A Chinese Biographical Dictionary/Chao Shih
182 Chao Shih 趙是. A.D. 1268-1278. Eldest son of Chao Ch'i. On the capture of Chao Hsien by Bayan in 1276, he was proclaimed at Foochow eighth Emperor of the Southern Sung dynasty by 陳宜中 Ch'ên I-chung, Lu Hsiu-fu, and other patriots. His mother, the concubine 楊 Yang, was entrusted with the Regency. Chang Shih-chieh, who had made the last attempt to hold the Yang-tsze with the fleet, and Wên T'ien-hsiang, also rallied to his standard; but the Mongol armies overbore all opposition, and the boy-sovereign had to be taken to sea, escaping the Mongol fleet only by a lucky fog. He wandered south along the coast, driven from refuge to refuge, until in the spring of 1277 an alarm in the north recalled the enemy's forces. Some successes now encouraged the vagabond Court; but the respite was short, and in the autumn Canton was again captured. Having lost half his following in a typhoon, the wretched Emperor ended his wanderings at 剛洲 Kang-chou, an islet in the 吳川 Wu-ch'uan District of Kuangtung, in 1278. Canonised as 端宗皇帝.