Song Yingzong Zhao Shu
Emperor Yingzong of Song (16 February 1032 – 25 January 1067), originally known as Zhao Zongshi (赵宗實), later renamed Zhao Shu (赵曙), was the fifth emperor of the Song Dynasty (reigned 1 May 1063 – 25 January 1067), great-grandson of Emperor Taizong of Song, grandson of Zhao Yuanfen the Prince of Shang, thirteenth son of Zhao Yunrang the Prince of Pu, and adopted son of Emperor Renzong of Song.
When Zhao Shu was young, he was raised by the childless Renzong into the imperial palace and given the name Zhao Zongshi. He served as the deputy commander of the Left Guard, and later served as the General of the Right Yu Lin Army, the Assassin of Yizhou, the Regimental Training Envoy of Yuezhou, and the Defense Envoy of Qinzhou. In the seventh year of Jiayou (1062), he was made a prince, changed his name to Zhao Shu, and was made the Duke of Julu County.
In the eighth year of Jiayou (1063), Zhao Shu took the throne. After Zhao Shu became emperor, he appointed his former chancellor Han Qi and others, and there was no large-scale war with the Liao state and Western Xia. In the third year of Zhiping (1066), Zhao Shu ordered Sima Guang to set up a bureau to specialize in the Zizhi Tongjian.
In the fourth year of Zhiping (1067), Zhao Shu died of illness at the Funing Hall in the palace, at the age of Chinese New Year's Eve five, reigned for 4 years, with the title of Emperor Xuanxiao of Xianwen Suwu and the temple name Yingzong, and was buried in YonghouLing (present-day Xiaoyi Fort, Gongyi, Henan). In November of the sixth year of Yuan Feng (1083), Jia Yu Ti Qian should be emperor of longgong Sheng DeXian Wen Su Wu Rui Sheng Xuanxiao.