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13th-century Chinese emperor
Emperor Duanzong of Song
(10 July 1269 ? 8 May 1278), personal name
Zhao Shi
, was the 17th emperor of the
Song dynasty
of China, and the eighth and penultimate emperor of the
Southern Song dynasty
. He was the fifth son of
Emperor Duzong
and an elder brother of his predecessor,
Emperor Gong
and successor
Zhao Bing
.
Emperor Gong along with
Grand Dowager Xie
surrendered to the
Yuan dynasty
in 1276 after the fall of the Southern Song capital, Lin'an (present-day
Hangzhou
). Zhao Shi and his seventh brother,
Zhao Bing
, managed to escape southward to
Fujian
, where the new Song capital was established. On June 14, 1276, Zhao Shi was enthroned as the new Emperor Duanzong who ruled under the
era name
"Jingyan" (景炎; literally: "bright flame"). However, in early 1278, Yuan forces broke through the Song dynasty's last lines of defence, forcing Zhao Shi to flee again.
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Accompanied by loyal ministers such as
Lu Xiufu
and
Zhang Shijie
, Zhao Shi boarded a ship and fled further south to
Guangdong Province
. In March 1278, while fleeing from Yuan forces led by Liu Shen, in a hurricane, Zhao Shi fell from a boat and almost drowned. Thereafter, he stayed temporarily in
Hong Kong
which at that time was a small fishing village. He died a few months later in Gangzhou (?州; present-day
Jiangmen
)
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due to Illness. He was succeeded by his seventh brother,
Zhao Bing
, who was enthroned in Mui Wo, the same village where Zhao Shi nearly drowned and died.
The body of Zhao Shi is buried in Yongfu Mausoleum (永福陵). The actual area of the tomb is still unknown and undiscovered.
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citation needed
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The historical relic
Sung Wong Toi
in present-day Hong Kong's
Kowloon City
commemorates Zhao Shi's escape to Hong Kong.
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