釋氏稽古略 4.408

4.408

The jiazi year, the fifth year of Jingding [1264] (The Tatar State changed its reign era to the first year of Zhiyuan). The Song minted silver-and-gold cash certificates (guanzi), valuing one [certificate] equal to three Huizi notes of the eighteenth issue, abolishing the seventeenth issue and taking them out of circulation. When the guanzi were circulated, commodity prices suddenly soared. In winter, the tenth month, the Emperor passed away. The Crown Prince ascended the imperial throne. The Emperor was originally a member of the imperial clan from Gutian County in Fuzhou. His father had been the Commandant of Shanyin in Yuezhou, who married Lady Quan of that county and fathered two sons: the first was named Yuju (the Supreme Protector of the Crown Prince, who was Lizong); the second was named Yurei (the Hereditary Prince of Rong). Registered under Yuezhou, they consequently became men of Yuezhou (Xu Song tongjian).