Glossary

Jingding

景定

Term · calendar

Chinese era name (景定) of the Southern Song for the years 1260–1264: 1260 is Jingding 1 (元年) and Jingding 5 is 1264. Jingding (景定) is a Chinese era name (nianhao) of the Southern Song, proclaimed in 1260 under Emperor Lizong (理宗). Its years are counted in lunar years: 1260 is Jingding 1 (元年), 1264 its last year, Jingding 5. A Chinese source dates a year within it as “Jingding 2” (景定二年) rather than by a continuous count. Before: Kaiqing. After: Xianchun.