Emperor Shenzong of Song

Emperor Shenzong of Song 宋神宗
Palace portrait on a hanging scroll, kept in the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
Emperor of the Song dynasty
Reign	25 January 1067 – 1 April 1085
Coronation	25 January 1067
Predecessor	Emperor Yingzong
Successor	Emperor Zhezong
Born	Zhao Zhongzhen (1048–1067) Zhao Xu (1067–1085) 25 May 1048
Died	1 April 1085(1085-04-01) (aged 36)
Burial	Yongyu Mausoleum (永裕陵, in present-day Gongyi, Henan)
Consorts	Empress Qinsheng ​ ​ (m. 1066⁠–⁠1085)​ Empress Qincheng ​ ​ (m. 1068⁠–⁠1085)​ Empress Qinci ​ (before 1085)​
Issue	Emperor Zhezong Zhao Bi Emperor Huizong Zhao Yu Zhao Shi Zhao Cai Princess Xianmu Princess Xianxiao Princess Xianjing
Era dates Xining (熙寧): 1068–1077 Yuanfeng (元豐): 1078–1085 Posthumous name Emperor Tiyuan Xiandao Fagu Lixian Dide Wanggong Yingwen Liewu Qinren Shengxiao (體元顯道法古立憲帝德王功英文烈武欽仁聖孝皇帝) (conferred in 1113) Temple name Shenzong (神宗)
House	Zhao
Dynasty	Song (Northern Song)
Father	Emperor Yingzong
Mother	Empress Xuanren

The Emperor Shenzong of Song (25 May 1048 – 1 April 1085), personal name Zhao Xu, was the sixth emperor of the Song dynasty of China. His original personal name was Zhao Zhongzhen but he changed it to "Zhao Xu" after he acceded to the throne. He reigned from 1067 until his death in 1085 and is best known for supporting Wang Anshi's New Policies. He was a particularly active monarch concerned with solving the fiscal, bureaucratic, and military problems of the Song dynasty, but his reign remains controversial.