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Rh way to power for intriguing flatterers. Id 1076 a eunuch, 李憲 Li Hsien, was put in supreme command on the north-western frontier, and did much mischief; but in his last years the Emperor came to realise the vanity of his ambitious schemes, and sought peace. The reign was made glorious by the works of, , , and ; and in 1084 finished his great history. Honours were paid to Mencius and other worthies, though public opinion was shocked by the admission of and  to the Confucian Temple. Canonised as 英文烈武聖孝皇帝, with the temple name of 神宗.   Chao Hsü 趙煦. A.D. 1076—1100. Sixth son of, whom he succeeded in 1085 as seventh Emperor of the Sung dynasty. The Empress 高 Kao, consort of, was Regent until her death in 1093. Aided at first by, she reversed the revolutionary measures of the last reign, and gave office to the conservative party. They, however, split into three factions, the Lo-yang, Ssŭch'uan, and Northern, headed by, , and ; and their squabbles so disgusted the Emperor that so soon as he took the reins of government, he announced his intention of carrying out his father's policy. Under the ministry of and, some of the reforms of  were re-introduced, the history of the last reign re-written, and 830 names of conservatives placed on the list of the proscribed, a vengeance which they had deserved by their own harshness to their opponents. In 1096 the Empress 孟 Mêng, who had been selected by the Regent in 1092, was degraded to make way for a favourite concubine; but the Emperor refused to degrade the Regent herself. Externally the reign was peaceful, four fortresses being given back to the Hsia State in 1090. In 1088 the total population was returned at 32 millions. 