Career
His name at birth was Wányán Shǒuxù (完顏守緒) He was the ninth of ten emperors of the Jin dynasty and the last emperor who ruled for a significant amount of time. Aizong was considered an able emperor who made several reforms beneficial to the Jin State, such as the removal of corrupted officials and more lenient tax laws. He also shifted the flawed Jin policy in making war with the Southern Song Chinese and focus the nation"s military resource against the Mongols.
Yet, these were not enough to save the weakened Jin dynasty, which eventually fell to the Mongols, led by the Gengis Khan during his reign.
He escaped to Caizhou when the Mongols besieged Kaifeng in 1232. When his temporary capital, Caizhou, was surrounded by Mongols in 1234, he passed his throne to his Generalissimo, Wanyan Chenglin and then committed suicide by hanging.
Zhèngdà 正大 1224–1232
Kāixīng 開興 1232
Tiānxīng 天興 1232–1234.