Ever-Normal system restored to old rules; green-sprouts money abolished
The Song shi basic annals record that on a xinmao day in the eighth lunar month of Yuanyou 1 (AD 1086) an edict ordered that the Ever-Normal (常平) system follow the old regulations, and abolished the green-sprouts money (青苗錢).
What this does and does not establish
The Song shi is a Yuan-compiled (1343-45) official history drawing on Song court records; the English is an AI working translation. The entry does not say which earlier regulations are meant or describe the green-sprouts money; the English names are conventional working renderings.
- Read through an AI working translation.
- Region
- East Asia
- Theme
- Economy and exchange
- Kind of record
- Placed in a year. A source places this in one year. It is listed under that year; no day precision is invented.
How it is dated
- Date reference
- 元祐 1 (元祐元年 as numbered by the annals), lunar month 8
- How we use it
- Year assigned from the lunar month under which the annals enter the item; the sexagenary day was not converted to a Julian day.
The date reference is this project’s reading of the source’s date. It may give an era name, a reign or a calendar in a normalised form rather than in the source’s own words; the dating notes say what the source prints.
Dating notes from the research record
Lunar month 8 of 元祐 1 = Julian 1086-09-11 to 1086-10-10, per Academia Sinica 兩千年中西曆轉換 year table(s) 元祐1.html (sha256 67924f8e48d9…); the whole month lies in AD 1086.
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Sources and quoted text
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Source 1 · Supports the statement
Song shi (History of Song), basic annals
Toghto (脫脫) et al., Yuan court historiographers
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Quoted text (Classical Chinese)
辛卯，詔常平依舊法，罷青苗錢。AI working translation into English; not official or authoritative
On the xinmao day, an edict [ordered] that the Ever-Normal [system] follow the old regulations, and abolished the green-sprouts money.
Source credit and reuse conditions recorded for this source: Source: Song shi, juan 17, zh.wikisource transcription (revision 7908323). English renderings are AI working translations, not published translations.
Exact source version
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