Wanyan Yongji

Wanyan Yongji
完顏永濟
Emperor of the Jin dynasty
Reign29 December 1208 – 11 September 1213
PredecessorEmperor Zhangzong
SuccessorEmperor Xuanzong
BornUnknown
Died(1213-09-11)11 September 1213
SpouseEmpress Tudan
Lady Yuan
IssueSee § Family
Names
Wanyan Yongji (完顏允濟), later Wanyan Yongji (完顏永濟)
Childhood name: Xingsheng (興勝)
Era dates
Da'an (大安): 1209–1211
Chongqing (崇慶): 1212–1213
Zhining (至寧): 1213
Posthumous name
Prince Shao of Wei (衛紹王)
HouseWanyan
DynastyJin
FatherEmperor Shizong
MotherEmpress Guangxian
Wanyan Yongji
Traditional Chinese完顏永濟
Simplified Chinese完颜永济
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWányán Yǒngjì
Prince Shao of Wei
Traditional Chinese衛紹王
Simplified Chinese卫绍王
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWeì Shào Wáng
Xingsheng
(childhood name)
Traditional Chinese興勝
Simplified Chinese兴胜
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinXīngshèng

Wanyan Yongji (died 11 September 1213), childhood name Xingsheng, was the seventh emperor of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty of China. He reigned for about five years from 1208 until 1213, when he was assassinated by the general Heshilie Zhizhong. Despite having ruled as an emperor, Wanyan Yongji was not posthumously honoured as such. Instead, in 1216, his successor, Emperor Xuanzong, reverted his status to "Prince of Wei" (衛王) – the title Wanyan Yongji held before he became emperor – and gave him the posthumous name "Shao" (紹), hence Wanyan Yongji is generally known in historiography as the "Prince Shao of Wei" (or Wei Shao Wang).