Emperor Xingzong of Liao

Emperor Xingzong of Liao
Emperor Xingzong of Liao
Traditional Chinese	遼興宗
Simplified Chinese	辽兴宗
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Liáo Xīngzōng
Zhigu (Khitan name)
Chinese	只骨
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Zhīgǔ
Yelü Zongzhen (sinicised name)
Chinese	耶律宗真
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yēlǜ Zōngzhēn

Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Khitan given name: Zhīgǔ (只骨); Sinicised given name: Zōngzhēn (宗真)
Era dates
	Jingfu (景福): 1031–1032; Chongxi(重熙): 1032–1055
Posthumous name
	Emperor Shensheng Xiaozhang; (神聖孝章皇帝)
Temple name
	Xingzong (興宗)

Emperor Xingzong of Liao
遼興宗
Emperor Xingzong of Liao; 遼興宗
Emperor of the Liao dynasty
Reign	25 June 1031 – 28 August 1055
Predecessor	Emperor Shengzong
Successor	Emperor Daozong
Born	Zhigu (Khitan name); Yelü Zongzhen (sinicised name); 3 April 1016
Died	28 August 1055 (aged 39)
Burial	Yongxing Mausoleum (永興陵, in present-day Bairin Right Banner, Inner Mongolia)
Spouse	Xiao Dali
Names
Names
	Family name: Yēlǜ (耶律); Khitan given name: Zhīgǔ (只骨); Sinicised given name: Zōngzhēn (宗真)
Era dates
	Jingfu (景福): 1031–1032; Chongxi(重熙): 1032–1055
Posthumous name
	Emperor Shensheng Xiaozhang; (神聖孝章皇帝)
Temple name
	Xingzong (興宗)
House	Yelü
Dynasty	Liao
Father	Emperor Shengzong
Mother	Xiao Noujin

Emperor Xingzong of Liao (3 April 1016 – 28 August 1055), personal name Zhigu, sinicised name Yelü Zongzhen, was the seventh emperor of the Khitan-led Liao dynasty of China.