Glossary

Yongxi

雍熙

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (雍熙) of the Northern Song for the years 984–988: 984 is Yongxi 1 (元年) and Yongxi 5 is 988. Yongxi (雍熙) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Northern Song, proclaimed in 984 under Emperor Taizong (太宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 984 is Yongxi 1 (元年), 988 its last year, Yongxi 5. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Yongxi 2” (雍熙二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Taiping Xingguo. After: Duangong.