Emperor Shizong of Liao

Emperor Shizong of Liao
Emperor Shizong of Liao
Traditional Chinese	遼世宗
Simplified Chinese	辽世宗
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáo Shìzōng
Wuyu (Khitan name)
Chinese	兀欲
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Wùyù
Yelü Ruan
Chinese	耶律阮
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yēlǜ Ruǎn

Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Khitan given name: Wùyù (兀欲); Sinicised given name: Ruǎn (阮)
Era name and dates
	Tianlu (天祿): 947–951
Regnal name
	Emperor Tianshou (天授皇帝)
Posthumous name
	Emperor Xiaohe Zhuangxian (孝和莊憲皇帝)
Temple name
	Shizong (世宗)

Emperor Shizong of Liao
遼世宗
Emperor Shizong of Liao; 遼世宗
Emperor of the Liao dynasty
Reign	16 May 947 – 7 October 951
Predecessor	Emperor Taizong
Successor	Emperor Muzong
Born	Wuyu (Khitan name); Yelü Ruan (sinicised name); 29 January 919
Died	7 October 951 (aged 32)
Burial	Xianling Mausoleum (顯陵, alongside his father; in present-day Beizhen, Jinzhou, Liaoning)
Spouse	Empress Zhen; Xiao Sagezhi;
Names
Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Khitan given name: Wùyù (兀欲); Sinicised given name: Ruǎn (阮)
Era name and dates
	Tianlu (天祿): 947–951
Regnal name
	Emperor Tianshou (天授皇帝)
Posthumous name
	Emperor Xiaohe Zhuangxian (孝和莊憲皇帝)
Temple name
	Shizong (世宗)
House	Yelü
Dynasty	Liao
Father	Yelü Bei
Mother	Empress Dowager Xiao

Emperor Shizong of Liao (29 January 919 – 7 October 951), personal name Wuyu, sinicised name Yelü Ruan, was the third emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China. He was the son of Yelü Bei, the eldest son of Abaoji (Emperor Taizu), the founder of the Liao dynasty. He ascended to the imperial throne in 947 after the death of his uncle, Emperor Taizong, who raised him in his father's absence.