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Hūndé Gōng. Emperor Huizong of Song (7 June 1082 – 4 June 1135), personal name Zhao Ji, was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty of China and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song dynasty. He was also a very well-known painter, poet and calligrapher.
Huizong (born 1082, China—died 1135, Yilan [now in Heilongjiang province]) was the temple name (miaohao) of the eighth and penultimate emperor (reigned 1100–1125/26) of the Bei (Northern) Song dynasty (960–1127). He is best remembered both as a patron of the arts and as a painter and calligrapher.
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Emperor Huizong, the eighth and one of the most famous emperors of the Song Dynasty of China, was born Zhao Ji on November 2, 1082, the eleventh son of Emperor Shenzong. In February 1100, his older half-brother Emperor Zhezong (哲宗) died childless, and Huizong succeeded him the next day as emperor. He reigned from 1100 to 1126. Huizong, besides part...
Chinese historians have always been ambivalent about Emperor Huizong. As a ruler he was incompetent, and allowed his advisers to make decisions which hastened the demise of his empire, but his artistic talents and achievements were unparalleled. Huizong was famed for his promotion of Taoism, and was one of the three Chinese emperors to prohibit Bud...
No other Chinese ruler had ever devoted so much time to ceramics. Emperor Huizong personally supervised porcelain production at the Guan, Ru and Jun kilns, three of the Song Dynasty’s five most famous kilns (the other two are the Ge and Ding kilns.)Porcelain was produced by the Ru kiln between 1086 and 1106, exclusively for imperial use. It was pro...
The era names of his reign were: 1. Jianzhongjingguo (建中靖國 Jiànzhōngjìngguó) 1101 2. Chongning (崇寧 Chóngníng) 1102-1106 3. Daguan (大觀 Dàguān) 1107-1110 4. Zhenghe (政和 Zhènghé) 1111-1118 5. Chonghe (重和 Chónghé) 1118-1119 6. Xuanhe (宣和 Xuānhé) 1119-1125
Ebrey, Patricia B. The Cambridge Illustrated History of China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999. ISBN 052166991XEbrey, Patricia B., Anne Walthall, and James B. Palais. East Asia a Cultural, Social, and Political History. Cengage Learning, 2005. ISBN 0618133844Ebrey, Patricia Buckley, and Maggie Bickford. Emperor Huizong and Late Northern Song China the Politics of Culture and the Culture of Politics.Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Asia Center, 2006.Li, Tang. Song Huizong.Xianggang: Xianggang hong ye shu ju, 1964.Learn about the historical and artistic significance of Emperor Huizong's handscroll depicting a flock of cranes over the capital city of Kaifeng in 1112. The painting records a natural phenomenon that was interpreted as a good omen for the dynasty and reflects the emperor's interest in the "three perfections" of painting, poetry, and calligraphy.
Huizong was the eighth emperor of the Song dynasty and the most artistically accomplished of his imperial line. Finches and Bamboo exemplifies the realistic style of flower-and-bird painting practiced at Huizong’s academy.
Learn about the artistic achievements of the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127), a period of political and social transformation in China. Explore the landscape paintings, court art, calligraphy, and tea culture of Emperor Huizong and his successors.
Zhao Ji (赵佶) (7 June 1082 – 4 June 1135), temple name Huizong, was the 8th emperor of the Song dynasty and an accomplished calligrapher, poet, and painter. He holds significant importance in Chinese art history due to his substantial contributions in elevating the status of painting and documenting artwork. During his reign, he presided ...
