Journal of Hebei University(Philosophy and Social Science) ›› 2021, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (1): 7-19.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-6378.2021.01.002

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Study on the Historical Writing of Emperor Huizongs Eastern Tour to Zhenjiang

DING Jianjun,QIN Siyuan   

  1. The Center for Studies of the Song Dynasty, Hebei University, Baoding, Hebei 071002, China
  • Online:2021-01-25 Published:2021-01-25

Abstract: On the third day of the first lunar month in Jingkangs first year,Overlord Huizong,who just abdicated his throne to his son Emperor Qingzong only ten days ago,hurried away from Kaifeng and fled all the way to Zhenjiang after he learned that Jins Army was about to cross the Yellow River.This event is called The Overlords Eastern Tour in history.During his tour,Huizong broke his promise of “not caring about anything except religious matters”,which was made when he abdicated his throne,and he interfered political affairs a lot which led to the two right centers,Kaifeng and Zhenjiang in Song Dynasty.After the withdrawal of the Jin army who had attacked Kaifeng for the first time,Emperor Qinzong of Song Dynasty sent people to greet Huizong.It was not until the 6th of April that Emperor Huizong reluctantly returned to Kaifeng.It was extremely an important political event during Huizongs Eastern Tour to Zhenjiang,which affected the political situation in the late Northern Song Dynasty.But Emperor Huizong in The History of Song Dynasty,which was complied by the people in Yuan Dynasty,was just mentioned for only once.The Song History had a poor evaluation of Huizong,and it obscured the history of Eastern Tour,because The Song History originated from the national history of the Southern Song Dynasty.And the Southern Song Dynasty history obscured the real history deliberately under the intervention of Emperor Gaozong.However,a large number of relevant records on Song Dynasty were preserved in the notes on unofficial history about Huizong,which provided the evidence for us to outline the fog created by official commands on Overlord Huizongs Eastern Tour.

Key words: the first year of Jingkang, Emperor Huizong, Eastern Tour to Zhenjiang, historical writing

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