Zhao Hongyin
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Zhao Hongyin (Chinese: 趙弘殷) (899-956) was a military general in Imperial China's Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
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Born | Zhao Hongyin 899 | ||||||||
Died | (956-09-03)3 September 956 (aged 56–57) | ||||||||
Burial | Yongan Mausoleum (永安陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan 34°39′50.51″N 112°57′42.19″E) | ||||||||
Spouse | Empress Dowager Zhaoxian (m. 916) | ||||||||
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Father | Zhao Jing | ||||||||
Mother | Lady Liu |
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Traditional Chinese | 趙弘殷 | ||||||||||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 赵弘殷 | ||||||||||||||||||
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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).