Zhao Hongyin

Zhao Hongyin
趙弘殷
A posthumous portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
BornZhao Hongyin
899
Died(956-09-03)3 September 956[1] (aged 56–57)
Burial
Yongan Mausoleum (永安陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan 34°39′50.51″N 112°57′42.19″E / 34.6640306°N 112.9617194°E / 34.6640306; 112.9617194)
SpouseEmpress Dowager Zhaoxian (m. 916)
Issue
Posthumous name
Emperor Zhaowu (昭武皇帝)
Temple name
Xuanzu (宣祖)
FatherZhao Jing
MotherLady Liu
Zhao Hongyin
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Hóngyīn
Wade–GilesChao4 Hung2-yin1
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationJiu6 Wang4-yan1
JyutpingZiu6 Wang4-jan1
Southern Min
Hokkien POJTiō Hông-in

Zhao Hongyin (Chinese: 趙弘殷) (899 - 3 September 956) was a military general in Imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.

After his death, his son Zhao Kuangyin founded the Song dynasty in 960. His other son Zhao Kuangyi would also become a Song emperor. For this reason, Zhao Hongyin is posthumously honored as "Emperor Xuanzu (宣祖) of Song". All emperors of the Song dynasty were his descendants via either Emperor Taizu (most emperors of the Southern Song) or Emperor Taizong (most emperors of the Northern Song).

  1. ^ (显德三年,赠武清军节度使。七月二十六日崩,葬安陵...) Song Chao Shishi, vol.01. The original text indicated the year as the 1st year of the Xian'de era; the correction is from volume 1 of Song Shi.