Glossary

Taiping Xingguo

太平興國

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (太平興國) of the Northern Song for the years 976–984: 976 is Taiping Xingguo 1 (元年) and Taiping Xingguo 9 is 984. Taiping Xingguo (太平興國) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Northern Song, proclaimed in 977 under Emperor Taizong (太宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 976 is Taiping Xingguo 1 (元年), 984 its last year, Taiping Xingguo 9. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Taiping Xingguo 2” (太平興國二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kaibao. After: Yongxi.