葬儀制。
二月甲申，改關南為高陽關，徙并州治唐明鎮。乙酉，特貰廬州管內逋米萬七千二百四十石。
三月癸巳朔，日有食之。乙未，以秦王廷美為西京留守。乙巳，以旱分遣中黃門遍禱方岳。交州以王師致討遣使來謝。壬子，賜秦王襲衣、通犀帶、錢十萬。是月，舒州上玄石，有白文曰「丙子年出趙號二十一帝」。宣州雪霜殺桑害稼。北陽縣蝗，飛鳥數萬食之盡。
夏四月甲子，以樞密直學士竇偁、中書舍人郭贄並參知政事，如京使柴禹錫為宣徽北院使兼樞密副使。戊辰，中書侍郎兼兵部尚書、平章事盧多遜罷為兵部尚書。丁丑，西京留守、秦王廷美罷歸第，復其子德恭、德隆名皇侄，女韓氏婦落皇女、雲陽公主之號。盧多遜褫職流崖州，並徙其家，期周以上親悉配遠裔。庚辰，左僕射、平章事沈倫罷為工部尚書。禁河南諸州私鑄鉛錫惡錢及輕小錢。是月，潤州大水。
五月辛丑，崔彥進敗契丹於唐興。戊申，慮囚。己酉，夏州留後李繼捧獻其銀、夏、綏、宥四州。辛亥，三交行營言，潘美敗契丹之師於鴈門，破其壘三十六。丙辰，秦王廷美降封涪陵縣公、房州安置。以崇儀副使閻彥進知房州，監察御史袁廓通判軍州事，各賜白金三百兩。己未，府州破契丹於新澤砦，獲其將校以下百人。是月，陝州蝗，蕪湖縣雨雹。
六月乙亥，遣使發李繼捧緦麻以上親赴闕，其弟繼遷奔地斤澤。丙子，置譯經院。是月，河決臨濟縣，漢陽軍大水。
秋七月甲午，以子德崇為檢校太傅、同平章事，封衛王；德明為檢校太保、同平章事，封廣平郡王。乙卯，工部尚書沈倫以左僕射致仕。是月，河決范濟口，淮水、漢水、易水皆溢，陽穀縣蝗，關、陝諸州大水。
八月庚申朔，太子太師王溥薨。己卯，詔川峽諸州官織錦綺、鹿胎、透背、六銖、欹正、龜殼等悉罷之，民間勿禁。
九月己丑朔，西京諸道係籍沙彌，令祠部給牒。甲寅，貴妃孫氏薨。邠州蝗。
冬十月癸亥，詔：河南吏民不得闌出邊關侵撓略奪，違者論罪，有得羊馬生口者還之。戊辰，幸金明池，御龍舟觀習水戰。河決武德縣，蠲臨河民租。己卯，左諫議大夫、參知政事竇偁卒。癸卯，乾元曆成。是月，岳州田鼠食稼。
十一月己酉，以李繼捧為彰德軍節度使。禁民喪葬作樂。
十二月戊午朔，日有食之。庚午，蠲兩浙諸州太平興國六年以前逋租。戊寅，高麗國王伷卒，其弟治遣使求襲位，詔立治為高麗國王。
閏月戊子朔，豐州與契丹戰，破之，獲其天德軍節度使蕭太。占城國獻馴象。丙申，狩近郊。辛亥，詔赦銀、夏等州常赦所不原者。諸州置農師。
太平興國八年
八年春正月己卯，以東上閤門使王顯為宣徽南院使，酒坊使弭德超為北院使，並兼樞密副使。癸未，詔令州、縣長吏延問高年耆德。
二月戊子朔，日有食之。丁酉，禁內屬部落私市女口。
三月庚申，以右諫議大夫宋琪為參知政事。豐州破契丹兵，降三千餘帳。癸亥，分三司，各置使。癸酉，幸金明池，觀習水戰。丙子，親試禮部舉人。甲申，除福建諸州鹽禁。
夏四月壬寅，班外官戒諭辭。壬子，流樞密副使弭德超於瓊州，并徙其家。乙卯，幸樞密使石熙載第視疾。
五月丁卯，詔作太一宮於都城南。黎桓自稱三使留後，遣使來貢，并上丁璿讓表。詔諭桓送璿母子赴闕，不聽。丁亥，流威塞軍節度使曹翰于登州。乙亥，詔長吏誘致關、隴流亡。是月，河決滑州，過澶、濮、曹、濟，東南入于淮。相州風雹。
六月己亥，以王顯為樞密使，柴禹錫為宣徽南院使兼樞密副使。己酉，兗州泰山父老及瑕丘等七縣民詣闕請封禪。是月，穀、洛、瀍、澗溢，壞官民舍萬餘區，溺死者以萬計，鞏縣壞殆盡。
秋七月辛未，參知政事郭贄罷為秘書少監。庚辰，加宋琪刑部尚書，以工部尚書李昉參知政事。是月，河、江、漢、滹沱及祁之資、滄之胡盧、雄之易惡池水皆溢為患。
八月壬辰，以大水故，釋死罪以下。丁酉，山後兩林蠻來貢。溪、錦、敘、富四州蠻來附。庚戌，以樞密使石熙載為右僕射。辛亥，增諡法。詔：軍國政要令參知政事李昉及樞密院副使一人錄送史館。
九月癸丑朔，占城國獻馴象。初置水陸路發運于京師。是月，睢溢，浸田六十里。
冬十月戊戌，改衛王德崇名元佐，廣平郡王德明名元祐，德昌名元休，德嚴名元雋，德和名元傑。已酉，進元佐為楚王、元祐陳王，封元休韓王、元雋冀王、元傑益王，並檢校太保、同平章事。司徒、兼侍中趙普罷為武勝軍節度使。
十一月壬子朔，以參知政事宋琪、李昉並平章事。癸丑，除川峽民祖父母父母在別籍異財棄市律。己未，太一宮成。壬申，以翰林學士李穆、呂蒙正、李至並參知政事，樞密直學士張齊賢、王沔並同簽署樞密院事。庚辰，置侍讀官。
十二月壬午朔，詔綏、銀、夏等州官吏招誘沒界外民歸業，仍給復三年。丁亥，賜河北、河東緣邊戍卒襦，京城諸軍米。淮海國王錢俶三上表乞解兵馬大元帥、國王、尚書中書令、太師等官。罷元帥名，餘不許。西人寇宥州，巡檢使李詢擊走之。是月，醴泉縣水中草變為稻。滑州河決。
雍熙元年
雍熙元年春正月壬子朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。戊午，右僕射石熙載薨。壬戌，購逸書。丁卯，涪陵縣公廷美薨，追封涪陵王。壬申，蠲諸州民去年官所貸粟。癸酉，左諫議大夫、參知政事李穆卒。
三月丁巳，滑州河決既塞，帝作平河歌賜近臣，蠲水所及州縣今年租。癸未，以涪陵王子德恭、德隆為刺史，壻韓崇業為靜難軍司馬。是月，甘露降太一宮庭。
夏四月乙酉，泰山父老詣闕請封禪。戊子，群臣表請凡三上，許之。甲午，幸金明池，觀習水戰，因幸講武臺觀射，賜武士帛。
五月庚戌朔，除江南鹽禁。辛亥，幸城南觀麥，賜刈者錢帛。罷諸州農師。壬子，西州回鶻與波斯外道來貢。丁丑，乾元、文明二殿災。己卯，以京官充堂後官。
六月丁亥，詔求直言。己丑，遣使按察兩浙、淮南、西川、廣南獄訟。鎮安軍節度使、守中書令石守信薨。庚子，令諸州長吏十日一慮囚。壬寅，詔罷封泰山。甲辰，禁邊臣境外種蒔。
秋七月壬子，改乾元殿為朝元殿，文明殿為文德殿，丹鳳門為乾元門；改匭院為登聞鼓院，東延恩匭為崇仁檢院，南招諫匭為思諫檢院，西申冤匭為申明檢院，北通玄匭為招賢檢院。
八月丁酉，親祠太一宮。壬寅，河水溢。是月，淄州大水。
九月壬戌，群臣表三上尊號曰應運統天睿文英武大聖至仁明德廣孝皇帝，不許；宰相叩頭固請，終不許。丙寅，幸并河新倉。
冬十月甲申，賜華山隱士陳摶號希夷先生。夏州言，掩擊李繼遷，獲其母妻，俘千四百餘帳，繼遷走。壬辰，禁布帛不中度者。癸巳，嵐州獻牝獸一角，并瑞物六十三種圖付史館。戊戌，忠州錄事參軍卜元幹坐受賕枉法，杖殺之。
十一月壬子，高麗國王遣使來貢。丁巳，祀天地於圜丘，大赦，改元，中外文武官進秩有差。癸酉，以浦城童子楊億為秘書省正字。
十二月庚辰，淮海國王錢俶徙封漢南國王。癸未，賜京畿高年帛。丁亥，罷嶺南採珠場。壬辰，立德妃李氏為皇后。丙申，御乾元門，賜京師大酺三日。戊戌，大雨雪。
太宗二
雍熙二年
二年春正月丙辰，以德恭為左武衛大將軍判濟州，封定安侯；德隆為右武衛大將軍判沂州，封長寧侯。右補闕劉蒙叟通判濟州，起居舍人韓儉通判沂州。乙丑，賜德恭、德隆常奉外支錢三百萬。
二月戊寅，權交州留後黎桓遣使來貢。乙未，夏州李繼遷誘殺汝州團練使曹光實。己亥，占城遣使來貢。
三月己未，親試禮部舉人。江南民饑，許渡江自占。
夏四月乙亥朔，遣使行江南諸州，振饑民及察官吏能否。戊寅，遣忠武軍節度使潘美復屯三交口。己卯，詔以帝所生官舍作啟聖院。己丑，殿前承旨王著坐監資州兵為姦贓，棄市。庚子，甘露降後苑。辛丑，夏州行營破西蕃息利族，斬其代州刺史折羅遇并弟埋乞，又破保、洗兩族，降五十餘族。
五月甲子，幸城南觀麥，賜田夫布帛。天長軍蝝生。
六月甲戌朔，河西行營言，獲岌羅賦等十四族，焚千餘帳。戊子，復禁鹽、榷酤。
秋七月庚申，詔諸道轉運使及長吏，宜乘豐儲廩以防水旱。
八月癸酉朔，遣使按問兩浙、荊湖、福建、江南東西路、淮南諸州刑獄，仍察官吏勤惰以聞。癸巳，西南奉化王子以慈來貢。是月，瀛、莫二州大水。
九月丙午，以歲無兵凶，除十惡、官吏犯贓、謀故劫殺外，死罪減降，流以下釋之，及蠲江、浙諸州民逋租。庚戌，重九，賜近臣飲于李昉第，召諸王、節度使宴射苑中。是夕，楚王宮火。辛亥，廢楚王元佐為庶人、均州安置。丁巳，群臣請留元佐養疾京師，許之。己未，西南蕃王遣使來貢。己巳，禁海賈。
閏月癸未，太白入南斗。甲申，幸天駟監，賜從臣馬。乙未，禁邕管殺人祭鬼及僧人置妻孥。己亥，均州獻一角獸。
冬十月辛丑朔，慮囚。丙午，以天竺僧天息災、施護、法天並為朝請大夫、試鴻臚少卿。己酉，汴河主糧胥吏坐奪漕軍口糧，斷腕徇於河畔三日，斬之。甲寅，黎邛部蠻王子來貢。
十一月壬午，狩於近郊，以所獲獻太廟，著為令。戊子，禱雪。辛卯，詔在官丁父母憂者並放離任。
十二月庚子朔，日有食之。癸卯，南康軍言，雪降三尺，大江冰合，可勝重載。丁未，遣中使賜緣邊戍卒襦褲。丙辰，門下侍郎兼刑部尚書、平章事宋琪罷守本官。
雍熙三年
三年春正月辛未，右武衛大將軍、長寧侯德隆薨，以其弟德彝嗣侯，仍知沂州。庚辰，夜漏一刻，北方有赤氣如城，至明不散。己丑，知雄州賀令圖等請伐契丹，取燕薊故地。庚寅，北伐，以天平軍節度使曹彬為幽州道行營前軍馬步水陸都部署，河陽三城節度使崔彥進副之；侍衛馬軍都指揮使、彰化軍節度使米信為西北道都部署，沙州觀察使杜彥圭副之，以其眾出雄州；侍衛步軍都指揮使、靜難軍節度使田重進為定州路都部署，出飛狐。戊戌，參知政事李至罷為禮部侍郎。
二月壬子，以檢校太師、忠武軍節度使潘美為雲、應、朔等州都部署，雲州觀察使楊業副之，出鴈門。
三月癸酉，曹彬與契丹兵戰固安南，克其城。丁丑，田重進戰飛狐北，又破之。潘美自西陘入，與契丹兵遇，追至寰州，其刺史趙彥辛以城降。辛巳，曹彬克涿州。潘美圍朔州，其節度副使趙希贊以城降。癸未，田重進戰飛狐北，獲其西南面招安使大鵬翼、康州刺史馬頵、馬軍指揮使何萬通。乙酉，曹彬敗契丹於涿州南，殺其相賀斯。丁亥，潘美師至應州，其節度副使艾正、觀察判官宋雄以城降。司門員外郎王延範與秘書丞陸坦、戎城縣主簿田辯、術士劉昂坐謀不軌，棄市。庚寅，武寧軍節度使、同平章事、岐國公陳洪進卒。辛卯，田重進攻飛狐，其守將呂行德、張繼從、劉知進等舉城降，以其縣為飛狐軍。占城國遣使來貢。丙申，進圍靈丘，其守將穆超以城降。
夏四月辛丑，潘美克雲州。田重進戰飛狐北，破其眾。壬寅，曹彬、米信戰新城東北，又破之。己酉，田重進再戰飛狐北，再破之，殺二將。乙卯，重進至蔚州，其牙校李存璋、許彥欽殺大將蕭啜理，執其監城使、同州節度使耿紹忠以城降。
五月庚午，曹彬之師大敗于岐溝關，收眾夜渡拒馬河，退屯易州，知幽州行府事劉保勳死之。丙子，召曹彬、崔彥進、米信歸闕，命田重進屯定州，潘美還代州。徙雲、應、寰、朔吏民及吐渾部族，分置河東、京西。會契丹十萬眾復陷寰州，楊業護送遷民遇之，苦戰力盡，為所禽，守節而死。
六月戊戌朔，日有食之。甲辰，以御史中丞辛仲甫為參知政事。
秋七月庚午，貶曹彬為右驍衛上將軍，崔彥進為右武衛上將軍，米信為右屯衛上將軍，杜彥圭為均州團練使。應群臣、列校死事及陷敵者，錄其子孫。壬午，徙山後降民至河南府、許汝等州。丁亥，以簽署樞密院事張齊賢為給事中、知代州。癸巳，階州福津縣有大山飛來，自龍帝峽壅江水逆流，壞民田數百里。甲午，詔改陳王元祐為元僖，韓王元休為元侃，冀王元雋為元份。
八月丁酉朔，以王沔、張宏並為樞密副使。丁未，大雨，遣使禱岳瀆，至夕雨止。劍州民饑，遣使振之，因督捕諸州盜賊。辛亥，降潘美為檢校太保，贈楊業太尉、大同軍節度使。
九月丙寅朔，減兩京諸州繫囚流以下一等，杖罪釋之。賜所徙寰、應、蔚等州民米，昇、宣等十四州雍熙二年官所振貸並蠲之。戊寅，賜北征軍士陣亡者家三月糧。
冬十月甲辰，以陳王元僖為開封尹。壬子，高麗國王遣使來貢。庚申，詔以權靜海軍留後黎桓為本軍節度。
十一月丙戌，幸建隆觀、相國寺祈雪。
十二月乙未朔，大雨雪，宴群臣玉華殿。己亥，定州田重進入契丹界，攻下岐溝關。壬寅，契丹敗劉廷讓軍於君子館，執先鋒將賀令圖，高陽關部署楊重進死之。壬子，建房州為保康軍，以右衛上將軍劉繼元為節度使。代州副部署盧漢贇敗契丹於土鐙堡，斬獲甚眾，殺監軍舍利二人。
是歲，壽州大水，濮州蝗。
雍熙四年
四年春正月甲子朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。己卯，遣使按問西川、嶺南、江、浙等路刑獄。丙戌，詔：「應行營將士戰敗潰散者並釋不問，緣邊城堡備禦有勞可紀者所在以聞。瘞暴骸，死事者廩給其家，錄死事文武官子孫。蠲河北雍熙三年以前逋租，敵所蹂踐者給復三年，軍所過二年，餘一年。」
二月丙申，以漢南國王錢俶為武勝軍節度使，徙封南陽國王。丁酉，繕治河北諸州、軍城隍。甲寅，錢俶改封許王。
三月庚辰，詔申嚴考績。
夏四月癸巳朔，以御史中丞趙昌言為右諫議大夫、樞密副使。乙未，詔：諸州郡暑月五日一滌囹圄，給飲漿，病者令醫治，小罪即決之。丁未，幸金明池觀水嬉，遂習射瓊林苑，登樓，擲金錢繒彩於樓下，縱民取之。並水陸發運為一司。
五月丙寅，遣使市諸道民馬。庚辰，改殿前司日騎為捧日，驍猛為拱辰，雄勇為神勇，上鐵林為殿前司虎翼，腰弩為神射，侍衛步軍司鐵林為侍衛司虎翼。丁亥，詔諸州送醫術人校業太醫署。賜諸將陣圖。
六月丁酉，以右驍衛上將軍劉廷讓為雄州都部署。戊戌，以彰國軍節度使、駙馬都尉王承衍為貝、冀都部署，郭守文及郢州團練使田欽祚並為北面排陣使。庚子，定國軍節度使崔翰復為高陽關兵馬都部署。是月，鄜州獻馬，前足如牛。
秋七月丙寅，幸講武池觀魚。是月，置三班院。
八月庚子，免諸州吏所逋京倉米二十六萬七千石。
九月癸亥，校醫術人，優者為翰林學生。
冬十月丙午，流雄州都部署劉廷讓於商州。壬子，左僕射致仕沈倫薨。
十一月庚辰，詔以實數給百官奉。
十二月壬寅，幸建隆觀、相國寺祈雪。庚戌，畋近郊。丁巳，大雨雪。
端拱元年
端拱元年春正月己未朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。乙亥，親耕籍田。還御丹鳳樓，大赦，改元。除十惡、官吏犯贓至殺人者不赦外，民年七十以上賜爵一級。癸未，幸玉津園習射。乙酉，禁用酷刑。是月，澶州黃河清。
二月乙未，改左、右補闕為左、右司諫，左、右拾遺為左、右正言。丙申，禁諸州獻珍禽奇獸。己亥，詔瀛州民為敵所侵暴者賜三年租，復其役五年。庚子，以籍田，開封尹、陳王元僖進封許王，元侃襄王，元份越王，錢俶鄧王，中書門下平章事李昉為尚書右僕射，參知政事呂蒙正同中書門下平章事，樞密使王顯加檢校太傅，給事中許國公趙普守太保兼侍中，參知政事辛仲甫加戶部侍郎，樞密副使趙昌言加工部侍郎，樞密副使王沔為參知政事，御史中丞張宏為樞密副使，餘內外並加恩。甲辰，升建州為建寧軍節度。庚戌，以子元偓為左衛上將軍、徐國公，元偁為右衛上將軍、涇國公。
三月甲戌，貶樞密副使趙昌言為崇信軍行軍司馬。乙亥，鄭州團練使侯莫陳利用坐不法，配商州禁錮，尋賜死。癸未，幸玉津園習射。廢水陸發運司。
夏四月丁亥，賜京城高年帛。己丑，加高麗國王治、靜海軍節度使黎桓並檢校太尉。
五月辛酉，置秘閤於崇文院。辛未，感德軍節度使李繼捧賜姓趙氏，名保忠。壬申，以保忠為定難軍節度使。
閏五月辛卯，以洺州防禦使劉福為高陽關兵馬都部署，濮州防禦使楊贊為貝州兵馬都部署。乙未，賜諸州高年爵公士。丁酉，交州黎桓遣使來貢。壬寅，親試禮部進士及下第舉人。
六月丙辰朔，右領軍衛大將軍陳廷山謀反伏誅。丁丑，改湖南節度為武安軍節度。親試進士諸科舉人。
秋七月丙午，除西川諸州鹽禁。辛亥，忠武軍節度使潘美知鎮州。
八月乙卯，壽星見丙地。甲子，以宣徽南院使郭守文為鎮州路都部署。戊寅，太師、鄧王錢俶薨，追封秦國王，諡忠懿。庚辰，幸太學，命博士李覺講易，賜帛；遂幸玉津園習射。是月，鳳凰集廣州清遠縣廨合歡樹，樹下生芝三莖。
九月乙酉朔，以侍衛馬軍都指揮使李繼隆為定州都部署。
冬十月壬午，以侍衛步軍都指揮使戴興為澶州都部署。癸未，詔罷游獵，五方所畜鷹犬並放之，諸州毋以為獻。
十一月甲申朔，高麗王遣使來貢。己丑，郭守文破契丹于唐河。
十二月辛未，以夏州蕃落使李繼遷為銀州刺史，充洛苑使。
端拱二年
二年春正月癸未朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。壬辰，以涪州觀察使柴禹錫為澶州兵馬部署。癸巳，詔議北伐。
二月壬子朔，令河北東、西路招置營田。癸丑，詔錄將校官吏功及死事使臣、官吏子孫，士卒廩給其家三月。平塞、天威、平定、威虜、靜戎、保塞、寧邊等軍，祁、易、保、定、鎮、邢、趙等州民，除雍熙四年正月丙戌詔給復外，更給復二年；霸、代、洺、雄、莫、深等州，平虜、岢嵐軍，更給復一年。戊午，罷乘傳銀牌，復給樞密院牒。乙太倉粟貸京畿饑民。癸亥，作方田。戊辰，以國子監為國子學。
三月辛卯，命高瓊為并代都部署。壬寅，親試禮部舉人。
夏四月丁巳，置富順監。辛未，幸趙普第視疾。
五月戊戌，以旱慮囚，遣使決諸道獄。是夕，雨。
秋七月甲申，以知代州張齊賢為刑部侍郎、樞密副使，鹽鐵使張遜為宣徽北院使、簽署樞密院事。戊子，有彗出東井，上避正殿，減常膳。辛丑，契丹犯威虜軍，崇儀使尹繼倫擊破之，殺其相皮室，大將于越遁去。
八月丙辰，大赦，是夕，彗不見。癸亥，詔作開寶寺舍利塔成。
九月壬午，邛部川、山後百蠻來貢。
冬十月辛未，以定難軍節度使趙保忠同平章事。以歲旱、彗星謫見，詔曰：「朕以身為犧牲，焚於烈火，亦未足以答謝天譴。當與卿等審刑政之闕失、稼穡之艱難，恤物安人，以祈玄祐。」
十二月辛亥，置三司都磨勘官。丙辰，大雨雪。庚申，詔令四方所上表祗稱皇帝。群臣請復尊號，不許。辛酉，上法天崇道文武皇帝，詔去「文武」二字，餘許之。三佛齊國遣使來貢。
淳化元年
淳化元年春正月戊寅朔，減京畿繫囚流罪以下一等。改元，內外文武官並加勳階爵邑，中書舍人、大將軍以上各賜一子官。賜鰥寡孤獨錢，除逋負。受尊號，改乾明節為壽寧節。戊子，詔作清心殿。
二月丁未朔，除江南、兩浙、淮西、嶺南諸州漁禁。己酉，改大明殿為含光殿。
三月丙子朔。乙未，幸西京留守趙普第視疾。
夏四月庚戌，遣中使詣五嶽禱雨，慮囚，遣使分決諸道獄。甲寅，詔尚書省四品、兩省五品以上舉轉運使及知州、通判。五溪蠻田漢權來附。戊午，建婺州為保寧軍節度。丙寅，命殿前副都指揮使戴興為鎮州都部署。
五月甲午，給致仕官半奉。辛卯，置詳覆、推勘官。
六月丙午，罷中元、下元張燈。庚午，太白晝見。
秋七月丁丑，太白復見。是月，吉、洪、江、蘄、河陽、隴城大水。開封、陳留、封丘、酸棗、鄢陵旱，賜今年田租之半，開封特給復一年。京師貴糴，遣使開廩減價分糶。
八月乙巳，毀左藏庫金銀器皿。己巳，禁川峽、嶺南、湖南殺人祀鬼，州縣察捕，募告者賞之。庚午，西南蕃主使其子龍漢興來貢。是月，京兆長安八縣旱，賜今年租十之六。蠲舒州宿松等三處魚池稅。
九月辛巳，熒惑入太微垣。大宴崇政殿。禁川峽民父母在出為贅婿。是月，蠲滄、單、汝三州今年租十之六。
冬十月甲辰，交州黎桓遣使來貢。乙巳，熒惑陵左執法。乙丑，知白州蔣元振、知須城縣姚益恭並以清幹聞，下詔褒諭，賜粟帛。是月，以乾鄭二州、河南壽安等十四縣旱，州蠲今年租十之四，縣蠲其稅。
十一月戊戌，太白晝見。是月，蠲大名府管內今年租十之七。
十二月乙巳，占城遣使來貢。乙卯，高麗國遣使來貢。辛酉，詔中外所上書疏及面奏制可者，並下中書、樞密、三司中覆頒行。
是歲，洪、吉、江、蘄諸州水，河陽大水。曹、單二州有蝗，不為災。開封、大名管內及許、滄、單、汝、乾、鄭等州，壽安、長安、天興等二十七縣旱。深冀二州、文登牟平兩縣饑。
淳化二年
二年春正月壬申朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。丙子，遣商州團練使翟守素帥兵援趙保忠于夏州。乙酉，置內殿崇班、左右侍禁，改殿前承旨為三班奉職。丙戌，熒惑犯房。己丑，詔陝西諸州長吏設法招誘流亡，復業者計口貸粟，仍給復二年。
二月癸丑，盡易宮殿彩繪以赭堊。監察御史祖吉坐知晉州日為姦贓，棄市。乙丑，斬夔州亂卒謝榮等百餘人於市。
閏月辛未朔，日有食之。戊寅，禱雨。丁亥，詔內外諸軍，除木槍、弓弩矢外不得蓄他兵器。己丑，詔：京城蒲博者開封府捕之，犯者斬。命近臣兼差遣院流內銓。是月，河水溢，鄄城縣蝗，汴河決。
三月乙卯，幸金明池御龍舟，遂幸瓊林苑宴射。己巳，以歲蝗旱禱雨弗應，手詔宰相呂蒙正等：「朕將自焚，以答天譴。」翌日而雨，蝗盡死。
夏四月庚午，罷端州貢硯。辛巳，以張齊賢、陳恕並參知政事，張遜兼樞密副使，溫仲舒、寇準並為樞密副使。是月，河水溢，虞鄉等七縣民饑。
五月己亥朔，詔減兩京諸州繫囚流以下一等，杖罪釋之。庚子，置諸路提點刑獄官。丙辰，左正言謝泌以敢言擢右司諫，賜金紫，錢三十萬。
六月甲戌，忠武軍節度使、同平章事潘美卒。命張永德為并、代都部署。乙酉，以汴水決浚儀縣，帝親督衛士塞之。庚寅，禁陝西緣邊諸州闌出生口。是月，楚丘、鄄城、淄川三縣蝗，河水、汴水溢。
秋七月己亥，詔陝西緣邊諸州饑民鬻男女入近界部落者官贖之。李繼遷奉表請降，以為銀州觀察使，賜國姓，改名保吉。是月，乾寧軍蝗，許、雄、嘉三州大水。
八月己卯，置審刑院。己丑，雅州言登遼山崩。
九月丁酉朔，戶部侍郎、參知政事王沔，給事中、參知政事陳恕，並罷守本官。己亥，中書侍郎兼戶部尚書、平章事呂蒙正罷為吏部尚書，以右僕射李昉、參知政事張齊賢並平章事，翰林學士賈黃中、李沆並為給事中、參知政事。帝飛白書「玉堂之署」四字，以賜翰林承旨蘇易簡。壬寅，邛部川蠻來貢。癸卯，罷樞密使王顯為崇信軍節度使。甲辰，以張遜知樞密院事，溫仲舒、寇準同知院事。
十一月丙申朔，復百官次對。乙巳，罷京城內外力役土功。己酉，幸建隆觀、相國寺祈雪。
十二月丙寅朔，行入閤儀。乙亥，賜秦州童子譚孺卿本科出身。癸未，保康軍節度使劉繼元卒，追封彭城郡王。大雨無冰。
是歲，女真表請伐契丹，詔不許，自是遂屬契丹。大名、河中，絳、濮、陝、曹、濟、同、淄、單、德、徐、晉、輝、磁、博、汝、兗、虢、汾、鄭、亳、慶、許、齊、濱、棣、沂、貝、衛、青、霸等州旱。
淳化三年
三年春正月癸卯，大雨雪。乙巳，詔常參官舉可任升朝官者。丙午，詔宰相、侍從舉可任轉運使者。
二月乙丑朔，日有食之。
三月乙未朔，以趙普為太師，封魏國公。戊戌，親試禮部舉人。辛丑，親試諸科舉人。戊午，以高麗賓貢進士四十人並為秘書省秘書郎，遣還。庚申，帝幸金明池觀水戲，縱京城觀者，賜高年白金器皿。
夏四月丁丑，詔江南、兩浙、荊湖吏民之配嶺南者還本郡禁錮。癸未，上作刑政、稼穡詩賜近臣。
五月甲午朔，御文德殿，百官入閤。壬寅，詔御史府所斷徒罪以上獄具，令尚書丞郎、兩省給舍一人慮問。丁未，戶部郎中田錫、通判殿中丞郭渭坐稽留刑獄，並責州團練副使，不簽署州事。戊申，詔太醫署良醫視京城病者，賜錢五十萬具藥，中黃門一人按視之。己酉，以旱遣使分行諸路決獄。是夕，雨。辛亥，置理檢司。甲寅，詔作秘閤。
六月丁丑，大風晝晦，京師疫解。戊寅，慮囚。甲申，飛蝗自東北來，蔽天，經西南而去。是夕，大雨，蝗盡死。庚寅，以殿前都虞候王昭遠為并、代兵馬都部署。辛卯，置常平倉。
秋七月己酉，太師、魏國公趙普薨，追封真定王。是月，許、汝、兗、單、滄、蔡、齊、貝八州蝗，洛水溢。
八月戊辰，以秘閤成，賜近臣宴。壬申，召終南山隱士種放，不至。庚辰，闍婆國遣使來貢。丁丑，釋嶺南東、西路罰作荷校者。
九月丙申，遣官祈晴京城諸寺觀。甲寅，幸天駟監，賜從臣馬。乙卯，群臣上尊號曰法天崇道明聖仁孝文武皇帝，凡五表，終不許。
冬十月辛酉朔，折御卿進白花鷹，放之，詔勿復獻。戊寅，始置京朝、幕職、州縣官考課，並校三班殿最。戊子，高麗、西南蕃皆遣使來貢。
十一月己亥，許王元僖薨。甲申，慮囚，降徒流以下一等，釋杖罪。趙保忠貢鶻，號「海東青」，還之。己未，禁兩浙諸州巫師。置三司主轄收支官。是月，蔡州建安大火。
十二月丁卯，大雨雪。己卯，占城國王楊陀排遣使來貢。是月，雄州言大火。
是歲，潤州丹徒縣饑，死者三百戶。
淳化四年
四年春正月庚寅朔，享太室，群臣詣齋宮拜表稱賀。辛卯，祀天地於圜丘，以宣祖、太祖配，大赦。乙未，大雨雪。高麗國遣使來貢。乙巳，藏才西族首領羅妹以良馬來獻。
二月己未朔，日有食之。壬戌，召賜京城高年帛，百歲者一人加賜塗金帶。是日，雨雪，大寒，再遣中使賜孤老貧窮人千錢、米炭。置昭宣使。癸亥，廢沿江榷貨八務。乙丑，加高麗國王王治檢校太師，靜海軍節度使黎桓封交阯郡王。己卯，詔以江、浙、淮、陝饑，遣使巡撫。詔：分遣近臣巡撫諸道，有可惠民者得便宜行事，吏罷軟、苛刻者上之，詔令有未便者附傳以聞。丙戌，置審官院、考課院。永康軍青城縣民王小波聚徒為寇，殺眉州彭山縣令齊元振。是月，商州大雨雪。
三月壬子，詔權停貢舉。
四月己卯，諸司奉行公事不得輒稱聖旨。
五月戊申，罷鹽鐵、戶部、度支等使，置三司使。
六月戊午朔，詔中丞己下皆親臨鞫獄。丙寅，吏部侍郎、平章事張齊賢罷為尚書左丞。壬申，宣徽北院使、知樞密院事張遜貶右領軍衛將軍，右諫議大夫、同知院事寇準罷守本官。以涪州觀察使柴禹錫為宣徽北院使、知樞密院事，樞密直學士呂端參知政事，劉昌言同知樞密院事。戊寅，初復給事中封駁。
七月丁酉，大雨。戊戌，復沿江務，置諸路茶鹽制置使。
八月丙辰朔，日有食之。癸酉，以向敏中、張詠始同知銀台、通進司，視章奏案牘以稽出入。
九月丙申，詔：諸雜除禁錮人，州縣有闕得次補以責効，能自新勤幹者具聞再敘。乙巳，以給事中封駁隸銀台、通進司。丙午，命侍從舉任才堪五千戶以上縣令者二人。自七月雨，至是不止。是月，河水溢，壞澶州；江溢，陷涪州。詔溺死者給斂具，澶人千錢，涪人鐵錢三千，仍發廩以振。
冬十月壬戌，罷諸路提點刑獄司。庚午，始分天下州縣為十道，兩京為左右計，各署判官領之，置三司使二員。辛未，右僕射、平章事李昉，給事中、參知政事賈黃中、李沆，左諫議大夫、同知樞密院事溫仲舒並罷守本官。以吏部尚書呂蒙正平章事，翰林學士蘇易簡為給事中、參知政事；樞密都承旨趙鎔為宣徽北院使，樞密直學士向敏中為右諫議大夫，並同知樞密院事。丁丑，以右諫議大夫趙昌言為給事中、參知政事。辛巳，遣使按行畿縣，民田被水者蠲其租。是月，河決澶州，西北流入御河。
閏月辛卯，幸水磑觀魚。己酉，置三司總計度使。
十一月丁巳，萬安州獻六眸龜。癸酉，還隴西州所獻白鷹。
十二月辛丑，大雨雪。戊申，西川都巡檢使張玘與王小波戰江原縣，死之。小波中流矢死，眾推其黨李順為帥。
淳化五年
五年春正月甲寅朔，不受朝，群臣詣閤拜表稱賀。戊午，李順陷漢州，已未，陷彭州。乙丑，慮囚，流罪以下釋之。己巳，李順陷成都，知府郭載奔梓州，順入據之，賊兵四出攻劫州縣。遣使振宋、亳、陳、潁州饑民，別遣決諸路刑獄，應因饑劫藏粟，誅為首者，餘減死。癸酉，以侍衛馬軍都指揮使李繼隆為河西行營都部署，討李繼遷。甲戌，命昭宣使王繼恩為兩川招安使，討李順。詔諸州能出粟貸饑民者賜爵。辛巳，詔除兩京諸州淳化三年逋負。
二月乙未，李順分攻劍州，都監西京作坊副使上官正、成都監軍供奉官宿翰合擊大破之，斬馘殆盡。丙午，幸南御莊觀稼。己酉，以益王元傑為淮南、鎮江等軍節度使，徙封吳王。辛亥，詔除劍南東西川、峽路諸州主吏民卒淳化五年以前逋負。
三月乙亥，趙保忠為趙保吉所襲，奔還夏州，指揮使趙光嗣執之以獻，李繼隆帥師入夏州。交阯郡王黎桓遣使來貢。
夏四月壬午朔，詔除天下主吏逋負。甲申，削趙保吉所賜姓名。丙戌，置起居院，初復起居注。以國子學復為國子監。辛卯，慮囚。大食國王遣使來貢。戊戌，赦諸州，除十惡、故劫殺、官吏犯正贓外，降死罪以下囚。己亥，王繼恩帥師過綿州，賊潰走，追殺及溺死者甚眾。庚子，復綿州。內殿崇班曹習破賊于老溪，復閬州。綿州巡檢使胡正遠帥兵進擊，復巴州。壬寅，西川行營擊賊于研口砦，破之，復劍州。癸卯，大雨。
五月丁巳，西川行營破賊十萬眾，斬首三萬級，復成都，獲賊李順。其黨張餘復攻陷嘉、戎、瀘、渝，涪、忠、萬、開八州，開州監軍秦傳序死之。丙寅，河西行營送趙保忠至闕下，釋其罪，授右千牛衛上將軍，封宥罪侯。己巳，以知梓州張雍、都巡檢使盧斌嘗堅守却賊，斌進擊解閬州圍，遂平蓬州，雍加給事中，斌領成州刺史。以少府監雷有終為諫議大夫、知成都府。庚午，賊攻夔州，峽路都大巡檢白繼贇、夔州巡檢使解守顒大敗其眾於西津口，斬首二萬級，獲舟千餘艘。辛未，降成都府為益州。壬申，右僕射李昉以司空致仕。甲戌，詔利州、興元府、洋州、西縣民並給復一年。丙子，磔李順黨八人于鳳翔市。庚辰，初伏，帝親書綾扇賜近臣。
六月辛卯，詔赦李順脅從詿誤。是月，都城大疫，分遣醫官煮藥給病者。賊攻施州，指揮使黃希遜擊走之。戊戌，峽路行營破賊于廣安軍，又破賊張罕二萬眾于嘉陵江口，又破于合州西方溪，俘斬甚眾。戊申，以侍衛步軍都指揮使高瓊為鎮州都部署。賊攻陵州，知州張旦擊破之。高麗遣使，以契丹來侵乞師。
秋七月辛亥朔，賊攻眉州，知州李簡等堅守逾月，賊引去。癸亥，置江、淮、兩浙發運使。丙寅，除兩浙諸州民錢俶日逋負。甲戌，置威塞軍。乙亥，李繼遷遣使來貢。
八月甲申，詔有司講求大射儀注。癸巳，以內班為黃門。甲午，置宣政使，以宦者昭宣使王繼恩為之。乙未，詔釋劍南、峽路諸州亡命。戊戌，以通遠軍復為環州，置清遠軍。庚子，大雨。貝州言驍捷卒劫庫兵為亂，推都虞候趙咸雍為帥，轉運使王嗣宗率屯兵擊敗之，擒咸雍，磔於市。辛丑，詔遣知益州張詠赴部，得便宜從事。癸卯，以參知政事趙昌言為西川、峽路招安馬步軍都部署，尋詔昌言駐鳳翔，遣內侍押班衛紹欽往行營指揮軍事。峽路行營破賊帥張餘，復雲安軍。李繼遷使其弟奉表待罪。
九月庚戌朔，戶部尚書辛仲甫以太子少保致仕。甲寅，賜三司錢百萬，募能言司事之利便者，量事賞之，盡則再給以備賞。己未，罷諸州榷酤。改黃門院為內侍省，以黃門班院為內侍省內侍班院，入內黃門班院為內侍省入內侍班院。辛酉，遣使分行宋、亳、陳、潁、泗、壽、鄧、蔡等州按行民田，被水及種蒔不及者並蠲其租。壬申，以襄王元侃為開封尹，改封壽王。大赦，除十惡、故謀劫鬬殺、官吏犯正贓外，諸官先犯贓罪配隸禁錮者放還。乙亥，以左諫議大夫寇準參知政事。丁丑，以蜀部漸平，下詔罪己。戊寅，西川行營言衛紹欽破賊于學射山，別將楊瓊復蜀州，曹習等又破賊于安國鎮，誅其帥馬太保。
冬十月庚辰，詔釋殿前司逃軍親屬之禁錮者。西川行營指揮使張嶙殺其將王文壽以叛，遣使招撫其眾，遂共斬嶙首以降。乙未，楊瓊等復邛州。乙巳，改青州平盧軍為鎮海軍，杭州鎮海軍為寧海軍。
十一月庚戌，遣使諭李繼遷，賜以器幣、茶藥、衣服。丙辰，賜近臣飛白書。庚申，詔：江南西路及荊湖南北路、嶺南溪洞接連及蕃商、外國使誘子女出境者捕之。癸亥，賊攻眉州，崇儀使宿翰等擊敗之，斬其偽中書令吳蘊。丙寅，幸國子監，賜直講孫奭緋魚，因幸武成王廟，復幸國子監，令奭講尚書，賜以束帛。大寒，賜禁衛諸軍緡錢有差。
十二月戊寅朔，日當食，雲陰不見。辛巳，命樞密直學士張鑑、西京作坊副使馮守規安撫西川。丙戌，命諸王畋近郊。弛忠、靖二州刑徒。庚寅，宿翰等引兵趨嘉州，偽知州王文操以城降。乙未，秘書丞張樞坐知榮州降賊，棄市。辛丑，以三司兩京、十道復歸三部，各置使一員，每部置判官、推官、都監，分勾院為三。
至道元年
至道元年正月戊申朔，改元，赦京畿繫囚，流罪以下遞降一等，杖罪釋之。蠲諸州逋租，蠲陝西諸州去年秋稅之半。丙辰，詔作上清宮成。丁巳，涼州吐蕃當尊以良馬來獻。戊午，占城國王楊陀排遣使來貢。辛酉，上御乾元門觀燈。癸亥，契丹大將韓德威誘党項勒浪、嵬族自振武犯邊，永安節度使折御卿邀擊，敗之于子河汊，勒浪等乘亂反擊德威，遂殺其將突厥大尉、司徒、舍利等，獲吐渾首領一人，德威僅以身免。戊辰，以翰林學士錢若水為右諫議大夫、同知樞密院事，樞密副使劉昌言罷為給事中。以宣祖舊第作洞真宮成。甲戌，李繼遷遣使以良馬、橐駝來貢。
二月甲申，命宰相禱雨。令川峽諸州瘞暴骸。戊戌，以旱慮囚，減流罪以下。丙午，雨。嘉州函賊帥張餘首送西川行營，餘黨悉平。蠲襄、唐、均、汝、隨、鄧、歸、峽等州去年逋租。振亳州、房州、光化軍饑，遣使貸之。
三月庚申，詔求直言。辛酉，以會州觀察使、知清遠軍田紹斌為靈州兵馬都部署。己巳，廢邵武軍歸化縣金坑。
夏四月癸未，吏部尚書、平章事呂蒙正罷為右僕射，以參知政事呂端為戶部侍郎、平章事。宣徽北院使、知樞密院事柴禹錫罷為鎮寧軍節度使，參知政事蘇易簡為禮部侍郎，以翰林學士張洎為給事中、參知政事。甲申，以宣徽北院使、同知樞密院事趙鎔知樞密院事。乙酉，契丹犯雄州，知州何承矩擊敗之，斬其鐵林大將一人。辛丑，遣使分決諸路刑獄，劫賊止誅首惡，降流罪以下一等。壬寅，慮囚。甲辰，大雨，雷電。開寶皇后宋氏崩。
六月乙酉，購求圖書。丙戌，遣使諭李繼遷，授以鄜州節度使，繼遷不奉詔。丁亥，以銀州左都押衙張浦為銀青光祿大夫、檢校工部尚書、鄭州刺史、兼御史大夫，充本州團練使。己亥，許士庶工商服紫。是月，大熱，民有暍死者。
秋七月丙寅，除陳、許等九州及光化軍今年夏稅。
八月壬辰，詔立壽王元侃為皇太子，改名恆，兼判開封府。大赦，文武常參官子為父後見任官者，賜勳一轉。癸巳，以尚書左丞李至、禮部侍郎李沆並兼太子賓客。癸卯，禁西北緣邊諸州民與內屬戎人昏娶。
九月丙午，西南蕃牂牁諸蠻來貢，詔封西南蕃主龍漢王堯爲歸化王。丁卯，御朝元殿冊皇太子。庚午，清遠軍言李繼遷入寇，率兵擊走之。
冬十月甲戌朔，皇太子讓宮僚稱臣，許之。乙丑，陝西轉運使鄭文寶坐撓邊，責授藍田縣令。
十一月己未，閱武便殿。是月，以峰州團練使上官正、右諫議大夫雷有終並為西川招安使，召王繼恩歸闕。
十二月甲戌，群臣奉表加上尊號曰法天崇道上聖至仁皇帝，凡五上，不許。契丹犯邊，折御卿率兵禦之，卒于師。斬馬步軍都軍頭孫贊于軍中。庚辰，新渾儀成。
至道二年
二年春正月辛亥，祀天地於圜丘，大赦，中外文武加恩。丁卯，廢諸州司理判官。
二月壬申朔，司空致仕李昉薨。戊寅，以越王元份為杭州大都督兼領越州，吳王元傑為揚州大都督兼領壽州。己卯，以徐國公元偓為洪州都督、鎮南軍節度使，涇國公元偁為鄂州都督、武清軍節度使。庚辰，以御史中丞李昌齡為給事中、參知政事。辛巳，以呂蒙正為左僕射，宋琪為右僕射。乙未，定任子官制。
三月丙寅，以京師旱，遣中使禱雨。戊辰，命宰臣祀郊廟、社稷，禱雨。
夏四月甲戌，命侍衛馬軍都指揮使李繼隆為環、慶等州都部署，殿前都虞候范廷召副之，討李繼遷。癸未，雨。
五月癸卯，李繼遷寇靈州。
六月戊戌，黔州言蠻寇鹽井，巡檢使王惟節戰死。是月，亳州蝗。
秋七月己亥朔，命殿前都指揮使王超為夏、綏、麟、府州都部署。庚子，詔作壽寧觀成。丙寅，給事中、參知政事寇準罷守本官。戊辰，蠲峽路諸州民去年逋租。是月，汴水決穀熟縣，許、宿、齊三州蝗抱草死。
閏月庚寅，詔江、浙、福建民負人錢沒入男女者還其家，敢匿者有罪。
八月辛丑，密州言蝗不為災。
九月戊寅，右僕射宋琪薨。詔川峽諸州民家先藏兵器者，限百日悉送官，匿不以聞者斬。己卯，夏州、延州行營言破李繼遷於烏白池，獲未幕軍主、吃囉指揮使等二十七人，繼遷遁。甲申，會州觀察使、環慶副都部署田紹斌貶右監門衛率府副率、虢州安置。丙戌，秦、晉諸州地晝夜十二震。丙申，詔廢衢州冶。
冬十月己未，詔以池州新鑄錢監為永豐監。
十一月丁卯朔，增司天新曆為一百二十甲子。戊寅，置簽署提點樞密、宣徽院諸房公事。辛卯，許州群盜劫郾城縣居民，巡檢李昌習鬬死，都巡檢使王正襲擊之，獲賊首宋斌及餘黨，皆斬於市。甲午，禁淮南通行鹽稅。
十二月，命宰相以下百官詣諸寺觀禱雪。甲寅，雨雪。
大有年。是歲，處州稻再熟。
至道三年
三年春正月丙子，以戶部侍郎溫仲舒、禮部侍郎王化基並參知政事，給事中李惟清同知樞密院事，參知政事張洎罷為刑部侍郎。乙酉，孝章皇后陪葬永昌陵。辛卯，以侍衛馬步軍都虞候傅潛為延州路都部署，殿前都虞候王昭遠為靈州路都部署。
二月丙申朔，靈州行營破李繼遷。辛丑，帝不豫。甲辰，降京畿死罪囚，流以下釋之。壬戌，大食、賓同隴國並來貢。
三月丁卯，占城國來貢。壬辰，不視朝。癸巳，追班于萬歲殿，宣詔令皇太子柩前即位。是日崩，年五十九。在位二十二年，殯于殿之西階。群臣上尊諡曰神功聖德文武皇帝，廟號太宗。十月己酉，葬永熙陵。
紀讚
贊曰：帝沈謀英斷，慨然有削平天下之志。既即大位，陳洪進、錢俶相繼納土。未幾，取太原，伐契丹，繼有交州、西夏之役。干戈不息，天災方行，俘馘日至，而民不知兵；水旱螟蝗，殆遍天下，而民不思亂。其故何也？帝以慈儉為寶，服濣濯之衣，毀奇巧之器，却女樂之獻，悟畋遊之非。絕遠物，抑符瑞，閔農事，考治功。講學以求多聞，不罪狂悖以勸諫士，哀矜惻怛，勤以自勵，日晏忘食。至於欲自焚以答天譴，欲盡除天下之賦以紓民力，卒有五兵不試、禾稼荐登之效。是以青、齊耆耋之叟，願率子弟治道請登禪者，接踵而至。君子曰：「得乎丘民而為天子」，帝之謂乎。故帝之功德，炳煥史牒，號稱賢君。若夫太祖之崩不逾年而改元，涪陵縣公之貶死，武功王之自殺，宋后之不成喪，則後世不能無議焉。
In the twelfth month, on jihai, the Office of Drafters on Duty was established. On jiayin, the emperor went to the Qianyuan Hall to receive the court; the musical instruments were hung but not played. There was a general amnesty, and that year was renamed the first year of Taiping Xingguo. It was ordered that the sons of Taizu and the sons of Tingmei, Prince of Qi, all be called imperial sons, and their daughters all be called imperial daughters. On dingsi, the post of Vice Commissioner of the Finance Commission was established. On wuwu, the Khitan sent an envoy with gifts for the funeral. On jiwei, the emperor went to the Jiangwu Pond, and then went on to the Yujin Garden. On gengshen, the Military Commissioners Zhao Pu, Xiang Gong, Zhang Yongde, Gao Huaide, Feng Jiye, Zhang Mei and Liu Tingrang came to court. Edit
Second year of Taiping Xingguo (977)
In the second year, in the spring, the first month, on renxu, because the late emperor lay in state, the emperor did not hold court. On bingyin, officials in office and those sent on missions were forbidden to engage in trade. On wuchen, the emperor personally examined the candidates sent up by the Ministry of Rites. On jiaxu, the late emperor was given the posthumous title Heroic, Martial, Sage, Cultured and Divinely Virtuous, and the temple name Taizu. On bingzi, the emperor went to the Xiangguo Monastery, and on his return went up the Donghua Gate to view the lanterns. On gengchen, one hundred and twenty candidates of the Ministry of Rites who had sat the examinations from ten to fifteen times were reviewed and all granted degrees. On wuzi, Nong Minfu, the tantanchuo chieftain of Guangyuan Prefecture under Yong Prefecture, was made Acting Grand Minister of Works, Censor-in-chief and Supreme Pillar of State. On xinmao, the emperor went to the Jiangwu Pond. Tea monopoly markets were set up in Jiangnan. Edit
In the second month, on jiawu, the Khitan sent an envoy to offer congratulations on the accession and on the New Year. The state of Wuyue sent an envoy with tribute. The iron coins of the Southern Tang were abolished. On gengzi, the emperor changed his name to Jiong. On renyin, there was a great banquet in the Chongde Hall, without music. On yisi, the emperor went to the newly dug pool, then went on to the Jiangwu Pond, and held a banquet and archery in the Yujin Garden. On dingwei, the state of Champa sent an envoy with tribute. On jiyou, it was ordered that in the prefectures of Jiangnan, wherever salt had previously been open to merchants, it be wholly prohibited. On wuwu, the emperor went to the Taiping Xingguo Monastery, then went on to the Shipbuilding Office, and on his return went to the Jianlong Daoist Temple. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, renxu, selection terms were first set for officials holding probationary titles. On jimao, Zhao Pu, Military Commissioner of Heyang, was made Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. On jichou, the emperor went to the Kaibao Monastery. The Weisheng Army was established. Copper was prohibited in the prefectures of Jiangnan. Trade with the Khitan at the border markets was permitted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on xinmao, the state of Dashi sent an envoy with tribute. On dingyou, the Khitan sent an envoy to attend the funeral. On yimao, Taizu was buried in the Yongchang Mausoleum. Edit
In the fifth month, on renxu, Gao Pi, Administrator for Law of Henan, Zhai Lin, Registrar of Yique County, and Shen Tingwen, Magistrate of Xingze in Zheng Prefecture, were convicted of neglecting their duties and all dismissed. On guihai, Xiang Gong, Zhang Yongde, Zhang Mei and Liu Tingrang were all relieved of their military commissionerships and made Generals-in-chief of the Guards. On yichou, the emperor went to the new water mill, and then went on to the Yujin Garden for a banquet and archery. On bingyin, an edict ordered that a stepmother who killed a child or a daughter-in-law be punished as for murder. On gengwu, there was a banquet in the Chongde Hall, without music. Xin Zhongfu was sent as envoy to the Khitan. On jiaxu, the seventh day of the tenth month was made the Qianming Festival. On jimao, Taizu's spirit tablet was placed in the ancestral temple, with Empress Xiaoming, of the Wang family, as his consort; and Empress Yide, of the Fu family, and Empress Shude, of the Yin family, were placed in a separate temple. On gengchen, an edict ordered a Palace of the Northern Emperor built on Mount Zhongnan. On guiwei, the emperor went to the new water mill, and then went on to the Yujin Garden for a banquet and archery. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, xinmao, a white dragon appeared in the Yaoce Pool in Bin Prefecture. On yimao, the emperor went to the Kaibao Monastery, then went on to the Flying Dragon Stables and gave horses to the officials attending him. That month, black insects appeared in Baoan and other counties of Ci Prefecture and ate nearly all the mulberry leaves. There was a great flood in Ying Prefecture. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengwu, an edict ordered that anyone in the storehouses who dared to alter the weights and scales to obtain a surplus be put to death. On guiwei, inchworms ate the mulberry and wheat at Julu and Shahe, and the Yellow River breached its dykes at Xingze, Dunqiu, Baima and Wen County. Edit
In the intercalary month, on jihai, the emperor went to the Baihu Bridge and came down to the Jinshui River. On jiyou, the Yellow River overflowed into Kaifeng and seven other counties, eight in all, and damaged the crops. On jiayin, an edict ordered troops of Tan Prefecture sent to attack the bandits of the Meishan caves. On dingsi, the officials concerned presented the maps of territory and the registers of population made in the intercalary year. Subordinate prefectures were allowed to send memorials directly to the throne. Edit
In the eighth month, on guihai, the Lianglin Man of Li Prefecture came with tribute. On yichou, Chen Hongjin, Military Commissioner of the Pinghai Army, came to court. On guiyou, the emperor went to the Xiangguo Monastery to view the lanterns. On wuyin, an edict ordered the Chongsheng Hall built. That month there were great floods in the prefectures of Shan, Chan, Dao, Zhong and Shou; hopper locusts appeared at Julu; and there was hail in Jingcheng County. Edit
In the ninth month, on yiwei, the emperor went to the Bow and Arrow Office, and then went on to the newly repaired Three Institutes. On renyin, he went to the new water mill, and then went on to the Western Imperial Garden for a banquet and archery. On dingwei, the state of Boni sent an envoy with tribute, and the Lianglin Man beyond the mountains came to present horses. On xinhai, the emperor went to the Jiangwu Terrace for a great review of the troops. Rong Prefecture presented pearls as tribute for the first time. On yimao, Qian Weijun, Military Commissioner of the Zhenhai and Zhendong Armies, came to court. On bingchen, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. On dingsi, the Prince of Wuyue sent an envoy asking to be called by his personal name, and this was not permitted. That month the river at Xing Prefecture overflowed, there was a great flood in Pu Prefecture, and the Bian overflowed. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, wuwu, winter clothing was given to the officials and to the officers and senior officials serving away from the capital. On xinyou, the Khitan came to offer congratulations on the Qianming Festival. On jisi, the emperor went to the northwest of the capital to watch the guardsmen and the Khitan envoys ride and shoot, and then held a banquet in the park. On jisi, the ministers asked that music be played; after they had memorialised three times, he agreed. On bingzi, an edict prohibited books of astronomy, divination, physiognomy and the like, anyone studying them privately to be beheaded. On xinsi, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. The wine monopoly was instituted for the first time. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, dinghai, there was a total eclipse of the sun. On gengyin, the winter solstice, the emperor received the court for the first time. On jiawu, Li Du and others were sent to congratulate the Khitan on the New Year. On dingyou, the new small coins of the prefectures of Jiangnan were prohibited, and anyone casting coins privately was to be executed in the marketplace. On guichou, the emperor went to the barracks of the Imperial Dragon Bow and Arrow Guard and gave the soldiers cash and silk according to rank. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, dingsi, the astronomers and diviners sent by the prefectures were examined and attached to the Directorate of Astronomy; those found of no use were tattooed and banished to islands in the sea. On gengwu, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. On guiyou, an edict laid down the alum laws of Jin Prefecture, those who boiled or traded it privately to be punished according to degree. On xinsi, the emperor went to the new water mill. The King of Goryeo sent his son Yuanfu to offer congratulations on the accession. Edit
Third year of Taiping Xingguo (978)
In the third year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, bingxu, the emperor did not receive the court, and the ministers went to the palace gate to offer congratulations. On gengyin, Huo Qiong, Palace Attendant, convicted of recruiting soldiers to rob the people of their property, was cut in two at the waist. On jiawu, the Fen River was dredged. The Man of the Yechuan road in the Western Hills of Ya Prefecture came to court. On wuxu, a transport canal was opened between the Xiang and the Han; the canal was finished, but the water would not rise into it, and in the end it was abandoned. On jihai, Li Zhicai, Assistant of the Court of Imperial Entertainments, convicted of bringing wine in on his own authority and inviting his colleagues to drink in the hall, was struck from the rolls. On gengzi, the boat tax on the Cai River in Chen Prefecture was abolished. On xinchou, the three rivers Guangji, Huimin and Cai were dredged, and the dykes of the Yellow River were repaired. On yisi, the mouth of the Bian was dredged. On jiyou, orders were given to compile the Veritable Records of Taizu. On xinhai, the ministers were ordered to pray for rain. On guichou, there was ample rain in the capital region. Edit
In the second month, on bingchen, the emperor went to the residence of the Princess of the State of Zheng. The newly built library of the Three Institutes was named the Chongwen Institute. On dingsi, an edict laid down a common form for the service records of prefectural recorders, county magistrates, registrars and sheriffs. On jiazi, the nominal salt quotas of the seven wells of Chang Prefecture were abolished. On bingyin, Xu Bi, Administrator for Records of Si Prefecture, convicted of taking bribes while supervising a granary and issuing false vouchers, was executed in the marketplace. On xinwei, the emperor went to the Western Damask and Brocade Office and ordered his close officials to watch the looms in the weaving rooms; on his return he went to the Chongwen Institute to view the books. An edict ordered the Jinming Pool dug. On jiashen, the commanderies along the borders were forbidden to let copper coins slip out. Names were given to the newly built halls of the Western Capital. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, yiyou, as the family of Tian Zuo, a commoner of Qinghe in Bei Prefecture, had lived together for ten generations, an edict ordered the gate of his village honoured and his household exempted from labour service. On xinchou, Wu Yu, Supervisor of the Haimen garrison and Palace Attendant, convicted of corruption, was executed in the marketplace. On renyin, Qin Prefecture reported that the Rong chieftain Wang Nizhu had raided the Balang garrison, and that the Military Inspector Liu Chongrang had defeated him and displayed his severed head to the people. On jiyou, Qian Chu, the King of the state of Wuyue, came to court. On renzi, the emperor went to the Kaibao Monastery. That month sweet dew fell in Shou Prefecture. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, yimao, the ministers were ordered to pray for rain. Ding Shaowei, a Daoist priest of Mount Hua, was summoned. On bingchen, the people were forbidden to hunt from spring to autumn. On gengwu, the emperor went to the Jianlong Daoist Temple, then went on to the Western Dyeing Office, and then to the Shipbuilding Office. On yihai, Fiscal Judges were established in the circuits. On jimao, Chen Hongjin presented the two prefectures of Zhang and Quan, by which fourteen counties, 151,978 households and 18,727 soldiers were gained. On gengchen, the emperor went south of the city to view the wheat, and then went on to the Yujin Garden for a banquet and archery. On xinsi, Zhao Chengsi, Attending Censor, convicted of concealing government money while supervising the market tax, was executed in the marketplace. On guiwei, Chen Hongjin was made Military Commissioner of the Wuning Army and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Qian Chu asked to give up his title of King of the state of Wuyue and to be relieved of the post of Generalissimo of All the Armies of the Realm, asked that the privilege of not being named in edicts be withdrawn, and offered to give back his troops and arms, asking to return; this was not permitted. That month the Yellow River breached its dykes in Huojia County. Edit
In the fifth month, on yiyou, an amnesty was granted to Zhang and Quan, with exemption from labour service for one year. Qian Chu presented his prefectures of the two Zhe, by which thirteen prefectures, one army, eighty-six counties, 550,680 households and 115,036 soldiers were gained. On dinghai, Qian Chu was enfeoffed as King of the state of Huaihai; his son Weijun was moved to be Military Commissioner of the Huainan Army, and Weizhi to be Military Commissioner of the Zhenguo Army. On wuzi, an amnesty was granted to the two Zhe, with exemption from labour service as for Zhang and Quan. On guisi, Li Congji and others were sent as envoys to the Khitan. On yiwei, the state of Champa sent an envoy to present local products. On renyin, Li Kerui, Military Commissioner of the Dingnan Army, died, and his son Jiyun succeeded him. On yisi, Jiyun was made to inherit the post of Military Commissioner of the Dingnan Army. The emperor went to the residence of Yang Xin, Commander-in-chief of the Palace Command, to visit him in his illness. On wushen: Feixiong, son of Li Ruoyu, Military Commissioner's Judge of Qin Prefecture, had forged an imperial order, ridden the post horses to Qingshui County, and tied up Zhou Chengjin, Chief Military Inspector, together with Liu Wenyu, Ma Zhijie and others, seven men in all, intending to seize the garrison troops, hold the city and rebel; Wenyu saw through his deceit, seized and bound Feixiong, and questioned him, uncovering the whole affair. An edict ordered Feixiong put to death together with his parents, wife, children and brothers and sisters; but, pitying Ruoyu that his family's sacrifices would have no one to keep them, it gave a warning to officials and people at court and in the provinces: from now on, if any son or younger brother has long harboured violent and dangerous intentions and has not reformed after repeated warnings, the senior members of the family are to report him to the prefecture or county, which shall send him in custody to the capital to be banished to a distant place; if they conceal him and do not report him, the guilt shall extend to all relatives of the one-year and greater and lesser mourning grades and closer. Edit
In the sixth month, on wuwu, the issue of silver tablets for riding the post horses was restored. On renwu, Tian Renlang, Army Supervisor at Qingshui in Qin Prefecture, routed the Western Qiang, killing and capturing very many. On guiwei, an edict said: officials of any post who, since yimao of the tenth month of the first year of Taiping Xingguo, have been convicted of taking bribes may not be given office again even if an amnesty falls, and this is to be a fixed rule for ever. That month there was a great flood in Si Prefecture, and the Bian breached its dykes at Ningling County. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on yiyou, there was heavy rain with thunder and lightning, and the stacks of straw at the Western Kiln Office caught fire. On renchen, Li Yu, General-in-chief of the Right Qianniu Guard, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Wu. On wuxu, as the family of Li Guangxi, a commoner of Jinxiang County, had lived together for ten generations, an edict ordered his gate honoured. On gengxu, the Mingde Gate was renamed the Danfeng Gate. On renzi, Li Zhigu, a clerk of the Secretariat, convicted of taking bribes and altering on his own authority a law laid down by the Ministry of Justice, was beaten to death. Edit
In the eighth month, on guichou, the emperor went to the Southern Shipbuilding Office, and then went on to the Yujin Garden for a banquet and archery. The Yellow River ran clear at Hua Prefecture. On bingchen, an edict ordered the two Zhe to send to the capital the relatives of the King of Huaihai of the fifth mourning grade and closer, and the officials and clerks within his former territory. On xinwei, Ren Langzheng of the Man of Yi Prefecture came with tribute. On guiyou, Xu Xuan, Assistant of the Household Administration of the Heir Apparent, was convicted of taking bribes and beaten to death. On jiaxu, the ministers asked to offer the emperor the honorific title Emperor Who Responds to the Destiny and Unites Heaven, Sage, Enlightened, Cultured and Martial, and he consented. Edit
In the ninth month, on jiashen, the emperor personally examined the candidates sent up by the Ministry of Rites. On renzi, the commoner Zhang Dun was made Registrar of Xiangyi County, and Zhang Wendan Registrar of Puyang County. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, guichou, the Khitan sent an envoy to offer congratulations on the Qianming Festival. The King of Goryeo sent an envoy with tribute. On gengshen, the emperor went to the residence of Dezhao, Prince of Wugong Commandery, and then went on to the residence of the Prince of Qi, and gave the Prince of Qi ten thousand taels of silver and ten thousand bolts of silk, and Dezhao and Defang lesser amounts. On xinyou, the house of the hereditary Duke of Wenxuan at Qufu County in Yan Prefecture was restored. On gengwu, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. That month the Yellow River breached its dykes at Linghe County. Edit
In the eleventh month, on bingshen, the emperor sacrificed to Heaven and Earth at the Round Altar and proclaimed a general amnesty. He went to the Qianyuan Hall to receive his honorific title. On gengzi, he went to the residence of the Prince of Qi. On bingwu, on account of the suburban sacrifice, favours were extended to civil and military officials at court and in the provinces. Edit
In the twelfth month, on yichou, the emperor went to the Jiangwu Terrace to watch the catapults and repeating crossbows. On gengwu, he hunted in the near outskirts. On wuyin, the Khitan sent an envoy to offer congratulations on the New Year. On jimao, the posts of Judge and Inspector of the Finance Commission were established. Edit
Fourth year of Taiping Xingguo (979)
In the fourth year, in the spring, the first month, on dinghai, Zhang Ji, Companion of the Heir Apparent, and Gou Zhongzheng, Assistant Editorial Director, were sent as envoys to Goryeo to announce the northern campaign. Officials were sent out separately to see that the military stores of the prefectures were carried to the Field Headquarters at Taiyuan. On gengyin, Pan Mei, Commissioner of the Southern Bureau of Palace Affairs, was made Chief Commissioner for Pacification and Control of the Northern Circuit, and orders were given separately to the Military Commissioners Cui Yanjin of Heyang, Li Hanqiong of Zhangde and Liu Yu of Zhangxin, and to Cao Han, Surveillance Commissioner of Gui Prefecture, with officers of the guard commands as their seconds, to advance and attack from all four sides. Mi Xin, Chief Inspector of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, and Tian Chongjin, Chief Inspector of the Infantry, were both made Commanders of the Field Headquarters and led their troops to follow, and Guo Shouwen, Commissioner of the Western Upper Audience Gate, and Liang Jiong, Militia Commissioner of Shun Prefecture, supervised them. On xinmao, Guo Jin, Surveillance Commissioner of Yun Prefecture, was made Chief Administrator of the Shiling Pass at Taiyuan, to cut off relief forces from Yan and Ji. On guisi, the post of Co-signer of the Bureau of Military Affairs was established, and Shi Xizai was appointed to it. On yiwei, Pan Mei and the others were feasted in the Changchun Hall and given sets of clothing, gold belts, saddles and horses. On guimao, the new armillary sphere was completed. Edit
In the second month, on renzi, the emperor went to the Directorate of Education, and then went on to the Yujin Garden for a banquet and archery. On jiayin, Degong, son of Tingmei, Prince of Qi, was made Defence Commissioner of Guizhou. On bingchen, Shen Lun, Vice Director of the Secretariat, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was made Regent of the Eastern Capital and put in charge of Kaifeng Prefecture as well; Wang Renshan, Commissioner of the Northern Bureau of Palace Affairs, was made Chief Administrator of the Palace, with Chen Congxin, Recipient of Edicts of the Bureau of Military Affairs, as his deputy. On guihai, the close officials accompanying the emperor were given saddles and horses, clothing, and gold and jade belts according to rank. On jiazi, the emperor set out from the capital. On wuyin, he halted at Chan Prefecture and watched the fish in the Yellow River. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, gengchen, the emperor halted at Zhen Prefecture. On dinghai, Guo Jin took the Western Longmen Stockade of the Northern Han, capturing very many. On yiwei, Guo Jin crushed the Khitan south of the passes. On gengzi, Shi Ye, Commissioner of the Left Flying Dragon Stables, defeated the Yingyang Army of the Northern Han and brought a hundred captives to present. On yisi, Li Jiyun of Xia Prefecture asked to lead his troops to help in the attack on the Northern Han. An edict ordered Quan Prefecture to send troops to escort the relatives of Chen Hongjin to the capital. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, jiyou, the Field Headquarters at Lan Prefecture fought the army of the Northern Han and defeated it. On gengxu, Yu County surrendered. Shi Xizai was made Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On xinyou, Meng Xuanzhe and Liu Tinghan were made Chief Military Directors and Cui Han was put in overall command of the cavalry and infantry, all stationed at Zhen Prefecture. On renxu, the emperor set out from Zhen Prefecture. Zhe Yuqing took the Kelan Army and captured its commander, Zhe Lingtu. On yichou, Long Prefecture was taken, and its Pacification Commissioner Li Xun and others, six men, were captured. On jisi, Zhe Yuqing took Lan Prefecture, killed Guo Yi, the Northern Han's Prefect of Xian Prefecture, and captured Ma Yanzhong, Military Commissioner of Kui Prefecture. On gengwu, the emperor arrived at Taiyuan and halted at the Field Headquarters east of the Fen. On xinwei, he went to the city of Taiyuan and issued an edict calling on Liu Jiyuan, the ruler of the Northern Han, to surrender. On the night of renshen, the emperor went to the west of the city and urged the generals on as they launched catapult stones against the city. On jiaxu, he went round the stockades. On yihai, he went to the linked walls to inspect the tunnels for the assault on the city. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, jimao, the southwest of the city was attacked and the outer wall was taken; Fan Chao, the Northern Han's Commissioner of Palace Affairs, was captured and beheaded beneath the great banner. On xinsi, the northwest of the city was attacked. On renwu, their cavalry commander Guo Wanchao came over and surrendered, and the emperor then moved to the south of the city and sent Jiyuan an edict in his own hand. On guiwei, the attack was pressed, and the officers and men all fought with such fury that it seemed they would massacre the city. That night Jiyuan sent an envoy to offer submission. On jiashen, Jiyuan surrendered, and the Northern Han was pacified; in all, ten prefectures, forty counties and 35,220 households were gained. Liu Baoxun, Director of the Bureau of Sacrifices, was ordered to administer Taiyuan Prefecture. On yiyou, an amnesty was granted in Hedong even to those whom ordinary amnesties did not pardon; orders were given to record the sons and grandsons of officers who had died in the war, and to bury the fallen soldiers. On wuzi, Yuci County was made the new Bing Prefecture. The officers who had submitted were rewarded generously; all the Buddhist monks and Daoist priests were registered and attached to the monasteries and temples of the Western Capital, and the officials and the wealthy households were given land in Henan. Wei Jin and Lu Sui, Military Commissioners of the Northern Han, surrendered with Fen Prefecture. On jichou, Jiyuan was made General-in-chief of the Right Guard and Duke of Pengcheng Commandery. The emperor wrote a poem on the Pacification of Jin and had the officials attending him write poems in reply. On xinmao, Jiyuan presented more than a hundred government courtesans, who were given to the officers. On yiwei, a new city was built. Liu Jiyuan's relatives of the fifth mourning grade and closer were sent to the capital. On bingshen, the emperor went to the north of the city and went up the tower of the Shahe Gate. All the remaining people were moved to the new city, envoys being sent to see it done, and as soon as they were out, orders were given to set the old city on fire. On dingyou, the travelling palace was made the Pingjin Monastery, and the emperor wrote a Record of the Pacification of Jin, which was carved in the monastery. Long Prefecture was abolished and its walls torn down. On gengzi, the emperor set out from Taiyuan. On dingwei, he halted at Zhen Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, on jiayin, since an attack on You and Ji was planned, the military stores of the prefectures of Jingdong and Hebei were sent to the Northern Field Headquarters. On gengshen, the emperor once more led the army himself against the Khitan. On bingyin, he halted at the Jintai halting-place and recruited a hundred of the people to act as guides. On dingmao, he halted at Eastern Yi Prefecture; its Prefect, Liu Yu, surrendered the city, and a thousand troops were left to hold it. On wuchen, he halted at Zhuo Prefecture, and its Judge, Liu Houde, surrendered the city. On jisi, he halted at the Yangou halting-place; people who had caught horses near the border came to present them, and were given bundles of silk. On gengwu, he halted south of the city of You Prefecture, staying at the Baoguang Monastery. The Khitan army was north of the city, and the emperor led his men to attack and drive it off. On renshen, the Military Commissioners Song Wo of Dingguo, Cui Yanjin of Heyang, Liu Yu of Zhangxin and Meng Xuanzhe of Dingwu were ordered to divide their troops and attack the city from all four sides. Pan Mei was made administrator of the Field Government of You Prefecture. Li Zhalucun, commander of the Tielin Wing of the Khitan, came with his troops and surrendered. On guiyou, the emperor moved to the north of the city and urged the generals to advance, capturing three hundred horses. Four hundred men of the Shenwu Hall guard of You Prefecture, together with local militia, came and surrendered. On yihai, the people of Fanyang feasted the army with oxen and wine. On dingchou, the emperor, riding in a hand-carriage, urged on the attack on the city. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengchen, Liu Tingsu, the Khitan Military Commissioner of the Jianxiong Army and acting Prefect of Shun Prefecture, came and surrendered. On renwu, Liu Shouen, acting Prefect of Ji Prefecture, came and surrendered. On guiwei, the emperor led the armies in a great battle with the Khitan on the Gaoliang River, and was defeated. On jiashen, the army was withdrawn. On gengyin, Meng Xuanzhe was ordered to garrison Ding Prefecture, and Cui Yanjin south of the passes. On yisi, the emperor arrived back from Fanyang. Edit
In the eighth month, on renzi, Shi Shouxin, Regent of the Western Capital, was found guilty of breaches of military discipline during the campaign and demoted to Military Commissioner of the Chongxin Army. On jiayin, Liu Yu, Military Commissioner of the Zhangxin Army, was demoted to Surveillance Commissioner of Su Prefecture. On guihai, Pan Mei was ordered to garrison Sanjiaokou in Hedong. On jiaxu, the Bian breached its dykes at Songcheng County. Dezhao, Prince of Wugong Commandery, killed himself. An edict ordered the Taiqing Tower built. That month there was a great flood in Qin Prefecture. Edit
In the ninth month, on jimao, the Yellow River breached its dykes at Ji County. On dinghai, the post of Reader-in-waiting to the imperial sons was established. On jihai, the emperor went to the new city to watch the men of the Tielin Army shoot powerful crossbows. On gengzi, Ding Shaowei, a Daoist priest of Mount Hua, came to the palace and presented a golden elixir together with sesame, southern lingzhi and black lingzhi. On guimao, the Lianglin Man beyond the mountains came to present fine horses. On bingwu, Liu Tinghan, Chief Military Director of Zhen Prefecture, fought the Khitan west of Suicheng and crushed them, taking 10,300 heads and capturing three generals and ten thousand horses. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on yihai, for their merit in pacifying the Northern Han, Tingmei, Prince of Qi, was raised to Prince of Qin; Xue Juzheng was given the additional title of Grand Minister of Works; Shen Lun was given the additional title of Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs; Lu Duoxun was made concurrently Minister of War; Cao Bin was made concurrently Chancellery Director; Bai Jinchao, Cui Han, Liu Tinghan, Tian Chongjin and Mi Xin were all made titular Military Commissioners of various armies; Chu Zhaofu, Cui Yanjin and Li Hanqiong were all given the additional title of Acting Grand Commandant; Pan Mei was given the additional title of Acting Grand Preceptor; Wang Renshan was given the additional title of Acting Grand Mentor; Shi Xizai was given the additional title of Vice Minister of Justice; and the civil and military officials who had attended the emperor were advanced in rank according to grade. Edit
In the eleventh month, on gengchen, the Daoist priest Ding Shaowei was allowed to return to Mount Hua. On jichou, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. On xinmao, Xin Prefecture reported that it had fought the Khitan and defeated them. The command south of the passes reported that it had defeated the Khitan, taking more than ten thousand heads. Edit
In the twelfth month, on dingwei, the state of Champa sent an envoy with tribute. On dingmao, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. The post of Judicial Judge was established in the prefectures. Edit
Fifth year of Taiping Xingguo (980)
In the fifth year, in the spring, the first month, on gengchen, an edict was sent to proclaim the emperor's concern and comfort the prefectures of Hedong. On renwu, the Left and Right Directorates of the Heavenly Steeds were newly established; the Commissioners of the Left and Right Flying Dragon Stables were renamed Commissioners of the Left and Right Heavenly Stables, and the Commissioner of the Palace Stables was renamed Commissioner of Chongyi. On gengyin, the Academicians of the Duanming Hall were renamed Academicians of the Wenming Hall. Edit
In the second month, on wuchen, Li Xu and others, seven sorcerer-bandits of Xu Prefecture, were beheaded. The Shunhua Army was abolished. Edit
In the third month, on wuzi, the imperial princes, the chief ministers, the King of Huaihai and the officials attending the emperor gathered to play football in the Daming Hall. On jichou, Liu Chang, General-in-chief of the Left Gate Guard, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Nanyue. On guisi, Dai Prefecture reported that Pan Mei, Commissioner of the Southern Bureau of Palace Affairs, had defeated the Khitan army at Yanmen, killing Xiao Duoli, an imperial son-in-law and Chancellery Director, and capturing the Commander-in-chief Li Chonghui. Edit
In the intercalary third month, on bingwu, the emperor went to the water mill and watched the fish there. On jiayin, he personally examined the candidates sent up by the Ministry of Rites. On dingsi, he personally examined the candidates in the various fields. On gengwu, he went to the Jiangwu Pond to watch drill with the tower ships. On xinwei, the Uighurs of Gan and Sha Prefectures sent envoys to present camels and fine horses. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on guiwei, the emperor personally examined Zhao Changguo, a candidate in the hundred-pieces examination, and granted him a degree. The Fen River and the waters of the Jin Shrine were dammed to flood Taiyuan, and its old city was destroyed. That month there was wind and hail in Shou Prefecture, and hail in Guanshi County. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, guimao, there was heavy and continuous rain. On xinyou, the chief ministers were ordered to pray for clear skies. Edit
In the sixth month, on renwu, the King of Goryeo sent an envoy with tribute. That month there was a great flood in Ying Prefecture, and the Baigou overflowed into the city of Xu Prefecture. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on dingwei, a campaign was launched against Li Huan of Jiao Prefecture: Sun Quanxing, Militia Commissioner of Lan Prefecture, Zhang Jun, Commissioner of the Eight Workshops, Cui Liang, General of the Left Gate Guard, Liu Cheng, Prefect of Ning Prefecture, Jia Shi, Vice Commissioner of the Armoury, and Wang Zhuan, Audience Usher, were all made commanders. Quanxing, Jun and Liang went by way of Yong Prefecture, and Cheng, Shi and Zhuan by way of Lian Prefecture, each leading his own troops to the attack. On gengshen, armyworms appeared at Beihai. Edit
In the eighth month, on jiashen, Long Qiongju, lord of the Southwestern Fan, sent his son Luo Ruocong with the Man of several prefectures to bring tribute. Edit
In the ninth month, on guimao, Li Huan sent an envoy with a memorial on behalf of Ding Xuan asking that he be allowed to succeed to his father's position. On jiayin, the Historiography Institute presented the Veritable Records of Taizu. On renxu, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on wuyin, troops were sent out in great numbers to garrison the region south of the passes and the prefectures of Zhen and Ding. On jichou, people were called out to repair the road from the capital to Xiong Prefecture. On jiawu, Mi Xin, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, was ordered to take charge of the troops garrisoned at Ding Prefecture. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, gengzi, Ding Xuan, Marshal of the Jinghai Army military commissionership in Annam and provisional administrator of the prefecture, submitted a memorial asking to succeed to his father's position; there was no reply. On bingwu, Tingmei, Prince of Qin, was made Regent of the Eastern Capital, and Wang Renshan Chief Administrator of the Palace, with Chen Congxin as his deputy. On jiyou, the emperor set out to attack the Khitan. On renzi, he set out from the capital. On guichou, he halted at Changyuan County. The command south of the passes fought the Khitan and crushed them. Cui Yanjin, Military Commissioner of the Three Cities of Heyang, was made Chief Administrator South of the Passes. On wuwu, the emperor halted at Daming Prefecture. The armies fought a great battle with the Khitan at Mo Prefecture, and were defeated. Edit
In the twelfth month, on jiaxu, there was a great review of the troops, followed by a banquet in the tent hall. A guardsman who had poached a river deer was liable to punishment, but an edict pardoned him as a special favour. On wuyin, Liu Yu, Military Commissioner of the Baojing Army, and Cao Han, Military Commissioner of the Weisai Army, were made Commanders of the Eastern and Western Routes to You Prefecture. On gengchen, the emperor set out from Daming Prefecture, hunting on the way. On yiyou, he arrived back from Daming Prefecture. The Field Headquarters of Jiao Prefecture fought the rebels and crushed them. Edit
Sixth year of Taiping Xingguo (981)
In the sixth year, in the spring, the first month, on guimao, the two armies of Pingsai and Jingrong were established. On xinhai, Yi Prefecture defeated several thousand Khitan. On bingyin, the Jingrong Army was renamed the Anjing Army. Edit
In the second month, on jimao, the chief ministers were ordered to pray for rain. Edit
In the third month, on jiyou, Defang, Governor of Xingyuan, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Qi. On guichou, an edict ordered the Fiscal Commissioners of the circuits to examine whether officials were worthy or not and report. On bingchen, the two armies of Polu and Pingrong were established. On dingsi, the state of Gaochang sent an envoy with tribute. On renxu, the Field Headquarters of Jiao Prefecture defeated the rebels at the mouth of the Baiteng River and captured two hundred warships, and Hou Renbao, acting Prefect of Yong Prefecture, died in the fighting. It was then the season of heat and miasma, and many soldiers died; the Fiscal Commissioner Xu Zhongxuan reported this by the post, and an edict recalled the army. An edict ordered Liu Cheng and Jia Shi beheaded in the camp, and Sun Quanxing was summoned and put in prison. The senior officials of the prefectures were ordered to review their prisoners once every five days. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on xinwei, the emperor went to the Taiping Xingguo Monastery to pray for rain. On bingxu, the state of Goryeo sent an envoy with tribute. The white-robed sorcerers of the prefectures of Xichuan were prohibited. The gauze weaving at Hu Prefecture was stopped and the women weavers released. Edit
In the fifth month, on jiwei, it rained. The sentences of prisoners condemned to death were reduced, and those sentenced to exile or less were released. The Pingsai Army fought the Khitan and defeated them. Edit
In the sixth month, on jiaxu, Xue Juzheng, Grand Minister of Works and Manager of Affairs, died. Edit
In the seventh month, on bingwu, an edict called on the King of the Yan Prefecture of Bohai to help attack the Khitan. That month there were great floods at Yan Prefecture, Fu, Ning and Hezhong, and locusts in Song Prefecture. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, yiwei, there was an eclipse of the sun. On jiachen, Tian Xi, Left Reminder, submitted a memorial of forthright remonstrance, and an edict praised and rewarded him. On bingwu, the Bureau of Assignments for Capital and Court Officials was established, and for the first time the Secretariat Drafter Guo Zhi and others were ordered to examine and grade officials' records of service. On xinhai, Zhao Pu was made Grand Minister of Education, and Shi Xizai Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On renzi, an edict asked for frank criticism. On bingchen, Yi Prefecture reported that it had defeated the Khitan. Wang Xi and others, ten sorcerer-bandits of Mian Prefecture, were beheaded. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on guiyou, the ministers for the third time submitted a memorial offering the emperor the honorific title Emperor Who Responds to the Destiny and Unites Heaven, Wise, Cultured, Heroic, Martial, Great Sage, Supremely Enlightened and Broadly Filial, and he consented. On jiashen, Cui Yanjin, Military Commissioner of the Three Cities of Heyang, was made Chief Administrator South of the Passes, and Mi Xin, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, Chief Administrator of Ding Prefecture. On bingxu, the medical books of past ages were collated. On jiawu, the Palace of the Great One at Suzhou, built by edict, was completed. Edit
In the eleventh month, on dingyou, Zhang Bai, Investigating Censor, convicted of borrowing government money to buy and sell grain while he was acting Prefect of Cai Prefecture, was executed in the marketplace. On jiachen, the Wude Office was renamed the Imperial City Office. The Jurchen sent an envoy with tribute. On xinhai, the emperor sacrificed to Heaven and Earth at the Round Altar and proclaimed a general amnesty. He went to the Qianyuan Hall to receive his honorific title, and favours were extended to civil and military officials at court and in the provinces. On renzi, it was ordered that when supervising officials in the prefectures heard or saw anything, or learned of any rumour, that had to be reported in person, they were to wait for a reply. On dingsi, Sun Quanxing, Commander of the Field Headquarters of Jiao Prefecture, was executed in the marketplace. On xinyou, Chu Zhaofu, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made General-in-chief of the Left Courageous Guard. Edit
In the twelfth month, on guiyou, rewards were offered for medical books. On jimao, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. On jichou, a Surveillance Staff Officer was established in each military commissioner's prefecture of the circuits, with the same salary as the Secretary, though both posts were not to be filled at once. On xinmao, the people were forbidden to buy horses privately from the tribes near the border. Edit
Seventh year of Taiping Xingguo (982)
In the seventh year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, jiawu, the emperor did not receive the court, and the ministers went to the palace gate to offer congratulations. On renxu, the grades of carriages and dress and the rites for marriage, mourning and burial were laid down. Edit
In the second month, on jiashen, the region south of the passes was renamed Gaoyang Pass, and the seat of Bing Prefecture was moved to the Tangming Garrison. On yiyou, the arrears of rice within Lu Prefecture, 17,240 shi, were forgiven as a special favour. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, guisi, there was an eclipse of the sun. On yiwei, Tingmei, Prince of Qin, was made Regent of the Western Capital. On yisi, because of drought, palace eunuchs were sent out separately to pray at all the great mountains of the four quarters. Jiao Prefecture, since the imperial army had come to punish it, sent an envoy to apologise. On renzi, the Prince of Qin was given a set of clothing, a belt of clear rhinoceros horn and 100,000 cash. That month Shu Prefecture presented a black stone bearing white characters that read: "In the year bingzi there will arise twenty-one emperors with the title Zhao." In Xuan Prefecture snow and frost killed the mulberries and damaged the crops. There were locusts in Beiyang County, and tens of thousands of birds flew in and ate them all. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on jiazi, Dou Cheng, Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Guo Zhi, Secretariat Drafter, were both made Assisting Civil Councillors, and Chai Yuxi, Commissioner of Rujing, was made Commissioner of the Northern Bureau of Palace Affairs and Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On wuchen, Lu Duoxun, Vice Director of the Secretariat, Minister of War and Manager of Affairs, was dismissed, keeping the post of Minister of War. On dingchou, Tingmei, Regent of the Western Capital and Prince of Qin, was dismissed and sent back to his residence; his sons Degong and Delong were again designated imperial nephews, and his daughter, the wife of a man of the Han family, was stripped of the titles of imperial daughter and Princess of Yunyang. Lu Duoxun was stripped of his offices and exiled to Ya Prefecture, his family was moved with him, and all his relatives of the one-year mourning grade and closer were banished to the distant frontiers. On gengchen, Shen Lun, Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Manager of Affairs, was dismissed, keeping the post of Minister of Works. The private casting of bad coins of lead and tin and of light and small coins was prohibited in the prefectures of Henan. That month there was a great flood in Run Prefecture. Edit
In the fifth month, on xinchou, Cui Yanjin defeated the Khitan at Tangxing. On wushen, the prisoners were reviewed. On jiyou, Li Jipeng, Acting Military Commissioner of Xia Prefecture, surrendered his four prefectures of Yin, Xia, Sui and You. On xinhai, the Field Headquarters at Sanjiao reported that Pan Mei had defeated the Khitan army at Yanmen and destroyed thirty-six of its forts. On bingchen, Tingmei, Prince of Qin, was demoted to Duke of Fuling County and placed under supervision at Fang Prefecture. Yan Yanjin, Vice Commissioner of Chongyi, was made acting Prefect of Fang Prefecture, and Yuan Kuo, Investigating Censor, its Vice Prefect, each being given three hundred taels of silver. On jiwei, Fu Prefecture defeated the Khitan at the Xinze Stockade, capturing a hundred men, officers and below. That month there were locusts in Shan Prefecture and hail in Wuhu County. Edit
In the sixth month, on yihai, envoys were sent to bring Li Jipeng's relatives of the fifth mourning grade and closer to the capital, and his younger brother Jiqian fled to the Dijin Marsh. On bingzi, the Institute for Translating Scriptures was established. That month the Yellow River breached its dykes at Linji County, and there was a great flood in the Hanyang Army. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on jiawu, the emperor's son Dechong was made Acting Grand Mentor and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery and enfeoffed as Prince of Wei; and Deming was made Acting Grand Guardian and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery and enfeoffed as Prince of Guangping Commandery. On yimao, Shen Lun, Minister of Works, retired as Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. That month the Yellow River breached its dykes at Fanjikou; the Huai, the Han and the Yi all overflowed; there were locusts in Yanggu County; and there were great floods in the prefectures of Guanzhong and Shan. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, gengshen, Wang Pu, Grand Preceptor of the Heir Apparent, died. On jimao, an edict ordered that the official weaving in the prefectures of Chuan and Xia of brocades and figured silks, "deer-foetus", "see-through-back", "six-zhu", "slanting-straight", "tortoise-shell" and the like be stopped entirely, and that it not be forbidden among the people. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, jichou, the Bureau of Sacrifices was ordered to issue certificates to the registered novices of the Western Capital and the circuits. On jiayin, the Noble Consort, of the Sun family, died. There were locusts in Bin Prefecture. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on guihai, an edict said: officials and people of Henan may not slip out beyond the border passes to raid and plunder; those who do so shall be punished, and any sheep, horses or captives taken shall be returned. On wuchen, the emperor went to the Jinming Pool and boarded the dragon boat to watch naval exercises. The Yellow River breached its dykes at Wude County, and the tax of the people along the river was remitted. On jimao, Dou Cheng, Left Grand Master of Remonstrance and Assisting Civil Councillor, died. On guimao, the Qianyuan Calendar was completed. That month field mice ate the crops in Yue Prefecture. Edit
In the eleventh month, on jiyou, Li Jipeng was made Military Commissioner of the Zhangde Army. The people were forbidden to play music at funerals and burials. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, wuwu, there was an eclipse of the sun. On gengwu, the arrears of tax from before the sixth year of Taiping Xingguo were remitted in the prefectures of the two Zhe. On wuyin, Zhou, King of Goryeo, died; his younger brother Zhi sent an envoy asking to succeed him, and an edict made Zhi King of Goryeo. Edit
In the intercalary month, on the first day, wuzi, Feng Prefecture fought the Khitan and defeated them, capturing Xiao Tai, their Military Commissioner of the Tiande Army. The state of Champa presented tame elephants. On bingshen, the emperor hunted in the near outskirts. On xinhai, an edict granted an amnesty in Yin, Xia and the other prefectures, even to those whom ordinary amnesties did not pardon. Farming instructors were established in the prefectures. Edit
Eighth year of Taiping Xingguo (983)
In the eighth year, in the spring, the first month, on jimao, Wang Xian, Commissioner of the Eastern Upper Audience Gate, was made Commissioner of the Southern Bureau of Palace Affairs, and Mi Dechao, Commissioner of the Wine Workshops, Commissioner of the Northern Bureau, both concurrently Vice Commissioners of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On guiwei, an edict ordered the senior officials of prefectures and counties to invite and consult the aged and virtuous. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, wuzi, there was an eclipse of the sun. On dingyou, the tribes that had submitted were forbidden to buy and sell women and girls privately. Edit
In the third month, on gengshen, Song Qi, Right Grand Master of Remonstrance, was made Assisting Civil Councillor. Feng Prefecture defeated the Khitan troops and received the surrender of more than three thousand tents. On guihai, the Finance Commission was divided into three, each with its own commissioner. On guiyou, the emperor went to the Jinming Pool to watch naval exercises. On bingzi, he personally examined the candidates sent up by the Ministry of Rites. On jiashen, the salt prohibition in the prefectures of Fujian was lifted. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on renyin, words of admonition were issued to officials serving outside the capital. On renzi, Mi Dechao, Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was exiled to Qiong Prefecture, and his family was moved with him. On yimao, the emperor went to the residence of Shi Xizai, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, to visit him in his illness. Edit
In the fifth month, on dingmao, an edict ordered a Palace of the Great One built south of the capital. Li Huan styled himself Acting Commissioner of the Three Commissions and sent an envoy with tribute, presenting also a memorial from Ding Xuan yielding his position. An edict instructed Huan to send Xuan and his mother to the capital, but he did not obey. On dinghai, Cao Han, Military Commissioner of the Weisai Army, was exiled to Deng Prefecture. On yihai, an edict ordered the senior officials to attract back the people who had fled from Guan and Long. That month the Yellow River breached its dykes at Hua Prefecture, flowed past Chan, Pu, Cao and Ji, and entered the Huai to the southeast. There was wind and hail in Xiang Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, on jihai, Wang Xian was made Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Chai Yuxi Commissioner of the Southern Bureau of Palace Affairs and Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On jiyou, the elders of Mount Tai in Yan Prefecture and the people of Xiaqiu and six other counties, seven in all, came to the palace to ask that the Feng and Shan sacrifices be performed. That month the Gu, Luo, Chan and Jian rivers overflowed, destroying more than ten thousand official buildings and people's houses; those drowned were counted in tens of thousands, and Gong County was almost entirely destroyed. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on xinwei, Guo Zhi, Assisting Civil Councillor, was dismissed and made Vice Director of the Palace Library. On gengchen, Song Qi was given the additional title of Minister of Justice, and Li Fang, Minister of Works, was made Assisting Civil Councillor. That month the Yellow River, the Yangtze, the Han and the Hutuo, together with the Zi of Qi, the Hulu of Cang, and the Yi and the Echi of Xiong, all overflowed and did harm. Edit
In the eighth month, on renchen, because of the great floods, prisoners were released, from those condemned to death down. On dingyou, the Lianglin Man beyond the mountains came with tribute. The Man of the four prefectures of Xi, Jin, Xu and Fu came and submitted. On gengxu, Shi Xizai, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. On xinhai, the rules for posthumous titles were expanded. An edict ordered that the Assisting Civil Councillor Li Fang and one Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs record the important affairs of the army and the state and send them to the Historiography Institute. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, guichou, the state of Champa presented tame elephants. A Transport Commission for the water and land routes was established in the capital for the first time. That month the Sui overflowed and flooded the fields for sixty li. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on wuxu, the name of Dechong, Prince of Wei, was changed to Yuanzuo; that of Deming, Prince of Guangping Commandery, to Yuanyou; that of Dechang to Yuanxiu; that of Deyan to Yuanjun; and that of Dehe to Yuanjie. On jiyou, Yuanzuo was raised to Prince of Chu and Yuanyou to Prince of Chen, and Yuanxiu was enfeoffed as Prince of Han, Yuanjun as Prince of Ji and Yuanjie as Prince of Yi, all of them as Acting Grand Guardian and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Zhao Pu, Grand Minister of Education and concurrently Chancellery Director, was dismissed and made Military Commissioner of the Wusheng Army. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, renzi, the Assisting Civil Councillors Song Qi and Li Fang were both made Managers of Affairs. On guichou, the law under which people of Chuan and Xia who registered as separate households and divided the property while their grandparents or parents were living were executed in the marketplace was abolished. On jiwei, the Palace of the Great One was completed. On renshen, the Hanlin Academicians Li Mu, Lu Mengzheng and Li Zhi were all made Assisting Civil Councillors, and Zhang Qixian and Wang Mian, Academicians of the Bureau of Military Affairs, were both made Joint Co-signers of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On gengchen, the post of Reader-in-waiting was established. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, renwu, an edict ordered the officials of Sui, Yin, Xia and the other prefectures to attract back the people who had been lost beyond the border to resume their livelihoods, with exemption from labour service for three years. On dinghai, jackets were given to the garrison soldiers along the borders of Hebei and Hedong, and rice to the armies of the capital. Qian Chu, King of the state of Huaihai, three times submitted memorials asking to be relieved of his offices of Generalissimo of the Armies, King of the state, Director of the Department of State Affairs and Secretariat Director, Grand Preceptor and the rest. The title of Generalissimo was withdrawn; the rest was not permitted. The people of the west raided You Prefecture, and the Military Inspector Li Xun drove them off. That month, at Liquan County, the grass in the water turned into rice. The Yellow River breached its dykes at Hua Prefecture. Edit
First year of Yongxi (984)
In the first year of Yongxi, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, renzi, the emperor did not receive the court, and the ministers went to the palace gate to submit memorials of congratulation. On wuwu, Shi Xizai, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, died. On renxu, rewards were offered for lost books. On dingmao, Tingmei, Duke of Fuling County, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Fuling. On renshen, the grain lent by the government to the people of the prefectures the year before was forgiven. On guiyou, Li Mu, Left Grand Master of Remonstrance and Assisting Civil Councillor, died. Edit
In the third month, on dingsi, since the breach of the Yellow River at Hua Prefecture had been closed, the emperor wrote a Song of the Taming of the River and gave it to his close officials, and that year's tax was remitted in the prefectures and counties the water had reached. On guiwei, Degong and Delong, sons of the Prince of Fuling, were made Prefects, and his son-in-law Han Chongye was made Marshal of the Jingnan Army. That month sweet dew fell in the courtyard of the Palace of the Great One. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on yiyou, the elders of Mount Tai came to the palace to ask that the Feng and Shan sacrifices be performed. On wuzi, the ministers submitted memorials making the same request, three times in all, and the emperor consented. On jiawu, he went to the Jinming Pool to watch naval exercises, then went on to the Jiangwu Terrace to watch archery, and gave silk to the warriors. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, gengxu, the salt prohibition in Jiangnan was lifted. On xinhai, the emperor went south of the city to view the wheat and granted money and silk to the reapers. The agricultural instructors of the prefectures were abolished. On renzi, the Uighurs of Xi Prefecture and heterodox believers from Persia came with tribute. On dingchou, the Qianyuan and Wenming halls caught fire. On jimao, capital officials were made to serve as clerks of the Secretariat Rear Office. Edit
In the sixth month, on dinghai, an edict called for outspoken criticism. On jichou, envoys were sent to examine the lawsuits and criminal cases of Liangzhe, Huainan, Xichuan and Guangnan. Shi Shouxin, Military Commissioner of the Zhen'an Army and serving Secretariat Director, died. On gengzi, the senior officials of the prefectures were ordered to review their prisoners once every ten days. On renyin, an edict called off the feng sacrifice at Mount Tai. On jiachen, frontier officials were forbidden to cultivate land beyond the border. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on renzi, the Qianyuan Hall was renamed the Chaoyuan Hall, the Wenming Hall the Wende Hall, and the Danfeng Gate the Qianyuan Gate; the Petition Box Office was renamed the Office of the Public Petition Drum, the eastern Yan'en box became the Chongren Review Office, the southern Zhaojian box the Sijian Review Office, the western Shenyuan box the Shenming Review Office, and the northern Tongxuan box the Zhaoxian Review Office. Edit
In the eighth month, on dingyou, the emperor personally sacrificed at the Taiyi Palace. On renyin, the Yellow River overflowed. In this month there was a great flood in Zi Prefecture. Edit
In the ninth month, on renxu, the assembled officials three times submitted memorials offering the honorific title "Emperor Who Responds to Fortune and Rules Heaven, Sagacious in Letters and Heroic in Arms, Great Sage, Supremely Humane, of Bright Virtue and Broad Filial Piety"; the emperor would not allow it. The chief ministers kowtowed and pressed their request, but in the end he would not allow it. On bingyin, the emperor went to the new granaries beside the river. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on jiashen, Chen Tuan, the recluse of Mount Hua, was granted the title Master Xiyi. Xia Prefecture reported that it had made a surprise attack on Li Jiqian, capturing his mother and wife and taking more than 1,400 tents captive; Jiqian fled. On renchen, cloth and silk not up to the standard measure were forbidden. On guisi, Lan Prefecture presented a female beast with a single horn, together with pictures of sixty-three kinds of auspicious objects, which were handed to the Historiography Institute. On wuxu, Bu Yuangan, Administrative Supervisor of Zhong Prefecture, was convicted of taking bribes and perverting the law, and was beaten to death. Edit
In the eleventh month, on renzi, the King of Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On dingsi, the emperor sacrificed to Heaven and Earth at the Round Altar, proclaimed a great amnesty and changed the reign title; civil and military officials at court and in the provinces were promoted in rank by degrees. On guiyou, Yang Yi, a boy from Pucheng, was made Proofreader of the Palace Library. Edit
In the twelfth month, on gengchen, Qian Chu, King of Huaihai, was transferred to be King of Hannan. On guiwei, silk was granted to the aged of the capital region. On dinghai, the pearl-gathering grounds of Lingnan were closed. On renchen, Consort De, of the Li family, was made empress. On bingshen, the emperor went up to the Qianyuan Gate and granted the capital a great feast of three days. On wuxu, there was heavy snow. Edit
Taizong, part two Edit
Second year of Yongxi (985)
In the second year, in the spring, the first month, on bingchen, Degong was made General-in-Chief of the Left Militant Guard and Administrator of Ji Prefecture, and enfeoffed as Marquis of Ding'an; Delong was made General-in-Chief of the Right Militant Guard and Administrator of Yi Prefecture, and enfeoffed as Marquis of Changning. Liu Mengsou, Right Rectifier of Omissions, was made Controller-general of Ji Prefecture, and Han Jian, Imperial Diarist, Controller-general of Yi Prefecture. On yichou, Degong and Delong were granted three million cash in addition to their regular salaries. Edit
In the second month, on wuyin, Li Huan, provisional Acting Military Commissioner of Jiao Prefecture, sent envoys with tribute. On yiwei, Li Jiqian of Xia Prefecture lured Cao Guangshi, Militia Commissioner of Ru Prefecture, into a trap and killed him. On jihai, Champa sent envoys with tribute. Edit
In the third month, on jiwei, the emperor personally examined the candidates sent up by the Ministry of Rites. The people of Jiangnan suffered famine, and they were allowed to cross the Yangzi and claim land for themselves. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, yihai, envoys were sent through the prefectures of Jiangnan to relieve the starving and to find out which officials were capable and which were not. On wuyin, Pan Mei, Military Commissioner of the Zhongwu Army, was sent to garrison Sanjiaokou again. On jimao, an edict made the official residence in which the emperor had been born into the Qisheng Cloister. On jichou, Wang Zhu, Recipient of Edicts of the Palace Command, was convicted of corruption and embezzlement while supervising the troops of Zi Prefecture, and was executed in the marketplace. On gengzi, sweet dew fell in the rear garden. On xinchou, the Xia Prefecture field headquarters defeated the Xili tribe of the Western Fan, beheading their Prefect of Daizhou, Zheluoyu, and his younger brother Maiqi; it also defeated the Bao and Xi tribes, and more than fifty tribes surrendered. Edit
In the fifth month, on jiazi, the emperor went south of the city to view the wheat and granted cloth and silk to the farmers. Locust larvae appeared in the Tianchang Army. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, jiaxu, the Hexi field headquarters reported that it had captured fourteen tribes, the Jiluofu and others, and burned more than a thousand tents. On wuzi, the salt prohibition and the state monopoly on wine were restored. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengshen, an edict told the Fiscal Commissioners of the circuits and the senior local officials that they should take advantage of the good harvests to fill the granaries against flood and drought. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, guiyou, envoys were sent to examine the criminal cases of the prefectures of Liangzhe, Jinghu, Fujian, the Jiangnan East and West circuits and Huainan, and also to observe which officials were diligent and which idle, and report. On guisi, Yici, son of the Prince of Fenghua in the southwest, came with tribute. In this month there were great floods in Ying and Mo prefectures. Edit
In the ninth month, on bingwu, because the year had been free of war and calamity, death sentences were reduced, except for the Ten Abominations, officials guilty of corruption, and premeditated or intentional killing and killing in robbery; sentences of exile and below were remitted; and the arrears of tax owed by the people of the prefectures of Jiang and Zhe were cancelled. On gengxu, the Double Ninth festival, the emperor's close officials were granted a drinking party at the residence of Li Fang, and the princes and Military Commissioners were summoned to a feast and archery in the park. That evening, the palace of the Prince of Chu caught fire. On xinhai, Yuanzuo, Prince of Chu, was deposed as a commoner and sent to live in Jun Prefecture. On dingsi, the officials asked that Yuanzuo be kept in the capital to recover from his illness, and this was allowed. On jiwei, the prince of the Southwestern Fan sent envoys with tribute. On jisi, sea trade was forbidden. Edit
In the intercalary month, on guiwei, Venus entered the Southern Dipper. On jiashen, the emperor went to the Tiansi Directorate and granted horses to his attendant officials. On yiwei, killing people as sacrifices to spirits in the Yong administration, and monks keeping wives and children, were forbidden. On jihai, Jun Prefecture presented a one-horned beast. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, xinchou, prisoners were reviewed. On bingwu, the Indian monks Tianxizai, Shihu and Fatian were all made Grand Masters for Court Audiences and probationary Vice Directors of the Court of State Ceremonial. On jiyou, a clerk in charge of grain on the Bian River was convicted of seizing the rations of the transport soldiers; his wrists were cut off, he was displayed on the riverbank for three days, and then he was beheaded. On jiayin, the son of the barbarian king of the Liqiong tribes came with tribute. Edit
In the eleventh month, on renwu, the emperor hunted in the near suburbs and offered the game at the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and this was made a standing rule. On wuzi, prayers were offered for snow. On xinmao, an edict allowed all serving officials in mourning for a father or mother to leave office. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, gengzi, there was an eclipse of the sun. On guimao, the Nankang Army reported that three feet of snow had fallen and the Great River had frozen over, strong enough to bear heavy loads. On dingwei, palace envoys were sent to give jackets and trousers to the garrison soldiers along the frontier. On bingchen, Song Qi, Vice Director of the Chancellery, concurrently Minister of Justice and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was dismissed and kept only his substantive office. Edit
Third year of Yongxi (986)
In the third year, in the spring, the first month, on xinwei, Delong, General-in-Chief of the Right Militant Guard and Marquis of Changning, died; his younger brother Deyi inherited the marquisate and continued to administer Yi Prefecture. On gengchen, one mark into the night, there was a red vapour in the north like a city wall, which did not disperse until dawn. On jichou, He Lingtu, Prefect of Xiongzhou (acting), and others asked to attack the Khitan and take back the old lands of Yan and Ji. On gengyin, the northern campaign began. Cao Bin, Military Commissioner of the Tianping Army, was made Chief Area Commander of the cavalry, infantry, river and land forces of the vanguard of the Youzhou Route field army, with Cui Yanjin, Military Commissioner of the Three Cities of Heyang, as his second; Mi Xin, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard and Military Commissioner of the Zhanghua Army, was made Chief Area Commander of the Northwest Route, with Du Yangui, Surveillance Commissioner of Sha Prefecture, as his second, to lead their troops out from Xiong Prefecture; Tian Chongjin, Commander-in-chief of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard and Military Commissioner of the Jingnan Army, was made Chief Area Commander of the Dingzhou Route, to go out by Feihu. On wuxu, Li Zhi, Assisting Civil Councillor, was dismissed to be Vice Minister of Rites. Edit
In the second month, on renzi, Pan Mei, Acting Grand Preceptor and Military Commissioner of the Zhongwu Army, was made Chief Area Commander of Yun, Ying, Shuo and other prefectures, with Yang Ye, Surveillance Commissioner of Yun Prefecture, as his second, to go out by Yanmen. Edit
In the third month, on guiyou, Cao Bin fought the Khitan army south of Gu'an and took the city. On dingchou, Tian Chongjin fought north of Feihu and defeated them again. Pan Mei entered by Xijing, met the Khitan army and pursued it to Huan Prefecture, whose prefect, Zhao Yanxin, surrendered the city. On xinsi, Cao Bin took Zhuo Prefecture. Pan Mei besieged Shuo Prefecture, whose Vice Military Commissioner, Zhao Xizan, surrendered the city. On guiwei, Tian Chongjin fought north of Feihu and captured the Khitan Pacification Commissioner for the Southwest, Da Pengyi, the Prefect of Kangzhou, Ma Yun, and the cavalry commander He Wantong. On yiyou, Cao Bin defeated the Khitan south of Zhuo Prefecture and killed their minister Hesi. On dinghai, Pan Mei's army reached Ying Prefecture, whose Vice Military Commissioner, Ai Zheng, and Surveillance Staff Supervisor, Song Xiong, surrendered the city. Wang Yanfan, Vice Director of the Bureau of Gates, with Lu Tan, Assistant in the Palace Library, Tian Bian, Assistant Magistrate of Rongcheng County, and the diviner Liu Ang, were convicted of plotting sedition and executed in the marketplace. On gengyin, Chen Hongjin, Military Commissioner of the Wuning Army, Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery and Duke of Qi, died. On xinmao, Tian Chongjin attacked Feihu; its defending generals Lu Xingde, Zhang Jicong, Liu Zhijin and others surrendered the whole city, and the county was made the Feihu Army. The state of Champa sent envoys with tribute. On bingshen, he advanced and besieged Lingqiu, whose defending general, Mu Chao, surrendered the city. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on xinchou, Pan Mei took Yun Prefecture. Tian Chongjin fought north of Feihu and defeated their host. On renyin, Cao Bin and Mi Xin fought northeast of Xincheng and defeated them again. On jiyou, Tian Chongjin fought north of Feihu once more, defeated them once more, and killed two generals. On yimao, Chongjin reached Wei Prefecture, where the headquarters officers Li Cunzhang and Xu Yanqin killed the great general Xiao Chuoli, seized the Supervisor of the City, Geng Shaozhong, Military Commissioner of Tong Prefecture, and surrendered the city. Edit
In the fifth month, on gengwu, Cao Bin's army was heavily defeated at Qigou Pass; he gathered his men, crossed the Juma River by night and fell back to hold Yi Prefecture. Liu Baoxun, Administrator of the Branch Government of Youzhou, died in the fighting. On bingzi, Cao Bin, Cui Yanjin and Mi Xin were recalled to court; Tian Chongjin was ordered to garrison Ding Prefecture, and Pan Mei to return to Dai Prefecture. The officials and people of Yun, Ying, Huan and Shuo prefectures, and the Tuhun tribes, were moved and settled in Hedong and Jingxi. Just then a Khitan host of a hundred thousand took Huan Prefecture again. Yang Ye, escorting the people being moved, met them and fought hard until his strength was spent; he was captured, and died keeping faith. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, wuxu, there was an eclipse of the sun. On jiachen, Xin Zhongfu, Vice Censor-in-chief, was made Assisting Civil Councillor. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on gengwu, Cao Bin was demoted to Grand General of the Right Courageous Guard, Cui Yanjin to Grand General of the Right Militant Guard, Mi Xin to Grand General of the Right Encampment Guard, and Du Yangui to Militia Commissioner of Jun Prefecture. For all officials and officers who had died in service or fallen into enemy hands, their sons and grandsons were given posts. On renwu, the people who had surrendered from Shanhou were moved to Henan Prefecture and to Xu, Ru and other prefectures. On dinghai, Zhang Qixian, Co-signer of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Supervising Secretary and Prefect of Daizhou (acting). On guisi, in Fujin County of Jie Prefecture a great mountain came flying and, at the Longdi Gorge, blocked the river so that it flowed backward, ruining several hundred li of the people's fields. On jiawu, an edict renamed Yuanyou, Prince of Chen, as Yuanxi; Yuanxiu, Prince of Han, as Yuankan; and Yuanjun, Prince of Ji, as Yuanfen. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, dingyou, Wang Mian and Zhang Hong were both made Vice Commissioners of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On dingwei, there was heavy rain; envoys were sent to pray to the sacred mountains and great rivers, and by evening the rain stopped. The people of Jian Prefecture suffered famine; envoys were sent to relieve them and, while there, to press the arrest of bandits in the prefectures. On xinhai, Pan Mei was demoted to Acting Grand Guardian, and Yang Ye was posthumously made Grand Commandant and Military Commissioner of the Datong Army. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, bingyin, prisoners held in the two capitals and the prefectures had sentences of exile and below reduced by one degree, and those sentenced to beating were released. Rice was granted to the people moved from Huan, Ying, Wei and other prefectures, and the relief loans made by the government in the second year of Yongxi in Sheng, Xuan and the other prefectures, fourteen in all, were all cancelled. On wuyin, the families of soldiers killed in the northern campaign were granted three months' grain. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on jiachen, Yuanxi, Prince of Chen, was made Governor of Kaifeng. On renzi, the King of Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On gengshen, an edict made Li Huan, provisional Acting Military Commissioner of the Jinghai Army, Military Commissioner of that army. Edit
In the eleventh month, on bingxu, the emperor went to the Jianlong Abbey and the Xiangguo Monastery to pray for snow. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, yiwei, there was heavy rain and snow, and the officials were feasted in the Yuhua Hall. On jihai, Tian Chongjin at Ding Prefecture entered Khitan territory and took Qigou Pass. On renyin, the Khitan defeated Liu Tingrang's army at Junziguan and captured the vanguard general He Lingtu; Yang Chongjin, Area Commander of Gaoyang Pass, died in the fighting. On renzi, Fang Prefecture was made the Baokang Army, and Liu Jiyuan, Grand General of the Right Guard, was made its Military Commissioner. Lu Hanyun, Vice Area Commander of Dai Prefecture, defeated the Khitan at Tudeng Fort, killing and capturing very many, and killed two army supervisors of sheli rank. Edit
In this year there was a great flood in Shou Prefecture and locusts in Pu Prefecture. Edit
Fourth year of Yongxi (987)
In the fourth year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, jiazi, the emperor did not receive the court; the officials went to the palace gate and presented memorials of congratulation. On jimao, envoys were sent to examine the criminal cases of Xichuan, Lingnan, Jiang, Zhe and other circuits. On bingxu, an edict said: "All officers and men of the field armies who were defeated and scattered are pardoned without inquiry; where the defenders of the frontier cities and forts have done service worth recording, let the local authorities report it. Bury the exposed bones; let the families of those who died in service receive state provisions, and give posts to the sons and grandsons of civil and military officials who died in service. Cancel the arrears of tax in Hebei from before the third year of Yongxi; places trampled by the enemy are exempted from taxes and labour service for three years, places the army passed through for two years, and the rest for one year." Edit
In the second month, on bingshen, Qian Chu, King of Hannan, was made Military Commissioner of the Wusheng Army and transferred to be King of Nanyang. On dingyou, the walls and moats of the prefectures and military prefectures of Hebei were repaired. On jiayin, Qian Chu was enfeoffed instead as Prince of Xu. Edit
In the third month, on gengchen, an edict restated the strict evaluation of officials' records. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, guisi, Zhao Changyan, Vice Censor-in-chief, was made Right Grand Master of Remonstrance and Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On yiwei, an edict said that in the hot months the prefectures and commanderies were to wash out their jails once every five days, give the prisoners drink, have the sick treated by physicians, and settle minor offences at once. On dingwei, the emperor went to the Jinming Pond to watch the water games, and then practised archery in the Qionglin Park; he climbed a tower and threw gold coins and coloured silks down from it, letting the people take them. The Fiscal Commissions for water and land transport were combined into one office. Edit
In the fifth month, on bingyin, envoys were sent to buy horses from the people of the circuits. On gengchen, in the Palace Command the Riji units were renamed the Pengri, the Xiaomeng the Gongchen, the Xiongyong the Shenyong, the Upper Tielin the Palace Command Huyi, and the Yaonu the Shenshe; and the Tielin of the Infantry Command of the Imperial Guard were renamed the Imperial Guard Huyi. On dinghai, an edict told the prefectures to send people skilled in medicine to the Imperial Medical Office to have their skill examined. Battle formation diagrams were granted to the generals. Edit
In the sixth month, on dingyou, Liu Tingrang, Grand General of the Right Courageous Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of Xiong Prefecture. On wuxu, Wang Chengyan, Military Commissioner of the Zhangguo Army and Commandant-escort, was made Chief Area Commander of Bei and Ji, and Guo Shouwen and Tian Qinzuo, Militia Commissioner of Ying Prefecture, were both made Commissioners for Battle Formations on the northern front. On gengzi, Cui Han, Military Commissioner of the Dingguo Army, was again made Chief Area Commander of Troops at Gaoyang Pass. In this month Fu Prefecture presented a horse whose forelegs were like an ox's. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on bingyin, the emperor went to the Jiangwu Pond to watch the fish. In this month the Bureau of the Three Ranks was set up. Edit
In the eighth month, on gengzi, the 267,000 shi of rice owed to the capital granaries by the officials of the prefectures was written off. Edit
In the ninth month, on guihai, the medical practitioners were examined, and the best were made students of the Hanlin. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on bingwu, Liu Tingrang, Chief Area Commander of Xiong Prefecture, was exiled to Shang Prefecture. On renzi, Shen Lun, retired Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, died. Edit
In the eleventh month, on gengchen, an edict ordered that the salaries of all officials be paid in their actual amounts. Edit
In the twelfth month, on renyin, the emperor went to the Jianlong Abbey and the Xiangguo Monastery to pray for snow. On gengxu, he hunted in the near suburbs. On dingsi, there was heavy rain and snow. Edit
First year of Duangong (988)
In the first year of Duangong, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, jiwei, the emperor did not receive the court; the officials went to the palace gate and presented memorials of congratulation. On yihai, he personally ploughed the sacred field. On his return he went up to the Danfeng Tower, proclaimed a great amnesty and changed the reign title. Except for the Ten Abominations and officials guilty of corruption or of killing, who were not pardoned, commoners aged seventy and over were granted one degree of honorary rank. On guiwei, he went to the Yujin Park to practise archery. On yiyou, cruel punishments were forbidden. In this month the Yellow River ran clear at Chan Prefecture. Edit
In the second month, on yiwei, the Left and Right Rectifiers of Omissions were renamed Left and Right Policy Critics, and the Left and Right Reminders were renamed Left and Right Exhorters. On bingshen, the prefectures were forbidden to present rare birds and strange beasts. On jihai, an edict granted the people of Ying Prefecture who had suffered violence from the enemy three years' tax and exempted them from labour service for five years. On gengzi, on account of the ceremony of the sacred field, Yuanxi, Governor of Kaifeng and Prince of Chen, was raised to Prince of Xu, Yuankan to Prince of Xiang, Yuanfen to Prince of Yue, and Qian Chu to Prince of Deng; Li Fang, Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs; Lu Mengzheng, Assisting Civil Councillor, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery; Wang Xian, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was given the additional title Acting Grand Mentor; Zhao Pu, Supervising Secretary and Duke of Xu, was made Grand Guardian and concurrently Chancellery Director; Xin Zhongfu, Assisting Civil Councillor, was given the additional post of Vice Minister of Revenue; Zhao Changyan, Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was given the additional post of Vice Minister of Works; Wang Mian, Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Assisting Civil Councillor; Zhang Hong, Vice Censor-in-chief, was made Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs; and all the other officials at court and in the provinces received favours. On jiachen, Jian Prefecture was raised to the military commission of the Jianning Army. On gengxu, the emperor's sons were appointed: Yuanwo as Grand General of the Left Guard and Duke of Xu, and Yuancheng as Grand General of the Right Guard and Duke of Jing. Edit
In the third month, on jiaxu, Zhao Changyan, Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was demoted to Adjutant of the Chongxin Army. On yihai, Houmochen Liyong, Militia Commissioner of Zheng Prefecture, was convicted of lawless conduct and sent to Shang Prefecture in confinement; soon afterwards he was ordered to take his own life. On guiwei, the emperor went to the Yujin Park to practise archery. The Fiscal Commission for water and land transport was abolished. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on dinghai, silk was granted to the aged of the capital. On jichou, Zhi, King of Goryeo, and Li Huan, Military Commissioner of the Jinghai Army, were both given the additional title Acting Grand Commandant. Edit
In the fifth month, on xinyou, the Imperial Archive was set up in the Chongwen Institute. On xinwei, Li Jipeng, Military Commissioner of the Gande Army, was granted the surname Zhao and the name Baozhong. On renshen, Baozhong was made Military Commissioner of the Dingnan Army. Edit
In the intercalary fifth month, on xinmao, Liu Fu, Defence Commissioner of Ming Prefecture, was made Chief Area Commander of Troops at Gaoyang Pass, and Yang Zan, Defence Commissioner of Pu Prefecture, Chief Area Commander of Troops at Bei Prefecture. On yiwei, the aged of the prefectures were granted the rank of gongshi. On dingyou, Li Huan of Jiao Prefecture sent envoys with tribute. On renyin, the emperor personally examined the jinshi candidates of the Ministry of Rites and the candidates who had failed. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, bingchen, Chen Tingshan, General-in-Chief of the Right Army Guard, plotted rebellion and was executed. On dingchou, the Hunan military commission was renamed the military commission of the Wu'an Army. The emperor personally examined the jinshi and the candidates of the various fields. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on bingwu, the salt prohibition in the prefectures of Xichuan was lifted. On xinhai, Pan Mei, Military Commissioner of the Zhongwu Army, was made Prefect of Zhenzhou (acting). Edit
In the eighth month, on yimao, the Star of Longevity appeared in the bing quarter. On jiazi, Guo Shouwen, Commissioner of the Southern Court of Palace Affairs, was made Chief Area Commander of the Zhenzhou Route. On wuyin, Qian Chu, Grand Preceptor and Prince of Deng, died; he was posthumously enfeoffed as King of Qin and given the posthumous name Zhongyi. On gengchen, the emperor went to the Imperial University and ordered the Erudite Li Jue to lecture on the Book of Changes, and granted him silk; he then went to the Yujin Park to practise archery. In this month phoenixes gathered on a silk tree at the county office of Qingyuan County in Guang Prefecture, and three stalks of the fungus of immortality grew beneath the tree. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, yiyou, Li Jilong, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of Ding Prefecture. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on renwu, Dai Xing, Commander-in-chief of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of Chan Prefecture. On guiwei, an edict put an end to pleasure hunting; the hawks and hounds kept by the Five Quarters [the imperial mews] were all released, and the prefectures were not to present any more. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, jiashen, the King of Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On jichou, Guo Shouwen defeated the Khitan at the Tang River. Edit
In the twelfth month, on xinwei, Li Jiqian, Commissioner of Tribes of Xia Prefecture, was made Prefect of Yinzhou and appointed Commissioner of the Luo Park. Edit
Second year of Duangong (989)
In the second year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, guiwei, the emperor did not receive the court; the officials went to the palace gate and presented memorials of congratulation. On renchen, Chai Yuxi, Surveillance Commissioner of Fu Prefecture, was made Area Commander of Troops at Chan Prefecture. On guisi, an edict called for discussion of a northern campaign. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, renzi, the Hebei East and West circuits were ordered to recruit people and set up military farms. On guichou, an edict ordered that the merits of officers and officials be recorded, that the sons and grandsons of commissioned envoys and officials who had died in service be given posts, and that the families of soldiers who had died receive state provisions for three months. The people of the Pingsai, Tianwei, Pingding, Weilu, Jingrong, Baosai, Ningbian and other armies, and of Qi, Yi, Bao, Ding, Zhen, Xing, Zhao and other prefectures, in addition to the exemption granted by the edict of bingxu in the first month of the fourth year of Yongxi, were exempted from taxes and labour service for two more years; Ba, Dai, Ming, Xiong, Mo, Shen and other prefectures, and the Pinglu and Kelan armies, were exempted for one more year. On wuwu, the silver tallies for riding the post horses were abolished, and the warrants of the Bureau of Military Affairs were issued again. Grain from the Great Granary was lent to the starving people of the capital region. On guihai, square fields were laid out. On wuchen, the Directorate of Education was made the National University. Edit
In the third month, on xinmao, Gao Qiong was made Chief Area Commander of Bing and Dai. On renyin, the emperor personally examined the candidates of the Ministry of Rites. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on dingsi, the Fushun Directorate was set up. On xinwei, the emperor went to Zhao Pu's residence to visit him in his illness. Edit
In the fifth month, on wuxu, because of the drought, prisoners were reviewed and envoys were sent to settle the criminal cases of the circuits. That evening it rained. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on jiashen, Zhang Qixian, Prefect of Daizhou (acting), was made Vice Minister of Justice and Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Zhang Xun, Salt and Iron Commissioner, was made Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs and Co-signer of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On wuzi, a comet appeared in the Eastern Well; the emperor withdrew from the main hall and reduced his regular meals. On xinchou, the Khitan raided the Weilu Army; Yin Jilun, Commissioner of Ceremonial Rites, defeated them and killed their minister Pishi, and their great general, the Yuyue, fled. Edit
In the eighth month, on bingchen, a great amnesty was proclaimed, and that evening the comet vanished. On guihai, the relic stupa of the Kaibao Monastery, built by imperial order, was completed. Edit
In the ninth month, on renwu, the many barbarian peoples of Qiongbuchuan and Shanhou came with tribute. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on xinwei, Zhao Baozhong, Military Commissioner of the Dingnan Army, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Because of the year's drought and the comet that had appeared in reproof, an edict said: "Were I to make my own body the sacrificial victim and burn it in a raging fire, it would still not be enough to answer Heaven's rebuke. I shall examine with you the failings in our punishments and government and the hardships of farming, care for living things and give the people peace, and so pray for Heaven's blessing." Edit
In the twelfth month, on xinhai, the post of Chief Auditor of the Three Offices of Finance was created. On bingchen, there was heavy rain and snow. On gengshen, an edict ordered that memorials submitted from all quarters call him only "the Emperor". The officials asked that his honorific title be restored, and he would not allow it. On xinyou, they offered the title "Emperor Who Models Himself on Heaven and Honours the Way, Civil and Martial"; an edict struck out the words "Civil and Martial" and allowed the rest. The state of Srivijaya sent envoys with tribute. Edit
First year of Chunhua (990)
In the first year of Chunhua, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, wuyin, prisoners in the capital region had sentences of exile and below reduced by one degree. The reign title was changed; civil and military officials at court and in the provinces were all raised in merit rank, prestige rank, noble rank and fief, and those from Secretariat Drafter and General-in-Chief upward each had one son given office. Money was granted to widowers, widows, orphans and the childless, and arrears were written off. The emperor accepted the honorific title, and the Qianming Festival was renamed the Shouning Festival. On wuzi, an edict ordered the Qingxin Hall to be built. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, dingwei, the fishing prohibitions in the prefectures of Jiangnan, Liangzhe, Huaixi and Lingnan were lifted. On jiyou, the Daming Hall was renamed the Hanguang Hall. Edit
In the third month, the first day was bingzi. On yiwei, the emperor went to the residence of Zhao Pu, Regent of the Western Capital, to visit him in his illness. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on gengxu, palace envoys were sent to the Five Sacred Mountains to pray for rain; prisoners were reviewed, and envoys were sent out to settle the criminal cases of the circuits. On jiayin, an edict told officials of the fourth rank and above in the Department of State Affairs, and of the fifth rank and above in the two Departments, to recommend men for Fiscal Commissioner, prefect and controller-general. Tian Hanquan of the Wuxi barbarians came over and submitted. On wuwu, Wu Prefecture was made the military commission of the Baoning Army. On bingyin, Dai Xing, Vice Commander-in-chief of the Palace Command, was made Chief Area Commander of Zhen Prefecture. Edit
In the fifth month, on jiawu, retired officials were given half salary. On xinmao, the posts of Case Reviewer and Case Investigator were created. Edit
In the sixth month, on bingwu, the lantern displays of the Zhongyuan and Xiayuan festivals were abolished. On gengwu, Venus was seen in daylight. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on dingchou, Venus was seen again. In this month there were great floods in Ji, Hong, Jiang, Qi, Heyang and Longcheng. Kaifeng, Chenliu, Fengqiu, Suanzao and Yanling suffered drought; half of this year's land tax was granted to them, and Kaifeng was specially exempted from taxes and labour service for a year. Grain was dear in the capital, and envoys were sent to open the granaries and sell grain at reduced prices. Edit
In the eighth month, on yisi, the gold and silver vessels of the Left Storehouse were melted down. On jisi, killing people as sacrifices to spirits was forbidden in Chuanxia, Lingnan and Hunan; the prefectures and counties were to search out and arrest offenders, and informers were rewarded. On gengwu, the lord of the Southwestern Fan sent his son Long Hanxing with tribute. In this month the eight counties of Chang'an in Jingzhao suffered drought, and six-tenths of this year's tax was granted to them. The tax on the fishponds at Susong and two other places in Shu Prefecture was cancelled. Edit
In the ninth month, on xinsi, Mars entered the Taiwei Enclosure. A great banquet was held in the Chongzheng Hall. The people of Chuanxia were forbidden to leave home and marry into their wives' families while their parents were living. In this month six-tenths of this year's tax in Cang, Shan and Ru prefectures was cancelled. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on jiachen, Li Huan of Jiao Prefecture sent envoys with tribute. On yisi, Mars encroached on the Left Executor of Law. On yichou, Jiang Yuanzhen, Prefect of Baizhou (acting), and Yao Yigong, Magistrate of Xucheng County (acting), being both known for honesty and capability, an edict was sent down praising them, and they were granted grain and silk. In this month, because Qian and Zheng prefectures and fourteen counties of Henan, Shou'an among them, suffered drought, four-tenths of this year's tax was cancelled in the prefectures, and the counties had their tax cancelled. Edit
In the eleventh month, on wuxu, Venus was seen in daylight. In this month seven-tenths of this year's tax within Daming Prefecture was cancelled. Edit
In the twelfth month, on yisi, Champa sent envoys with tribute. On yimao, the state of Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On xinyou, an edict ordered that written memorials submitted at court and from the provinces, and proposals approved when presented in audience, all be sent down to the Secretariat, the Bureau of Military Affairs and the Three Offices of Finance to be reviewed before being put into effect. Edit
In this year there were floods in Hong, Ji, Jiang, Qi and other prefectures, and a great flood at Heyang. There were locusts in Cao and Shan prefectures, but they did not cause a disaster. Within Kaifeng and Daming, in Xu, Cang, Shan, Ru, Qian, Zheng and other prefectures, and in twenty-seven counties including Shou'an, Chang'an and Tianxing, there was drought. Shen and Ji prefectures and the two counties of Wendeng and Muping suffered famine. Edit
Second year of Chunhua (991)
In the second year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, renshen, the emperor did not receive the court; the officials went to the palace gate and presented memorials of congratulation. On bingzi, Zhai Shousu, Militia Commissioner of Shang Prefecture, was sent with troops to support Zhao Baozhong at Xia Prefecture. On yiyou, the posts of Inner Palace Duty Officer and Left and Right Palace Guardsman were created, and the Recipients of Edicts of the Palace Command were renamed Duty Officers of the Three Ranks. On bingxu, Mars trespassed on the Room lodge. On jichou, an edict told the senior officials of the prefectures of Shaanxi to find ways to draw back the people who had fled; those who returned to their livelihoods were to be lent grain according to the number of mouths in the household and exempted from taxes and labour service for two years. Edit
In the second month, on guichou, all the painted decoration of the palace halls was replaced with ochre and white plaster. Zu Ji, Investigating Censor, was convicted of corruption and embezzlement while Prefect of Jinzhou (acting), and was executed in the marketplace. On yichou, Xie Rong and more than a hundred other mutinous soldiers of Kui Prefecture were beheaded in the marketplace. Edit
In the intercalary month, on the first day, xinwei, there was an eclipse of the sun. On wuyin, prayers were offered for rain. On dinghai, an edict told all the armies at court and in the provinces that they might keep no weapons other than wooden spears, bows, crossbows and arrows. On jichou, an edict said that gamblers in the capital were to be arrested by Kaifeng Prefecture, and offenders beheaded. Close officials were ordered to take concurrent charge of the Bureau of Assignments and the Bureau of Personnel Evaluation for ranked officials. In this month the Yellow River overflowed, there were locusts in Juancheng County, and the Bian River breached its banks. Edit
In the third month, on yimao, the emperor went to the Jinming Pond and boarded the dragon boat, and then went to the Qionglin Park for a feast and archery. On jisi, because the prayers for rain during the year's locusts and drought had gone unanswered, he wrote an edict in his own hand to the chief minister Lu Mengzheng and others: "I shall burn myself to answer Heaven's rebuke." The next day it rained, and the locusts all died. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on gengwu, the tribute of inkstones from Duan Prefecture was ended. On xinsi, Zhang Qixian and Chen Shu were both made Assisting Civil Councillors, Zhang Xun was made concurrently Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Wen Zhongshu and Kou Zhun were both made Vice Commissioners of the Bureau of Military Affairs. In this month the Yellow River overflowed, and the people of Yuxiang and six other counties suffered famine. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, jihai, an edict reduced by one degree the sentences of exile and below for prisoners held in the two capitals and the prefectures, and released those sentenced to beating. On gengzi, Judicial Intendants were appointed for the circuits. On bingchen, Xie Bi, Left Exhorter, was promoted to Right Policy Critic for his outspokenness, and granted the gold seal and purple ribbon and 300,000 cash. Edit
In the sixth month, on jiaxu, Pan Mei, Military Commissioner of the Zhongwu Army and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, died. Zhang Yongde was made Chief Area Commander of Bing and Dai. On yiyou, because the Bian River had breached its banks in Junyi County, the emperor personally directed the guardsmen in closing the breach. On gengyin, the frontier prefectures of Shaanxi were forbidden to let people be taken across the border. In this month there were locusts in the three counties of Chuqiu, Juancheng and Zichuan, and the Yellow River and the Bian overflowed. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on jihai, an edict said that where starving people of the frontier prefectures of Shaanxi had sold their sons or daughters to tribes near the border, the government would redeem them. Li Jiqian presented a memorial asking to submit; he was made Surveillance Commissioner of Yin Prefecture, granted the imperial surname and renamed Baoji. In this month there were locusts in the Qianning Army and great floods in the three prefectures of Xu, Xiong and Jia. Edit
In the eighth month, on jimao, the Judicial Review Bureau was set up. On jichou, Ya Prefecture reported that Mount Dengliao had collapsed. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, dingyou, Wang Mian, Vice Minister of Revenue and Assisting Civil Councillor, and Chen Shu, Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor, were both dismissed and kept only their substantive offices. On jihai, Lu Mengzheng, Vice Director of the Secretariat, concurrently Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was dismissed to be Minister of Personnel; Li Fang, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Zhang Qixian, Assisting Civil Councillor, were both made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery; and the Hanlin Academicians Jia Huangzhong and Li Hang were both made Supervising Secretaries and Assisting Civil Councillors. The emperor wrote in flying-white script the four characters "Office of the Jade Hall" and gave them to Su Yijian, Hanlin Recipient of Edicts. On renyin, the barbarians of Qiongbuchuan came with tribute. On guimao, Wang Xian, Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was dismissed and made Military Commissioner of the Chongxin Army. On jiachen, Zhang Xun was made Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Wen Zhongshu and Kou Zhun Associate Administrators of the Bureau. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, bingshen, the officials' turns to report in audience were restored. On yisi, labour service and earthworks inside and outside the capital were halted. On jiyou, the emperor went to the Jianlong Abbey and the Xiangguo Monastery to pray for snow. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, bingyin, the ceremony of entering the hall for audience was performed. On yihai, Tan Ruqing, a boy from Qin Prefecture, was granted the status of a graduate of his examination field. On guiwei, Liu Jiyuan, Military Commissioner of the Baokang Army, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Pengcheng Commandery. There was heavy rain, and no ice formed. Edit
In this year the Jurchen sent a memorial asking to attack the Khitan; an edict refused, and from then on they belonged to the Khitan. Daming, Hezhong, and Jiang, Pu, Shan, Cao, Ji, Tong, Zi, Shan, De, Xu, Jin, Hui, Ci, Bo, Ru, Yan, Guo, Fen, Zheng, Bo, Qing, Xu, Qi, Bin, Di, Yi, Bei, Wei, Qing, Ba and other prefectures suffered drought. Edit
Third year of Chunhua (992)
In the third year, in the spring, the first month, on guimao, there was heavy rain and snow. On yisi, an edict told the regular court officials to recommend men fit to be raised to court rank. On bingwu, an edict told the chief ministers and the attendant officials to recommend men fit to serve as Fiscal Commissioners. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, yichou, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
In the third month, on the first day, yiwei, Zhao Pu was made Grand Preceptor and enfeoffed as Duke of Wei. On wuxu, the emperor personally examined the candidates of the Ministry of Rites. On xinchou, he personally examined the candidates of the various fields. On wuwu, forty jinshi who had come from Goryeo as guest tribute scholars were all made Editors of the Palace Library and sent home. On gengshen, the emperor went to the Jinming Pond to watch the water games, let the people of the capital look on freely, and granted silver vessels to the aged. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on dingchou, an edict ordered that officials and people of Jiangnan, Liangzhe and Jinghu who had been exiled to Lingnan be returned to their home commanderies and held in confinement there. On guiwei, the emperor wrote poems on punishment and government and on farming, and gave them to his close officials. Edit
In the fifth month, on the first day, jiawu, the emperor came to the Wende Hall, and the officials entered the hall for audience. On renyin, an edict said that when the records of cases judged by the Censorate at penal servitude or above were complete, one of the Assistant Directors and Vice Directors of the Department of State Affairs, or one of the Supervising Secretaries or Secretariat Drafters of the two Departments, was to review them and question the accused. On dingwei, Tian Xi, Director in the Ministry of Revenue, and Guo Wei, Controller-general and Assistant of the Palace Administration, were convicted of delaying criminal cases, and both were demoted to Vice Militia Commissioner of a prefecture, without the right to sign prefectural business. On wushen, an edict sent good physicians of the Imperial Medical Office to treat the sick in the capital, granted 500,000 cash for medicines, and had one palace eunuch inspect the work. On jiyou, because of the drought, envoys were sent out to the circuits to settle criminal cases. That evening it rained. On xinhai, the Office for the Review of Grievances was set up. On jiayin, an edict ordered the Imperial Archive to be built. Edit
In the sixth month, on dingchou, a great wind darkened the day, and the epidemic in the capital abated. On wuyin, prisoners were reviewed. On jiashen, flying locusts came from the northeast, blotting out the sky, and passed away to the southwest. That evening there was heavy rain, and the locusts all died. On gengyin, Wang Zhaoyuan, Chief Inspector of the Palace Command, was made Chief Area Commander of Troops of Bing and Dai. On xinmao, Ever-normal Granaries were set up. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on jiyou, Zhao Pu, Grand Preceptor and Duke of Wei, died, and was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Zhending. In this month there were locusts in the eight prefectures of Xu, Ru, Yan, Shan, Cang, Cai, Qi and Bei, and the Luo River overflowed. Edit
In the eighth month, on wuchen, because the Imperial Archive was completed, the close officials were granted a banquet. On renshen, Chong Fang, the recluse of Mount Zhongnan, was summoned but did not come. On gengchen, the state of Java sent envoys with tribute. On dingchou, those in the Lingnan East and West circuits sentenced to labour in the cangue were released. Edit
In the ninth month, on bingshen, officials were sent to pray for clear weather at the monasteries and abbeys of the capital. On jiayin, the emperor went to the Tiansi Directorate and granted horses to his attendant officials. On yimao, the officials offered the honorific title "Emperor Who Models Himself on Heaven and Honours the Way, Bright, Sage, Humane, Filial, Civil and Martial"; they submitted five memorials in all, but in the end he would not allow it. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, xinyou, Zhe Yuqing presented a white-flecked hawk; the emperor let it go and ordered that no more be presented. On wuyin, performance evaluations were set up for the first time for capital and court officials, prefectural staff officials, and prefectural and county officials, and the commissioned officers of the Three Ranks were also graded as best and worst. On wuzi, Goryeo and the Southwestern Fan both sent envoys with tribute. Edit
In the eleventh month, on jihai, Yuanxi, Prince of Xu, died. On jiashen, prisoners were reviewed; sentences of penal servitude, exile and below were reduced by one degree, and those sentenced to beating were released. Zhao Baozhong presented a falcon called "Haidongqing", and it was returned to him. On jiwei, sorcerers were banned in the prefectures of Liangzhe. Officials in charge of the receipts and expenditure of the Three Offices of Finance were appointed. In this month there was a great fire at Jian'an in Cai Prefecture. Edit
In the twelfth month, on dingmao, there was heavy rain and snow. On jimao, Yang Tuopai, King of Champa, sent envoys with tribute. In this month Xiong Prefecture reported a great fire. Edit
In this year there was famine in Dantu County of Run Prefecture, and three hundred households died. Edit
Fourth year of Chunhua (993)
In the fourth year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, gengyin, the emperor made offerings in the Great Hall of the ancestral temple, and the officials went to the Palace of Fasting and presented memorials of congratulation. On xinmao, Heaven and Earth were sacrificed to at the Round Altar, with Xuanzu and Taizu as co-recipients, and a great amnesty was proclaimed. On yiwei, there was heavy rain and snow. The state of Goryeo sent envoys with tribute. On yisi, Luomei, chief of the Western Zangcai tribe, came and presented fine horses. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, jiwei, there was an eclipse of the sun. On renxu, the aged of the capital were summoned and granted silk, and one man of a hundred years was given a gilded belt in addition. That day there was rain and snow and bitter cold, and palace envoys were sent again to give the orphaned, the old and the destitute a thousand cash each, with rice and charcoal. The post of Commissioner of Zhaoxuan was created. On guihai, the eight monopoly offices along the Yangzi were abolished. On yichou, Wang Zhi, King of Goryeo, was given the additional title Acting Grand Preceptor, and Li Huan, Military Commissioner of the Jinghai Army, was enfeoffed as Prince of Jiaozhi Commandery. On jimao, an edict, because of famine in Jiang, Zhe, Huai and Shaan, sent envoys to tour and pacify them. An edict said: close officials are to be sent separately to tour and pacify the circuits; in whatever may benefit the people they may act at their own discretion; officials who are weak and ineffective, or harsh, are to be reported; and anything in the edicts and orders that proves unworkable is to be reported by the post. On bingxu, the Bureau of Personnel Review and the Bureau of Evaluations were set up. Wang Xiaobo, a commoner of Qingcheng County in the Yongkang Army, gathered a following and turned bandit, and killed Qi Yuanzhen, Magistrate of Pengshan County in Mei Prefecture. In this month there was heavy rain and snow in Shang Prefecture. Edit
In the third month, on renzi, an edict suspended the examinations for the time being. Edit
In the fourth month, on jimao, it was ordered that the offices carrying out public business were not to claim at will that they acted on imperial decree. Edit
In the fifth month, on wushen, the Commissioners of Salt and Iron, of Revenue and of Funds were abolished, and a Commissioner of the Three Offices of Finance was appointed. Edit
In the sixth month, on the first day, wuwu, an edict ordered the Vice Censor-in-chief and those below him all to attend the trial of cases in person. On bingyin, Zhang Qixian, Vice Minister of Personnel and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was dismissed to be Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs. On renshen, Zhang Xun, Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs and Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was demoted to General of the Right Army Guard, and Kou Zhun, Right Grand Master of Remonstrance and Associate Administrator of the Bureau, was dismissed and kept only his substantive office. Chai Yuxi, Surveillance Commissioner of Fu Prefecture, was made Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs and Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs; Lu Duan, Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Assisting Civil Councillor; and Liu Changyan was made Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On wuyin, the Supervising Secretaries' power to return edicts for reconsideration was restored for the first time. Edit
In the seventh month, on dingyou, there was heavy rain. On wuxu, the offices along the Yangzi were restored, and Tea and Salt Control Commissioners were appointed for the circuits. Edit
In the eighth month, on the first day, bingchen, there was an eclipse of the sun. On guiyou, Xiang Minzhong and Zhang Yong were for the first time made Associate Administrators of the Yintai Office and the Memorial Forwarding Office, to inspect memorials and documents and check what came in and went out. Edit
In the ninth month, on bingshen, an edict said: of all those dismissed from office and held in confinement, when a prefecture or county has a vacancy they may be appointed to it in turn and held to account for results, and those who reform themselves and prove diligent and capable are to be reported in full for re-employment. On yisi, the Supervising Secretaries' review of edicts was placed under the Yintai and Memorial Forwarding offices. On bingwu, the attendant officials were ordered each to recommend two men capable of serving as magistrates of counties of five thousand households or more. It had rained since the seventh month, and up to now it had not stopped. In this month the Yellow River overflowed and damaged Chan Prefecture, and the Yangzi overflowed and flooded Fu Prefecture. An edict provided burial goods for the drowned, a thousand cash for each person of Chan and three thousand iron cash for each person of Fu, and the granaries were also opened for relief. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on renxu, the Judicial Intendants' offices of the circuits were abolished. On gengwu, the prefectures and counties of the empire were for the first time divided into ten circuits, with the two capitals as the Left and Right Accounts, each under a Controller, and two Commissioners of the Three Offices of Finance were appointed. On xinwei, Li Fang, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery; Jia Huangzhong and Li Hang, Supervising Secretaries and Assisting Civil Councillors; and Wen Zhongshu, Left Grand Master of Remonstrance and Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, were all dismissed and kept only their substantive offices. Lu Mengzheng, Minister of Personnel, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, and Su Yijian, Hanlin Academician, was made Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor; Zhao Rong, Chief Recipient of Edicts of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs, and Xiang Minzhong, Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Right Grand Master of Remonstrance, both as Associate Administrators of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On dingchou, Zhao Changyan, Right Grand Master of Remonstrance, was made Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor. On xinsi, envoys were sent to tour the counties of the capital region, and the land tax was cancelled on the people's fields that had been flooded. In this month the Yellow River breached its banks at Chan Prefecture and flowed northwest into the Imperial Canal. Edit
In the intercalary month, on xinmao, the emperor went to the water mill to watch the fish. On jiyou, a General Accounts Commissioner of the Three Offices of Finance was appointed. Edit
In the eleventh month, on dingsi, Wan'an Prefecture presented a six-eyed turtle. On guiyou, the white hawk presented by Longxi Prefecture was returned. Edit
In the twelfth month, on xinchou, there was heavy rain and snow. On wushen, Zhang Qi, Chief Military Inspector of Xichuan, fought Wang Xiaobo in Jiangyuan County and was killed. Xiaobo was hit by a stray arrow and died, and his followers chose his confederate Li Shun as their leader. Edit
Fifth year of Chunhua (994)
In the fifth year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, jiayin, the emperor did not receive the court; the officials went to the palace gate and presented memorials of congratulation. On wuwu, Li Shun took Han Prefecture, and on jiwei he took Peng Prefecture. On yichou, prisoners were reviewed, and those sentenced to exile and below were released. On jisi, Li Shun took Chengdu; Guo Zai, Prefect of Chengdu (acting), fled to Zi Prefecture, and Shun entered and occupied the city, while his rebel troops went out in all directions to attack and plunder the prefectures and counties. Envoys were sent to relieve the starving in Song, Bo, Chen and Ying prefectures, and others were sent to settle the criminal cases of the circuits: of those who had robbed stored grain because of famine, the ringleaders were executed and the rest were spared death. On guiyou, Li Jilong, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of the Hexi field army, to attack Li Jiqian. On jiaxu, Wang Ji'en, Commissioner of Zhaoxuan, was made Pacification Commissioner of the Two Chuan, to attack Li Shun. An edict granted rank to those in the prefectures who could provide grain as loans to the starving. On xinsi, an edict cancelled the arrears of the third year of Chunhua in the two capitals and the prefectures. Edit
In the second month, on yiwei, Li Shun divided his forces and attacked Jian Prefecture; the Area Supervisor Shangguan Zheng, Vice Commissioner of the Western Capital Workshops, and the Chengdu army supervisor Su Han, a Palace Attendant, attacked together and inflicted a great defeat on them, killing almost all of them. On bingwu, the emperor went to the Southern Imperial Estate to view the crops. On jiyou, Yuanjie, Prince of Yi, was made Military Commissioner of the Huainan, Zhenjiang and other armies and transferred to be Prince of Wu. On xinhai, an edict cancelled the arrears from before the fifth year of Chunhua owed by the officials, clerks, people and soldiers of the prefectures of the Jiannan East and West Chuan and Xia circuits. Edit
In the third month, on yihai, Zhao Baozhong was attacked by Zhao Baoji and fled back to Xia Prefecture; the commander Zhao Guangsi seized him and handed him over, and Li Jilong led his army into Xia Prefecture. Li Huan, Prince of Jiaozhi Commandery, sent envoys with tribute. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on the first day, renwu, an edict cancelled the arrears owed by the responsible officials throughout the empire. On jiashen, the surname and name granted to Zhao Baoji were taken away. On bingxu, the Office of the Imperial Diarists was set up, and the Diaries of Activity and Repose were restored for the first time. The National University was made the Directorate of Education again. On xinmao, prisoners were reviewed. The King of the Arabs sent envoys with tribute. On wuxu, an amnesty was granted to the prefectures: apart from the Ten Abominations, intentional killing in robbery and officials guilty of outright corruption, prisoners from the death sentence down had their sentences reduced. On jihai, Wang Ji'en led his army past Mian Prefecture; the rebels broke and fled, and very many were killed in the pursuit or drowned. On gengzi, Mian Prefecture was recovered. Cao Xi, Inner Palace Duty Officer, defeated the rebels at Laoxi and recovered Lang Prefecture. Hu Zhengyuan, Military Inspector of Mian Prefecture, led his troops forward and recovered Ba Prefecture. On renyin, the Xichuan field army attacked the rebels at Yankou Stockade, broke them and recovered Jian Prefecture. On guimao, there was heavy rain. Edit
In the fifth month, on dingsi, the Xichuan field army broke a rebel host of a hundred thousand, took thirty thousand heads, recovered Chengdu and captured the rebel Li Shun. His confederate Zhang Yu went on to take the eight prefectures of Jia, Rong, Lu, Yu, Fu, Zhong, Wan and Kai, and Qin Chuanxu, army supervisor of Kai Prefecture, died in the fighting. On bingyin, the Hexi field army sent Zhao Baozhong to the palace gates; the emperor pardoned his crime, appointed him Grand General of the Right Thousand Ox Guard and enfeoffed him as the Marquis Who Is Pardoned. On jisi, because Zhang Yong, Prefect of Zizhou (acting), and Lu Bin, Chief Military Inspector, had held firm and driven off the rebels, and Bin had advanced to lift the siege of Lang Prefecture and then pacified Peng Prefecture, Yong was given the additional post of Supervising Secretary and Bin the nominal post of Prefect of Chengzhou. Lei Youzhong, Director of the Directorate for Imperial Manufactories, was made Grand Master of Remonstrance and Prefect of Chengdu (acting). On gengwu, the rebels attacked Kui Prefecture; Bai Jiyun, Grand Chief Military Inspector of the Xia Circuit, and Xie Shouyong, Military Inspector of Kui Prefecture, inflicted a great defeat on them at Xijinkou, took twenty thousand heads and captured more than a thousand boats. On xinwei, Chengdu Superior Prefecture was reduced to Yi Prefecture. On renshen, Li Fang, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, retired as Grand Minister of Works. On jiaxu, an edict exempted the people of Li Prefecture, Xingyuan Prefecture, Yang Prefecture and Xi County from taxes and labour service for a year. On bingzi, eight of Li Shun's confederates were torn apart in the marketplace of Fengxiang. On gengchen, the first day of the dog days, the emperor wrote on silk fans in his own hand and gave them to his close officials. Edit
In the sixth month, on xinmao, an edict pardoned those whom Li Shun had forced to follow him and those wrongly implicated. In this month there was a great epidemic in the capital, and medical officials were sent out to boil medicines for the sick. The rebels attacked Shi Prefecture; the commander Huang Xixun drove them off. On wuxu, the Xia Circuit field army broke the rebels at the Guang'an Army, then broke the rebel Zhang Han's twenty thousand men at the mouth of the Jialing River, and broke them again at Xifangxi in He Prefecture, capturing and killing very many. On wushen, Gao Qiong, Commander-in-chief of the Infantry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of Zhen Prefecture. The rebels attacked Ling Prefecture; the acting prefect, Zhang Dan, broke them. Goryeo sent envoys asking for troops because the Khitan had invaded. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on the first day, xinhai, the rebels attacked Mei Prefecture; the acting prefect, Li Jian, and others held out for more than a month, and the rebels withdrew. On guihai, a Supply Commissioner for Jiang, Huai and Liangzhe was appointed. On bingyin, the arrears owed by the people of the prefectures of Liangzhe from Qian Chu's days were cancelled. On jiaxu, the Weisai Army was set up. On yihai, Li Jiqian sent envoys with tribute. Edit
In the eighth month, on jiashen, an edict ordered the officials concerned to study the ritual protocols of the Great Archery Ceremony. On guisi, the Inner Rank was renamed the Yellow Gate. On jiawu, the post of Commissioner of Xuanzheng was created, and the eunuch Wang Ji'en, Commissioner of Zhaoxuan, was appointed to it. On yiwei, an edict pardoned the fugitives in the prefectures of Jiannan and the Xia Circuit. On wuxu, the Tongyuan Army was made Huan Prefecture again, and the Qingyuan Army was set up. On gengzi, there was heavy rain. Bei Prefecture reported that soldiers of the Xiaojie corps had seized weapons from the armoury and mutinied, choosing the Chief Inspector Zhao Xianyong as their leader; the Fiscal Commissioner Wang Sizong led the garrison troops and defeated them, captured Xianyong and had him torn apart in the marketplace. On xinchou, an edict sent Zhang Yong, Prefect of Yizhou (acting), to his post, with authority to act at his own discretion. On guimao, Zhao Changyan, Assisting Civil Councillor, was made Chief Area Commander of Cavalry and Infantry for the Pacification of Xichuan and the Xia Circuit; soon afterwards an edict had Changyan stay at Fengxiang, and sent Wei Shaoqin, Palace Eunuch Rank Chief, to the field army to direct the fighting. The Xia Circuit field army broke the rebel leader Zhang Yu and recovered the Yun'an Army. Li Jiqian sent his younger brother with a memorial to await punishment. Edit
In the ninth month, on the first day, gengxu, Xin Zhongfu, Minister of Revenue, retired as Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent. On jiayin, the Three Offices of Finance were granted a million cash with which to reward those who could propose things to the advantage of their business, each according to the matter, more to be given when it was used up. On jiwei, the wine monopoly of the prefectures was abolished. The Yellow Gate Office was renamed the Palace Domestic Service, the Yellow Gate Rank Office became the Palace Attendant Rank Office of the Palace Domestic Service, and the Inner Yellow Gate Rank Office became the Inner Palace Attendant Rank Office of the Palace Domestic Service. On xinyou, envoys were sent separately to Song, Bo, Chen, Ying, Si, Shou, Deng, Cai and other prefectures to inspect the people's fields, and the land tax was cancelled on all those that had been flooded or could not be sown in time. On renshen, Yuankan, Prince of Xiang, was made Governor of Kaifeng and enfeoffed instead as Prince of Shou. A great amnesty was proclaimed: apart from the Ten Abominations, intentional, premeditated, robbery and affray killings, and officials guilty of outright corruption, officials earlier sentenced for corruption to penal registration or confinement were allowed home. On yihai, Kou Zhun, Left Grand Master of Remonstrance, was made Assisting Civil Councillor. On dingchou, because Shu was gradually being pacified, the emperor issued an edict taking the blame on himself. On wuyin, the Xichuan field army reported that Wei Shaoqin had broken the rebels at Xueshe Mountain, the detached general Yang Qiong had recovered Shu Prefecture, and Cao Xi and others had broken the rebels again at Anguo Town and executed their leader Ma Taibao. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on gengchen, an edict released the relatives of Palace Command deserters who were being held in confinement. Zhang Lin, a commander of the Xichuan field army, killed his general Wang Wenshou and rebelled; envoys were sent to win over his men, and together they cut off Lin's head and surrendered. On yiwei, Yang Qiong and others recovered Qiong Prefecture. On yisi, the Pinglu Army of Qing Prefecture was renamed the Zhenhai Army, and the Zhenhai Army of Hang Prefecture the Ninghai Army. Edit
In the eleventh month, on gengxu, envoys were sent to address Li Jiqian, granting him vessels and silk, tea and medicines, and clothing. On bingchen, the close officials were given specimens of flying-white calligraphy. On gengshen, an edict said that where the Jiangnan West circuit and the Jinghu South and North circuits border on the stream-and-cave peoples of Lingnan, foreign merchants and envoys of foreign states who lure sons and daughters out of the country are to be arrested. On guihai, the rebels attacked Mei Prefecture; Su Han, Commissioner of Ceremonial Rites, and others defeated them and beheaded their false Secretariat Director, Wu Yun. On bingyin, the emperor went to the Directorate of Education and granted Sun Shi, Lecturer, the scarlet robe and fish pouch; then he went to the Temple of the Martial and Accomplished King, and returned to the Directorate of Education, where he had Shi lecture on the Book of Documents and granted him a bundle of silk. It was bitterly cold, and the armies of the palace guard were granted strings of cash by degrees. Edit
In the twelfth month, on the first day, wuyin, there should have been an eclipse of the sun, but clouds hid it. On xinsi, Zhang Jian, Academician of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Feng Shougui, Vice Commissioner of the Western Capital Workshops, were ordered to pacify Xichuan. On bingxu, the princes were ordered to hunt in the near suburbs. The convicts of Zhong and Jing prefectures had their sentences eased. On gengyin, Su Han and others led troops toward Jia Prefecture, and the rebels' false prefect, Wang Wencao, surrendered the city. On yiwei, Zhang Shu, Assistant in the Palace Library, was convicted of surrendering to the rebels while Prefect of Rongzhou (acting), and was executed in the marketplace. On xinchou, the two capitals and the ten circuits of the Three Offices of Finance were returned to the three bureaus, each with one commissioner; each bureau was given a Controller, a Judge and an Area Supervisor, and the Audit Office was divided into three. Edit
First year of Zhidao (995)
In the first year of Zhidao, the first month, on the first day, wushen, the reign title was changed and the prisoners of the capital region were pardoned: sentences of exile and below were each reduced by one degree, and those sentenced to beating were released. Arrears of tax in the prefectures were cancelled, and half of last year's autumn tax in the prefectures of Shaanxi. On bingchen, the Shangqing Palace, built by imperial order, was completed. On dingsi, Dangzun, of the Tibetans of Liang Prefecture, came and presented fine horses. On wuwu, Yang Tuopai, King of Champa, sent envoys with tribute. On xinyou, the emperor went up to the Qianyuan Gate to view the lanterns. On guihai, the Khitan general Han Dewei induced the Lelang and Wei tribes of the Tangut to raid the frontier from Zhenwu; Zhe Yuqing, Military Commissioner of Yong'an, intercepted them and defeated them at Zihecha. In the confusion the Lelang and the others turned on Dewei and killed his generals, the Turkic Grand Commandant, the Grand Minister of Education, the sheli and others, and captured a Tuhun chief; Dewei escaped with only his life. On wuchen, Qian Ruoshui, Hanlin Academician, was made Right Grand Master of Remonstrance and Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Liu Changyan, Vice Commissioner of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was dismissed to be Supervising Secretary. The Dongzhen Palace, built on Xuanzu's old residence, was completed. On jiaxu, Li Jiqian sent envoys with fine horses and camels as tribute. Edit
In the second month, on jiashen, the chief ministers were ordered to pray for rain. The prefectures of Chuanxia were ordered to bury exposed bones. On wuxu, because of the drought, prisoners were reviewed and sentences of exile and below were reduced. On bingwu, it rained. Jia Prefecture sent the head of the rebel leader Zhang Yu in a box to the Xichuan field army, and the remnants of his band were all pacified. The arrears of last year's tax in Xiang, Tang, Jun, Ru, Sui, Deng, Gui, Xia and other prefectures were cancelled. The starving in Bo Prefecture, Fang Prefecture and the Guanghua Army were relieved, and envoys were sent to lend them grain. Edit
In the third month, on gengshen, an edict called for outspoken criticism. On xinyou, Tian Shaobin, Surveillance Commissioner of Hui Prefecture and Administrator of the Qingyuan Army, was made Chief Area Commander of Troops of Ling Prefecture. On jisi, the gold mine at Guihua County in the Shaowu Army was closed. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on guiwei, Lu Mengzheng, Minister of Personnel and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, was dismissed to be Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Lu Duan, Assisting Civil Councillor, was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Chai Yuxi, Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs and Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was dismissed to be Military Commissioner of the Zhenning Army; Su Yijian, Assisting Civil Councillor, was made Vice Minister of Rites; and Zhang Ji, Hanlin Academician, was made Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor. On jiashen, Zhao Rong, Commissioner of the Northern Court of Palace Affairs and Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was made Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs. On yiyou, the Khitan raided Xiong Prefecture; the acting prefect, He Chengju, defeated them and beheaded one of their Tielin generals. On xinchou, envoys were sent out to settle the criminal cases of the circuits: of the robbers only the ringleaders were to be executed, and sentences of exile and below were reduced by one degree. On renyin, prisoners were reviewed. On jiachen, there was heavy rain with thunder and lightning. The Kaibao Empress, of the Song family, died. Edit
In the sixth month, on yiyou, books were sought by purchase. On bingxu, envoys were sent to address Li Jiqian and appoint him Military Commissioner of Fu Prefecture; Jiqian did not accept the edict. On dinghai, Zhang Pu, Left Chief Lictor of Yin Prefecture, was made Grand Master of Silver and Blue Glory, Acting Minister of Works, Prefect of Zhengzhou and concurrently Censor-in-chief, and appointed Militia Commissioner of his own prefecture. On jihai, gentry and commoners, artisans and merchants were permitted to wear purple. In this month there was great heat, and some people died of heatstroke. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on bingyin, this year's summer tax was cancelled in Chen, Xu and the other prefectures, nine in all, and in the Guanghua Army. Edit
In the eighth month, on renchen, an edict made Yuankan, Prince of Shou, Heir Apparent, renamed him Heng, and made him concurrently Administrator of Kaifeng Prefecture. A great amnesty was proclaimed; the sons of civil and military regular court officials who were their fathers' heirs and held office were granted one step of merit rank. On guisi, Li Zhi, Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs, and Li Hang, Vice Minister of Rites, were both made concurrently Guests of the Heir Apparent. On guimao, the people of the northwestern frontier prefectures were forbidden to marry the Rong peoples who had submitted within the borders. Edit
In the ninth month, on bingwu, the barbarian peoples of Zangke in the Southwestern Fan came with tribute, and an edict enfeoffed the lord of the Southwestern Fan, Long Hanyao, as Prince of Guihua. On dingmao, the emperor came to the Chaoyuan Hall to invest the Heir Apparent. On gengwu, the Qingyuan Army reported that Li Jiqian had raided and that it had led out troops and driven him off. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on the first day, jiaxu, the Heir Apparent asked that the officials of his household not call themselves his subjects, and this was allowed. On yichou, Zheng Wenbao, Fiscal Commissioner of Shaanxi, was convicted of disturbing the frontier and demoted to Magistrate of Lantian County. Edit
In the eleventh month, on jiwei, the emperor reviewed military exercises in a side hall. In this month Shangguan Zheng, Militia Commissioner of Feng Prefecture, and Lei Youzhong, Right Grand Master of Remonstrance, were both made Pacification Commissioners of Xichuan, and Wang Ji'en was recalled to court. Edit
In the twelfth month, on jiaxu, the officials presented memorials offering the additional honorific title "Emperor Who Models Himself on Heaven and Honours the Way, Supreme Sage, Supremely Humane"; they offered it five times in all, and he would not allow it. The Khitan raided the frontier; Zhe Yuqing led troops to resist them and died with the army. Sun Zan, Chief Army Leader of Cavalry and Infantry, was beheaded in the camp. On gengchen, the new armillary sphere was completed. Edit
Second year of Zhidao (996)
In the second year, in the spring, the first month, on xinhai, Heaven and Earth were sacrificed to at the Round Altar; a great amnesty was proclaimed, and civil and military officials at court and in the provinces received favours. On dingmao, the Judicial Controllers of the prefectures were abolished. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, renshen, Li Fang, retired Grand Minister of Works, died. On wuyin, Yuanfen, Prince of Yue, was made Grand Area Commander-in-chief of Hang Prefecture with concurrent charge of Yue Prefecture, and Yuanjie, Prince of Wu, Grand Area Commander-in-chief of Yang Prefecture with concurrent charge of Shou Prefecture. On jimao, Yuanwo, Duke of Xu, was made Area Commander-in-chief of Hong Prefecture and Military Commissioner of the Zhennan Army, and Yuancheng, Duke of Jing, Area Commander-in-chief of E Prefecture and Military Commissioner of the Wuqing Army. On gengchen, Li Changling, Vice Censor-in-chief, was made Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor. On xinsi, Lu Mengzheng was made Left Vice Director and Song Qi Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. On yiwei, the rules for giving office to officials' sons by protection were fixed. Edit
In the third month, on bingyin, because of drought in the capital, palace envoys were sent to pray for rain. On wuchen, the chief ministers were ordered to sacrifice at the suburban altars, the ancestral temple and the altars of soil and grain, praying for rain. Edit
In the summer, the fourth month, on jiaxu, Li Jilong, Commander-in-chief of the Cavalry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of Huan, Qing and other prefectures, with Fan Tingzhao, Chief Inspector of the Palace Command, as his second, to attack Li Jiqian. On guiwei, it rained. Edit
In the fifth month, on guimao, Li Jiqian raided Ling Prefecture. Edit
In the sixth month, on wuxu, Qian Prefecture reported that barbarians had raided the salt wells and the Military Inspector Wang Weijie had died in battle. In this month there were locusts in Bo Prefecture. Edit
In the autumn, the seventh month, on the first day, jihai, Wang Chao, Commander-in-chief of the Palace Command, was made Chief Area Commander of Xia, Sui, Lin and Fu prefectures. On gengzi, the Shouning Abbey, built by imperial order, was completed. On bingyin, Kou Zhun, Supervising Secretary and Assisting Civil Councillor, was dismissed and kept only his substantive office. On wuchen, the arrears of last year's tax owed by the people of the prefectures of the Xia Circuit were cancelled. In this month the Bian River breached its banks at Gushu County, and in Xu, Su and Qi prefectures the locusts died clinging to the grass. Edit
In the intercalary month, on gengyin, an edict ordered that in Jiang, Zhe and Fujian, sons and daughters seized from people who owed others money be returned to their families, and that anyone who dared to hide them be punished. Edit
In the eighth month, on xinchou, Mi Prefecture reported that the locusts had not caused a disaster. Edit
In the ninth month, on wuyin, Song Qi, Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, died. An edict ordered households in the prefectures of Chuanxia that had hidden weapons to hand them all in to the authorities within a hundred days; anyone who hid them and did not report them would be beheaded. On jimao, the field armies of Xia and Yan prefectures reported that they had defeated Li Jiqian at Wubai Pond and captured twenty-seven men, among them the army chief of the Weimu and the commander of the Chiluo, and that Jiqian had fled. On jiashen, Tian Shaobin, Surveillance Commissioner of Hui Prefecture and Vice Chief Area Commander of Huan and Qing, was demoted to Vice Commandant of the Guard Command of the Right Palace Gate Guard and sent to live in Guo Prefecture. On bingxu, the earth in Qin, Jin and other prefectures quaked twelve times in a day and a night. On bingshen, an edict closed the foundry of Qu Prefecture. Edit
In the winter, the tenth month, on jiwei, an edict named the new mint of Chi Prefecture the Yongfeng Mint. Edit
In the eleventh month, on the first day, dingmao, the new calendar of the Astronomical Directorate was extended to 120 sexagenary cycles. On wuyin, a post was created to co-sign and supervise the business of the sections of the Bureau of Military Affairs and the Court of Palace Affairs. On xinmao, a band of robbers from Xu Prefecture plundered the people of Yancheng County; the Military Inspector Li Changxi fought them and was killed; the Chief Military Inspector Wang Zheng took them by surprise and captured the robber chief Song Bin and the rest of his band, all of whom were beheaded in the marketplace. On jiawu, the tax on salt passing through Huainan was forbidden. Edit
In the twelfth month, the chief ministers and all the officials below them were ordered to go to the monasteries and abbeys to pray for snow. On jiayin, there was rain and snow. Edit
There was a great harvest. In this year the rice of Chu Prefecture ripened twice. Edit
Third year of Zhidao (997)
In the third year, in the spring, the first month, on bingzi, Wen Zhongshu, Vice Minister of Revenue, and Wang Huaji, Vice Minister of Rites, were both made Assisting Civil Councillors; Li Weiqing, Supervising Secretary, was made Associate Administrator of the Bureau of Military Affairs; and Zhang Ji, Assisting Civil Councillor, was dismissed to be Vice Minister of Justice. On yiyou, Empress Xiaozhang was buried as an attendant burial at the Yongchang Mausoleum. On xinmao, Fu Qian, Chief Inspector of the Cavalry and Infantry of the Imperial Guard, was made Chief Area Commander of the Yanzhou Route, and Wang Zhaoyuan, Chief Inspector of the Palace Command, Chief Area Commander of the Lingzhou Route. Edit
In the second month, on the first day, bingshen, the Ling Prefecture field army defeated Li Jiqian. On xinchou, the emperor fell ill. On jiachen, the sentences of prisoners condemned to death in the capital region were reduced, and those sentenced to exile and below were released. On renxu, the Arabs and the state of Bintonglong both came with tribute. Edit
In the third month, on dingmao, the state of Champa came with tribute. On renchen, the emperor did not hold court. On guisi, the officials were summoned to the Wansui Hall, and an edict was proclaimed that the Heir Apparent should take the throne before the coffin. On this day the emperor died, at the age of fifty-nine. He had reigned for twenty-two years. His body lay in state at the western steps of the hall. The officials offered the honoured posthumous title "Emperor of Divine Achievement and Sage Virtue, Civil and Martial", and the temple name Taizong. In the tenth month, on jiyou, he was buried in the Yongxi Mausoleum. Edit
Appraisal
The Appraisal says: The emperor was deep in his plans and bold in decision, and was stirred by the ambition to subdue and pacify the whole realm. Once he had ascended the throne, Chen Hongjin and Qian Chu one after the other surrendered their lands. Before long he took Taiyuan and attacked the Khitan, and after that came the wars with Jiao Prefecture and the Western Xia. The fighting never ceased and natural disasters were rife, and captives and severed ears came in daily, yet the people did not feel the war; floods, droughts, borers and locusts spread over almost the whole realm, yet the people did not think of revolt. Why was this? The emperor treasured kindness and frugality. He wore clothes that had been washed again and again, destroyed curious and ingenious objects, refused the gift of female musicians, and came to see the wrong in hunting excursions. He shut out rarities from afar, held back reports of auspicious omens, cared for the work of farming and examined the results of government. He studied in order to learn widely, did not punish the wild and contrary so as to encourage those who would admonish him, was compassionate and full of pity, and spurred himself to diligence, forgetting to eat until late in the day. He even wished to burn himself to answer Heaven's rebuke, and wished to remit all the taxes of the empire to ease the burden on the people; and in the end the result was that the five weapons were not put to use and good harvests came one after another. So it was that the white-haired elders of Qing and Qi, wishing to lead their sons and younger brothers in repairing the roads and to ask him to ascend the mountain for the feng and shan sacrifices, came one after another. The gentleman says, "He who wins the common people becomes Son of Heaven": does this not describe the emperor? Thus the emperor's achievements and virtue shine in the historical records, and he is called a worthy ruler. But as for changing the reign title before a year had passed after Taizu's death, the demotion and death of the Duke of Fuling County, the suicide of the Prince of Wugong, and the failure to mourn Empress Song with full rites, later ages cannot but criticise these. Edit
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Source: 宋史 卷四 本纪第四 太宗一 (History of Song, juan 4, Annals 4: Taizong 1); 宋史 卷五 本纪第五 太宗二 (History of Song, juan 5, Annals 5: Taizong 2)
Wikipedia: Emperor Taizong of Song · Chinese Wikipedia: 宋太宗 · Baidu Baike: 宋太宗 (an article of the same name, not checked to be him)
Ancestry
- 太宗 Tàizōng
Father: (none)
Source
From the historical record: the notes below say where · song-zongshi-00004
Notes (2)
- [Source] 宋史 卷二百二十四 表第十五 宗室世系十 History of Song, juan 224, Table 15: Genealogical Table of the Imperial Clan 10
- [Collation note] 卷首：「太宗九子：長漢王元佐，次昭成太子元僖，次真宗，次商王元份，次越王元傑，次鎮王元偓，次楚王元偁，次周王元儼，次崇王元億世絕。」 The opening of the section: “Taizong had nine sons: the eldest Yuánzuǒ, Prince of Han; next Yuánxī, Crown Prince Zhaocheng; next Zhenzong; next Yuánfèn, Prince of Shang; next Yuánjié, Prince of Yue; next Yuánwò, Prince of Zhen; next Yuánchēng, Prince of Chu; next Yuányǎn, Prince of Zhou; next Yuányì, Prince of Chong, whose line died out.”