| Family name | Sima (司馬 py. Sīmǎ) in Chinese |
| Given name | Rui (睿 py. Ru) |
| Era names | Jianwu (建武 Jinwǔ) 317-318
Daxing (大興 Dxīng) 318-322
Yongchang (永昌 Yǒngchǎng) 322-323 |
| Father | Sima Jin, titled Prince Gong of Longya |
| Mother | Xiahou Guangji (夏侯光姬) (d.307 or 308) |
| Wife | Yu Mengmu (虞孟母) (278 or 279-312 or 313), childless and revered Queen Jing (敬皇后, literary meaning: the respected queen) |
| Major concubines | (ne) Xun (荀氏) (d.335 or 336), revered Lady of Yuzhang (Commandry) (豫章君)
Cheng Achun (郑阿春) (d. 326 or 327), posthumous name: Empress Dowager Xuan (宣太后, literary meaning: the proclaimed empress dowager) |
| Children | Emperor Ming of Jin China to Xun
and Emperor Jianwen of Jin China to Cheng |
| Duration of reign | March 29, 317 to January 3, 323 |
| Tomb | Jianping Tomb ch. 建平陵, believed to be near Nanjing |
| Temple name | 中宗, py. Zhōngzōng, literary meaning: "middle ancestor" |
| Courtesy name | 景文, py. Jǐngwn, literay meaning: "admirable and literary" |
| Posthumous name | 元, py. Yun, literary meaning: "original" |