Glossary

Kaiqing

開慶

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (開慶) of the Southern Song for the years 1259–1260: 1259 is Kaiqing 1 (元年) and Kaiqing 2 is 1260. Kaiqing (開慶) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Southern Song, proclaimed in 1259 under Emperor Lizong (理宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 1259 is Kaiqing 1 (元年), 1260 its last year, Kaiqing 2. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Kaiqing 2” (開慶二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Baoyou. After: Jingding.