<Articles>T'ai tsu (太祖) of Sung (宋) and Liquors

Araki Toshiichi

doi:10.14989/shirin_38_392

T'ai tsu (太祖), Chao k'uang yin (趙匡胤), emperor of Sung (宋) Dynasty, was born in a certain Boar's year, and, moreover, was very fat and had a red face. His subjects called him "Boar". The traditional portraits of the emperor certainly legitimate this name. He loved liquors and was said by some to have died of too much drinking. On the contrary, T'ai tsung, (太宗) his younger brother, was rather skinny and entirely avoided liquors. Besides, these brothers were much different in character, and often misunderstood or even hated each other. If we press this much farther, we would be likely to admit the theory of Pr. I. Miyazaki (宮崎市定) that T'ai tsu was murdered by T'ai tsung. However, if we closely examine his health condition in his later years, it is not impossible to agree with those who conclude his death as a natural but sudden death because of his love for liquors as mentioned above. At any rate, the cause of T'ai tsu's death is not the main subject of this essay. We have discussed the character of T'ai tsu, especially from the viewpoint of his love for liquors, in various ways and request the criticisms from the side of the readers.

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