Zhao Ji - Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty![]()
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Emperor Huizong (1082 - 1135) of the Song Dynasty, named Zhao Ji, was the son of Emperor Shenzong. He was also a painter and calligrapher. When he was in power, Emperor Huizong appointed treacherous court officials to handle state affairs and wantonly extorted money from the people. He led an extremely extravagant and dissolute life. Though Emperor Huizong was far from being a good state ruler, he was a real artist, especially good at the regular and cursive script calligraphy and paintings featuring landscape, human figures, birds, flowers and bamboo. He was also the creator of the "shoujinti (slender gold script)". After his death, Emperor Huizong was buried in the Yongyou Mausoleum (35 kilometers to the southeast of present-day Shaoxing County in Zhejiang Province). |
















