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Report that Xia imprisoned its ruler; edict to attack

The Song shi basic annals enter under a gengyin day in the seventh lunar month of Yuanfeng 4 (AD 1081) a report from the officials guarding the western frontier that the Xia people had imprisoned their ruler Bingchang (秉常), followed by an edict ordering the Shaanxi (陝西) and Hedong (河東) circuits to attack them.

Limits: 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 records when the frontier officials' statement reached the court and the court's response; the imprisonment may have happened earlier, and the annals give it only as the officials' statement. Other chapters were not inspected.

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Source: Song shi (History of Song), basic annalsRead the source