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Rh kindness. A good strategist, though no scholar, he was never defeated; and from his frequent boast that with 100,000 men he could sweep the empire, he was nicknamed 常十萬 Hundred Thousand Ch'ang. His statue ranked second in the Temple of Men of Merit, and he received a place in the Imperial Temple. Posthumously ennobled as Prince, and canonised as 忠武.   Chao Chên 趙禎 (originally 受益). A.D. 1010-1068. Sixth son of, whom he succeeded in 1022 as fourth Emperor of the Sung dynasty. Until 1033 the Empress Dowager really ruled, though her inclination to arrogate supreme power was checked by and other loyal men. The Emperor, who thought himself her son, treated her with the utmost deference. He was of excellent personal character, anxious to rule well, and fond of his people; but he was weak and suspicious. He at first fell under the domination of, who induced him to degrade his wife, and who treated harshly all his opponents, charging them with forming illegal cliques or cabals. After Lü's death in 1044 this charge was forbidden. From 1058 was in power, and the administration was most successful. In 1034 the King of Hsia rebelled, and a desultory war ended in his recognition ten years later. The Emperor promoted education and patronised literature; and in 1060 the new T'ang history was completed. A rebellion of the aborigines of Kuangsi was put down by in 1052, and other local risings occurred. The revenue was carefully fostered, and in 1059 the tea monopoly was abolished. In 1023 Government notes were introduced into Ssŭch'uan, where the iron cash were found to be too clumsy. The Emperor lost his three sons early, and was very reluctant to appoint a successor. Han Ch'i, however, succeeded in getting a great-grandson of appointed in 1062. The presentation of auspicious articles was forbidden; general pardons were frequent, 