* 1085 – Emperor Shenzong of Song ( b. 1048 )

Emperor Yingzong of Song ordered Sima Guang and other scholars to begin compiling this universal history of China in 1065 and they presented it to his successor Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1084.

File: Shenzong of Song. jpg | Court portrait of Emperor Shenzong of Song ( r. 1067-1085 ), Chinese

The political reformers at court, called the New Policies Group ( 新法, Xin Fa ), were led by Emperor Shenzong of Song and the Chancellors Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi, while the political conservatives were led by Chancellor Sima Guang and Empress Dowager Gao, regent of the young Emperor Zhezong of Song.

* 1069 – 1076: with the support of Emperor Shenzong of Song, Chancellor Wang Anshi of the Chinese Song Dynasty introduces the ' New Policies ', including the Baojia system of societal organization and militias, low-cost loans for farmers, taxes instead of corvée labor, government monopolies on tea, salt, and wine, reforming the land survey system, and eliminating the poetry requirement in the imperial examination system to gain bureaucrats of a more practical bent.

Emperor Shenzong of Song China.

* Shenzong Emperor, ruler of China

* May 25 – Emperor Shenzong of China ( d. 1085 )

* April 1 – Emperor Shenzong of China ( b. 1048 )

With the backing of Emperor Shenzong ( 1067 – 1085 ), Wang Anshi severely criticized the educational system and state bureaucracy.

He influenced the written works of many Chinese historians, including the works of Ban Gu and Ban Zhao in the 1st and 2nd centuries, and even Sima Guang's 11th-century compilation of the Zizhi Tongjian ( 資治通鑒 / 资治通鉴 ), presented to Emperor Shenzong of Song in 1084 AD.

The drop in state revenues, a succession of budget deficits, and widespread inflation prompted the Emperor Shenzong of Song to seek advice from Wang.

* Grand Empress Dowager Cao ( 1067-1085 ), during the reign of Emperor Shenzong

In 1080, during the Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 ), the Emperor Shenzong of Song China renamed the temple 宝陀观音寺 ( pinyin bao tuo guanyin si ).

Emperor Shenzong of Song ( Chinese: 宋神宗, Pinyin: Sòng Shénzōng ) ( 25 May 1048 – 1 April 1085 ) was the sixth emperor of the Chinese Song Dynasty.

Born Zhao Ji, he was the 11th son of Emperor Shenzong.

In 1080, on route to a fresh appointment in Cangzhou, Zeng was granted an audience with Emperor Shenzong.

* Emperor Shenzong of Western Xia

As Emperor Shenzong was too young to rule the kingdom, the Empress Dowager Xiao became the regent.

* Emperor Shenzong of Song China ( reign: 1067-1085 )

* Emperor Shenzong of Western Xia ( reign: 1211-1223 )

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Furthermore, China's first permanent standing navy was assembled and provided an admiral's office at Dinghai in 1132, under the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song.

In 1055, Emperor Renzong of Song first bestowed the title of " Duke Yansheng " on Kong Zongyuan of the 46th generation.

The oldest confirmed written mention of dominoes in China comes from the Former Events in Wulin ( i. e. the capital Hangzhou ) written by the Yuan Dynasty ( 1271 – 1368 ) author Zhou Mi ( 1232 – 1298 ), who listed " pupai " ( gambling plaques or dominoes ) as well as dice as items sold by peddlers during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong of Song ( r. 1162 – 1189 ).

According to the Nihon Shoki, Emperor Kimmei received a bronze statue of Buddha as a gift from the king of Paekche King Song Myong ( 聖明王, Seimei Ō ) along with a significant envoy of artisans, monks, and other artifacts in 552.

* 960 – The coronation of Zhao Kuangyin as Emperor Taizu of Song, initiating the Song Dynasty period of China that would last more than three centuries.

Image: Meister nach Chang Hsüan 001. jpg | Ladies making silk, a remake of an 8th-century original by Zhang Xuan by Emperor Huizong of Song, early 12th century, Chinese

Image: Songhuizong4. jpg | Golden Pheasant and Cotton Rose, by Emperor Huizong of Song ( r. 1100-1126 AD ), Chinese

Image: Songhuizong8. jpg | Listening to the Guqin, by Emperor Huizong of Song ( 1100-1126 AD ), Chinese

During the Chinese Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 AD ), not only landscape art was improved upon, but portrait painting became more standardized and sophisticated than before ( for example, refer to Emperor Huizong of Song ), and reached its classical age maturity during the Ming Dynasty ( 1368-1644 AD ).

* 1276 – While taking exile in Fuzhou in southern China, away from the advancing Mongol invaders, the remnants of the Song Dynasty court hold the coronation ceremony for the young prince Zhao Shi, making him Emperor Duanzong of Song.

* 1107 – Emperor Gaozong of Song ( d. 1187 )

* 1127 – Invading Jurchen soldiers from the Jin Dynasty besiege and sack Bianjing ( Kaifeng ), the capital of the Song Dynasty of China, and abduct Emperor Qinzong and others, ending the Northern Song Dynasty.

* 1010 – Emperor Renzong of Song ( d. 1063 )

* 1100 – Emperor Qinzong of Song ( d. 1161 )

The clan originated when the founder, Nakatomi no Kamatari ( 614-669 ), was rewarded by Emperor Tenji with the honorific " Fujiwara ", which evolved as a surname for Kamatari and his descendants.

After the abdication of Emperor Charles V he continued at court in great favour with his son Philip II, who rewarded him with a pension for life and by being made a count palatine.

* Emperor Domitian recalls Agricola back to Rome, where he is rewarded with a triumph and the governorship of the Roman province Africa, but he declines it.

The Emperor rewarded Leo with two palaces, but later exiled him for marrying the daughter of another rebel, the patrician Arsaber.

Theophylact, as a soldier, had rescued the Emperor Basil I from the enemy in battle at Tephrike and had been rewarded by a place in the Imperial Guard.

Even Zhu Di's troops praised his effectiveness, especially when Emperor Hongwu rewarded them for their service.

Michael and Leo abandoned Bardanes shortly after he rebelled against Emperor Nikephoros I in 803, and were rewarded with higher military commands: Michael was named the Emperor's Count of the Tent.

In 1390, even Li Shanchang, one of the closest old friends of the Emperor who was rewarded as the biggest contributor to the founding of the Ming Empire, was executed along with over 70 members of his extended family.

He holds up to scorn the religious beliefs and practices of pagans and implores the Emperor to stamp out the old religions as a sacred duty which will be rewarded by God.

It is during Dmitri's reign that House Harkonnen grows in status and is rewarded with the governorship of Arrakis by Shaddam's father, Padishah Emperor Elrood Corrino IX.

The Truce of Ratisbon ( Regensberg ) signed on 15 August by France on one side and the Emperor and Spain on the other, rewarded the French with Strasbourg, Luxembourg and the Reunion gains ( Courtrai and Dixmude returned to Spain ).

His musical and social careers flourished: he started publishing his music in 1676, performed before the Emperor ( and was rewarded by him ) in 1677, became deputy Kapellmeister at Salzburg in 1679 and Kapellmeister in 1684.

The Taiheiki also records that, although Takauji and Yoshisada were richly rewarded, the offices of shugo and jito in more than fifty provinces went to nobles and court bureaucrats, leaving no spoils for the warriors By the end of 1335 the Emperor and the nobility had lost all support of the warrior class.

) He left the captive in his brother Boniface's care and went to Constantinople to be rewarded by the Emperor, returning to Italy shortly after Manuel's death in 1180.

In 418, Emperor Flavius Honorius rewarded his Visigothic federates by giving them land in Aquitania on which to settle following the Germanic invasion and civil war.

When Liu Xiu heard about the fall of Chang ' an, he created Emperor Gengshi the Prince of Huaiyang, in absentia, and decreed that anyone who harmed the Prince of Huaiyang would be severely punished and that anyone who protected and delivered him to Eastern Han would be rewarded.

The citizens of Neuss withstood the siege and were therefore rewarded by the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick III.

Abu Jafar al-Mansur responded by sending 4, 000 men who recaptured the city and were well rewarded by the Chinese Emperor.

Admittedly, if indeed he had deliberately let Postumus off the hook, he would have been very lucky to escape with his life under almost any other Roman Emperor rather than be rewarded with another significant command.

Their predominance ended in the Schmalkaldic War, which pitted the Protestant Schmalkaldic League against Emperor Charles V. Although itself Protestant, the Albertine branch rallied to the Empire's cause ; Charles V rewarded them by forcing the Ernestines to sign away their rights to the Electoral title and lands to the Albertines.

A just ruler and a friend of the church, David allied with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II to defeat the rebel Byzantine noble Bardas Scleros ( 976 – 979 ) and was rewarded with extensive lands that made him the most powerful ruler in the south Caucasus: his state included several Georgian and Armenian provinces up to the Lake Van.

After Louis died in 840, his son Emperor Lothair I, King of Middle Francia, rewarded the Danish brothers Rorik and Harald with Frisia-current day Friesland and Holland-in an attempt to resist the attacks of the Vikings.

Emperor Xuānzong was said to be careful in promoting and rewarding officials, such that it was not often that he rewarded officials with the highly-honorable red and purple uniforms, and was also said to be fair in his promotions such that he did not unjustly favor those who were close to him.