Emperor Aizong of Jin

Emperor Aizong of Jin
金哀宗
Emperor of the Jin dynasty
Reign15 January 1224 – 9 February 1234
PredecessorEmperor Xuanzong
SuccessorEmperor Mo
Born25 September 1198
Died9 February 1234(1234-02-09) (aged 35)
Caizhou (in present-day Runan County, Henan, China)
SpouseEmpress Tushan
Names
Sinicized name: Wanyan Shouli (完顏守禮), later Wanyan Shouxu (完顏守緒)
Jurchen name: Ningjiasu (寧甲速)
Era dates
Zhengda (正大): 1224–1232
Kaixing (開興): 1232
Tianxing (天興): 1232–1234
Posthumous name
Emperor Zhuang (莊皇帝)
Emperor Min (閔皇帝)
Temple name
Aizong (哀宗) (official)
Zhuangzong (莊宗) (private)
Minzong (閔宗) (private)
Yizong (義宗) (private)
HouseWanyan
DynastyJin
FatherEmperor Xuanzong
MotherEmpress Minghui
Emperor Aizong of Jin
Chinese金哀宗
Literal meaning"Mournful Ancestor of the Jin"
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinJīn Āizōng
Ningjiasu
Traditional Chinese寧甲速
Simplified Chinese宁甲速
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinNíngjiǎsù
Wanyan Shouxu
Traditional Chinese完顏守緒
Simplified Chinese完颜守绪
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWányán Shǒuxù
Wanyan Shouli
Traditional Chinese完顏守禮
Simplified Chinese完颜守礼
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWányán Shóulǐ

Emperor Aizong of Jin (25 September 1198 – 9 February 1234), personal name Ningjiasu, sinicized names Wanyan Shouxu and Wanyan Shouli, was the ninth emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He was considered an able emperor who made several reforms beneficial to the Jin dynasty, such as the removal of corrupt officials and the introduction of more lenient tax laws. He also ended the wars against the Southern Song dynasty, and canceled the Treaty of Shaoxing, free of obligation, instead focusing the Jin dynasty's military resources on resisting the Mongol invasion. Despite his efforts, the Jin dynasty, already weakened by the flawed policies of his predecessors, eventually fell to the Mongol Empire. He escaped to Caizhou when the Mongols besieged Bianjing, the Jin capital (coincidentally, the former Song capital), in 1232. When Caizhou also came under Mongol attack in 1234, he passed the throne to his army marshal Wanyan Chenglin and then committed suicide.[citation needed]