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Encyclopedia > Emperor Yizong of Western Xia

Emperor Yizong of Western Xia Emperor of the Western Xia from 1048-1067. Took power on assassinating his noteworthy father Emperor Jingzong of Western Xia (Li Yuanhao) who had greatly expanded the power of Western Xia. He did this because his father was unduly interested in his wife and unwilling to surrender her to him. See Xia for other meanings of the Chinese character 夏 xià. ... Events The city of Oslo is founded by Harald Hardråde of Norway. ... Events Constantine X emperor of the Byzantine Empire dies. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...


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Eras of Emperor Yizong A posthumous name (Traditional Chinese: 諡號/謚號 Simplified Chinese: 谥号; Pinyin: shì hào; Romaji: shigō/tsuigō; Revised Romanization of Korean: siho) is a honorary name given to royalty in some cultures posthumously, that is, after the persons death. ... A Chinese surname, family name (Chinese: 姓; pinyin: or clan name 氏; shì), is one of the hundreds or thousands of family names that have been historically used by Han Chinese and Sinicized Chinese ethnic groups in mainland China, Taiwan, and among ethnic Chinese in overseas Chinese communities. ... A given name specifies and differentiates between members of a group of individuals, especially a family, all of whose members usually share the same family name. ...

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