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肅宗皇帝十四子：章敬皇后生代宗皇帝，宮人孫氏生越王係，張氏生承天皇帝，王氏生衛王佖，陳婕妤生彭王僅，韋妃生兗王僴，張美人生涇王侹，裴昭儀生襄王僙，段婕妤生杞王倕，崔妃生召王偲，張皇后生恭懿太子佋、定王侗，宮人生鄆王榮、宋王僖。
Emperor Suzong had fourteen sons. Empress Zhangjing bore Emperor Daizong; the palace woman Lady Sun bore Prince of Yue Xi; Lady Zhang bore Emperor Chengtian; Lady Wang bore Prince of Wei Bi; Lady Chen, Jieyu, bore Prince of Peng Jin; Consort Wei bore Prince of Yan Xian; Lady Zhang the Beauty bore Prince of Jing Ting; Lady Pei, Zhaoyi, bore Prince of Xiang Pu; Lady Duan, Jieyu, bore Prince of Qi Chui; Consort Cui bore Prince of Shao Si; Empress Zhang bore Crown Prince Gongyi Shao and Prince of Ding Tong; palace women bore Prince of Yun Rong and Prince of Song Xi.
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越王係，本名儋，肅宗第二子也。 天寶中，封南陽郡王，授特進。 至德二年十二月，進封趙王。 乾元二年三月，九節度之兵潰於河北，史思明僭號於相州，王師未集，朝廷震駭。 詔以李光弼握兵關東以代子儀。 光弼請以親賢統師，七月，詔曰：
Prince of Yue Xi, whose original name was Dan, was Suzong's second son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Nanyang commandery and appointed Special Advancement. In the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757), he was promoted to Prince of Zhao. In the third month of Qianyuan 2 (759), the armies of the nine frontier commands collapsed in Hebei; Shi Siming usurped a title at Xiang prefecture; the imperial armies had not yet assembled; and the court was shaken with alarm. An edict appointed Li Guangbi to hold military command east of the Pass in place of Guo Ziyi. Guangbi requested that a member of the imperial kin command the army; in the seventh month, an edict said:
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握兵之要，古先為重； 命帥之道，心膂攸憑。 是知靖難夷兇，必資於金革； 總戎授律，實仗於親賢。 蓋將底寧邦家，保息黎獻者矣。 朕以薄德，纘承鴻緒，往屬元兇暴亂，中夏不寧。 上憑宗社之靈，下藉熊羆之力，由是廓清鹹、洛，拯此生人。 頃以河朔殘妖，尚稽天討，蛇豕竊依於城堡，塗炭久被於齊氓，朕為人父母，寧忘閔念。 雖好生息戰，每冀其歸降； 而余孽昧恩，靡聞於悔禍。 所以軒後親征於獯鬻，周文致役於昆夷，古之用兵，蓋非獲已。 趙王係幼稟異操，夙懷韜略，負東平之文學，蘊任城之智勇。 性惟忠孝，持愛敬以立身； 誌尚權謀，有經通之遠智。 知子者父，方有屬於維城； 擇能而授，俾克申於戎律。 且兇徒嘯聚，頗歷歲時，惡既貫盈，理當撲滅。 君親有命，可不敬乎！ 俾展龍豹之韜，永清梟獍之類。 可充天下兵馬元帥，仍令司空、兼侍中、薊國公光弼副知節度行營事。 應緣軍司署置，所司準式。
To hold the army's key—from antiquity this has been weighty; in appointing a commander, one relies on the heart and backbone. Thus one knows that to quell calamity and subdue the violent, one must rely on arms; to command the host and confer the laws of war truly depends on the imperial kin. This is how one will settle the state and household and give the people peace and rest. I, of meager virtue, have succeeded to the great succession; formerly the chief rebel wrought violent disorder and the Central Plain was not at peace. Above I relied on the spirit of the ancestral altars; below I borrowed the strength of bear and tiger; thereby I cleared Xian and Luo and saved these living people. Recently the remnant rebels of Heshuo still await Heaven's punishment; serpent and swine steal refuge in walled cities; smearing and burning have long afflicted the people of Qi; I, as father and mother to the people, could not forget compassionate concern. Though I love life and would cease from war, I ever hoped they would surrender; yet the surviving remnant knew not grace and gave no sign of repenting their calamity. Therefore the Yellow Emperor personally campaigned against the Xunyu, and King Wen of Zhou levied service against the Kunyi—in antiquity the use of arms was surely not by choice. Prince of Zhao Xi from youth received an uncommon character and long harbored strategy; he bore the literary learning of Dongping and contained the wisdom and courage of Rencheng. In nature he was only loyal and filial, holding love and reverence to establish himself; his aim favored stratagem and he possessed far-reaching wisdom that penetrated the classics. He who knows his son is the father—only then is there reliance on the wall of the city; choosing the able and entrusting him, so that he may fulfill the laws of war. Moreover the violent band has gathered and cried out for quite some time; their evil is full to the brim—reason demands they be struck down and extinguished. When lord and parent give command, can one fail to revere it! Let him deploy the stratagems of dragon and leopard and forever clear the owl-and-tiger kind. He may serve as Commander-in-Chief of All Armies and Cavalry under Heaven; Li Guangbi, Minister of Works, concurrently Palace Attendant, Duke of Ji, is further ordered as deputy to manage the frontier command and field headquarters. For all military offices to be established in connection with this, the relevant offices shall follow regulation.
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九月，史思明陷洛陽，光弼以副元帥董兵守河陽，王不出京師。 十月，下詔車駕親征，諫官論奏乃止； 王請行，不許。 三年四月，改封越王。 寶應元年四月，肅宗寢疾彌留。 皇后張氏與中官李輔國有隙，因皇太子監國，謀誅輔國，使人以肅宗命召太子入宮。 皇后謂太子曰：「賊臣輔國，久典禁軍，四方詔令，皆出其口。 頃矯制命，逼徙聖皇。 今聖體彌留，心懷怏怏，常忌吾與汝。 又聞射生內侍程元振結托黃門，將圖不軌，若不誅之，禍在頃刻。」 太子泣而對曰：「此二人是陛下勛舊內臣，今聖躬不康，重以此事驚撓聖慮，情所難任。 若決行此命，當出外徐圖之。」 後知太子難與共事，乃召係謂之曰：「皇太子仁惠，不足以圖平禍難。」 復以除輔國謀告之，曰：「汝能行此事乎？」 係曰：「能。」 後令內謁者監段恆俊與越王謀，召中官有武勇者二百余人，授甲於長生殿。 是月乙丑，皇后矯詔召太子，程元振伺知之，告輔國。 元振握兵於淩霄門候之，太子既至，以難告。 太子曰：「必無此事。 聖恙危篤，吾豈懼死不赴召乎？」 元振曰：「為社稷計，行則禍及矣。」 遂以兵護太子匿於飛龍廄。 丙寅夜，元振、輔國勒兵於三殿前，收捕越王及同謀內侍硃光輝、段恆俊等百余人。 禁系幽皇后於別殿，侍者十數人隨之。 是日，皇后、越王俱為輔國所害
In the ninth month, Shi Siming took Luoyang; Guangbi, as deputy commander-in-chief, led troops to hold Heyang; the prince did not leave the capital. In the tenth month, an edict was issued for the imperial carriage to campaign in person; remonstrating officials submitted memorials and it was stopped; the prince requested to go; permission was denied. In the fourth month of the third year, his title was changed to Prince of Yue. In the fourth month of Baoying 1 (762), Suzong lay ill near death. Empress Zhang had a rift with the inner official Li Fuguo; because the Crown Prince was regent, she plotted to execute Fuguo and sent men with Suzong's command to summon the Crown Prince into the palace. The Empress said to the Crown Prince: "The traitorous minister Fuguo has long controlled the Forbidden Army; imperial edicts to the four quarters all issue from his mouth. Recently he forged an edict and forced the transfer of the Sacred Emperor. Now the Sacred Body lingers near death, brooding with resentment, and constantly bears ill will toward me and you. I have also heard that the inner attendant of the Archers' Corps, Cheng Yuanzhen, has allied with the Yellow Gate and intends treason; if we do not execute them, disaster will come within moments." The Crown Prince wept and replied: "These two men are Your Majesty's meritorious old inner officials; now the Sacred Person is unwell—to further alarm the Sacred Mind with this matter is more than I can bear in conscience. If this order is carried through, I should withdraw and plan it at leisure." Later, knowing the Crown Prince was difficult to work with, she summoned Xi and said to him: "The Crown Prince is benevolent and mild; he is not enough to plan the clearing of this calamity." She then told him the plan to eliminate Fuguo and said: "Can you carry out this affair?" Xi said: "I can." Later she had the Inner Usher Supervisor Duan Hengjun plot with Prince of Yue, summoned more than two hundred inner officials noted for martial valor, and issued armor in the Hall of Long Life. On the yichou day of that month, the Empress forged an edict summoning the Crown Prince; Cheng Yuanzhen learned of it by surveillance and informed Fuguo. Yuanzhen held troops at Lingxiao Gate awaiting him; when the Crown Prince arrived, he told him of the difficulty. The Crown Prince said: "There must be no such thing. The Sacred affliction is grave; how could I fear death and fail to answer the summons?" Yuanzhen said: "For the sake of the altars of state, if you go, calamity will follow." He then used troops to protect the Crown Prince and hid him in the Flying Dragon Stable. On the night of bingyin, Yuanzhen and Fuguo marshaled troops before the Three Halls, seized Prince of Yue and the conspiring inner attendants Zhu Guanghui, Duan Hengjun, and more than a hundred others. Empress Zhang was confined in a separate hall; a dozen attendants followed her. That day, the Empress and Prince of Yue were both killed by Fuguo.
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係子：建、逌、逾。 建，建中元年十一月，封武威郡王，授殿中監同正員； 逌封興道郡王，授殿中監同正員； 逾封齊國公，光祿卿同正員。
Xi's sons were Jian, You, and Yu. Jian: in the eleventh month of Jianzhong 1 (780), he was enfeoffed as Prince of Wuwei commandery and appointed Director of the Palace Domestic Service with Honorary Rank; You was enfeoffed as Prince of Xingdao commandery and appointed Director of the Palace Domestic Service with Honorary Rank; Yu was enfeoffed as Duke of Qi and made Grand Master for Glorious Happiness with Honorary Rank.
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承天皇帝倓，肅宗第三子也。 天寶中，封建寧郡王，授太常卿同正員。 英毅有才略，善射。 祿山之亂，玄宗幸蜀，倓兄弟典親兵扈從。 車駕渡渭，百姓遮道乞留太子，太子諭之曰：「至尊奔播，吾不忍違離左右，俟吾見上奏聞。」 倓於行宮謂太子曰：「逆胡犯順，四海分崩，不因人情，何以興復？ 夫有國家者，大孝莫若存社稷。 今從至尊入蜀，則散關已東，非皇家所有，何以維屬人情？ 殿下宜購募豪傑，暫往河西，收拾戎馬，點集防邊將卒，不下十萬人，光弼、子儀，全軍河朔，謀為興復，計之上也。」 廣平王亦贊成之，於是令李輔國奏聞。 玄宗欣然聽納，乃分從官、士卒以遣之。 時敗卒膽破，兵仗不完，太子既北上，渡渭，一日百戰。 倓自選驍騎數百衛從，每蒼黃顛沛之際，血戰在前。 太子或過時不得食，倓涕泗不自勝，上尤憐之，軍士屬目歸於倓。 至靈武，太子即帝位。 廣平既為元子，欲以倓為天下兵馬元帥。 侍臣曰：「廣平王冢嗣，有君人之量。」 上曰：「廣平地當儲貳，何假更為元帥？」 左右曰：「廣平今未冊立，艱難時人尤屬望於元帥。 況太子從曰撫軍，守曰監國。 今之元帥，撫軍也，廣平為宜。」 遂以廣平為元帥，倓典親軍，李輔國為元帥府司馬。
Emperor Chengtian Tan was Suzong's third son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Jianning commandery and appointed Minister of Ceremonies with Honorary Rank. He was resolute and had talent and stratagem; he excelled at archery. When the An Lushan rebellion broke out, Xuanzong fled to Shu; Tan and his brothers commanded the imperial guard escorting him. When the imperial carriage crossed the Wei, the people blocked the road begging to keep the Crown Prince; the Crown Prince instructed them: "The Supreme One is fleeing in distress; I cannot bear to leave his side; wait until I have seen him and reported." Tan said to the Crown Prince at the traveling palace: "The rebellious barbarian has violated order; the four seas are shattered; without relying on popular sentiment, how can restoration be achieved? For one who holds a state, there is no greater filial piety than preserving the altars of state. If we now follow the Supreme One into Shu, then east of San Pass will no longer be held by the house—how can we hold the loyalty of the people? Your Highness should recruit heroes, go temporarily to Hexi, gather troops and horses, muster frontier commanders and soldiers—no fewer than a hundred thousand—with Guangbi and Ziyi bringing their full armies from Heshuo to plan restoration: that is the best plan." Prince of Guangling also approved; thereupon Li Fuguo was ordered to report. Xuanzong gladly accepted; troops and attendant officials were divided and sent off. At that time the defeated soldiers were terror-stricken and their weapons incomplete; once the Crown Prince marched north and crossed the Wei, he fought a hundred battles in a day. Tan himself selected several hundred fierce horsemen to guard him; in every moment of sudden peril he fought in the van, bloodied. Sometimes the Crown Prince went without food for hours; Tan wept beyond bearing; the emperor especially pitied him; the soldiers looked to Tan. At Lingwu the Crown Prince assumed the throne. Guangling, as eldest imperial son, wished to make Tan commander-in-chief of all armies and cavalry under Heaven. Attending ministers said: "Prince of Guangling is heir apparent and has the measure of a ruler." The emperor said: "Guangling's place is as heir designate—why borrow another as commander-in-chief?" Those beside him said: "Guangling is not yet formally invested; in hardship the people look especially to the commander-in-chief. Moreover the Crown Prince from the day he is made heir is styled Pacifier of the Army; when he guards the state he is styled Regent. Today's commander-in-chief is the Pacifier of the Army—Guangling is fitting." Thereupon Guangling was made commander-in-chief; Tan commanded the imperial guard; Li Fuguo was made vice marshal of the commander-in-chief's headquarters.
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時張良娣有寵，倓性忠謇，因侍上屢言良娣頗自恣，輔國連結內外，欲傾動皇嗣。 自是，日為良娣、輔國所構，雲「建寧恨不得兵權，頗畜異志。」 肅宗怒，賜倓死。 既而省悟，悔之。
At that time Lady Liangdi was favored; Tan's nature was loyal and outspoken, and in attending the emperor he repeatedly spoke of Liangdi's self-indulgence; Fuguo linked inside and outside, intending to overturn the heir. From then on, he was daily slandered by Liangdi and Fuguo, who spread word that "Prince of Jianning resented not holding military authority and secretly harbored divergent ambitions." Suzong was angered and ordered Tan to death. Afterward he came to his senses and regretted it.
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明年冬，廣平王收復兩京，遣判官李泌入朝獻捷。 泌與上有東宮之舊，從容語及建寧事，肅宗改容謂泌曰：「倓於艱難時實得氣力，無故為下人之所間，欲圖害其兄，朕以社稷大計，割愛而為之所也。」 泌對曰：「爾時臣在河西，豈不知其故。 廣平兄弟，天倫篤睦，至今廣平言及建寧，則嗚咽不已。 陛下之言，出於讒口也。」 帝因泣下曰：「事已及此，無如之何！」 泌因奏曰：「臣幼稚時念《黃臺瓜辭》，陛下嘗聞其說乎？ 高宗大帝有八子，睿宗最幼。 天後所生四子，自為行第，故睿宗第四。 長曰孝敬皇帝，為太子監國，而仁明孝悌。 天後方圖臨朝，乃鴆殺孝敬，立雍王賢為太子。 賢每日憂惕，知必不保全，與二弟同侍於父母之側，無由敢言。 乃作《黃臺瓜辭》，令樂工歌之，冀天後聞之省悟，即生哀湣。 辭云：『種瓜黃臺下，瓜熟子離離。 一摘使瓜好，再摘令瓜稀，三摘猶尚可，四摘抱蔓歸。』 而太子賢終為天後所逐，死於黔中。 陛下有今日運祚，已一摘矣，慎無再摘。」 上愕然曰：「公安得有是言！」 時廣平王立大功，亦為張皇后所忌，潛構流言，泌因事諷動之。
The next winter, Prince of Guangling recovered the two capitals and sent judge Li Bi to court to present the victory. Bi had old ties with the emperor from the Eastern Palace; speaking at ease of Prince of Jianning, Suzong changed countenance and said to Bi: "Tan truly gave strength in the time of hardship; for no reason he was slandered by men beneath him, said to be plotting harm to his elder brother; for the great plan of the state, I severed affection and did what had to be done." Bi replied: "At that time your servant was in Hexi—how could I not know the reason? The brothers of Guangling were bound by natural affection; even now when Guangling speaks of Jianning he sobs without cease. Your Majesty's words issue from slanderous mouths." The emperor wept and said: "It has come to this; nothing can be done!" Bi then memorialized: "When your servant was young I recited the Melon-Picking Poem at the Yellow Terrace; has Your Majesty ever heard its story? Emperor Gaozong had eight sons; Ruizong was youngest. The four sons born to Empress Tian arranged their own order among brothers; thus Ruizong was fourth. The eldest was Emperor Xiaojing, who as Crown Prince regent was benevolent, bright, filial, and brotherly. Empress Tian was then plotting to hold court; she poisoned Xiaojing and made Prince of Yong Xian crown prince. Xian daily lived in dread, knowing he could not be preserved; with his two younger brothers he attended their parents' side and dared not speak. He composed the Melon-Picking Poem at the Yellow Terrace and had musicians sing it, hoping Empress Tian would hear and awaken, and pity would arise. The poem runs: 'Melons are planted beneath the Yellow Terrace; when ripe the fruits hang thick. One picking leaves the melons fair; a second thins them; a third is yet tolerable; a fourth leaves only the vine in one's arms.' Yet Crown Prince Xian was finally driven out by Empress Tian and died in Qianzhong. Your Majesty's fortune today has already had one picking—take care there is no second." The emperor started and said: "How can you, sir, speak such words!" At that time Prince of Guangling had achieved great merit and was also envied by Empress Zhang; hidden slander was woven; Bi used the occasion to admonish and move him.
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及代宗即位，深思建寧之冤，追贈齊王。 大歷三年五月，詔曰：「故齊王倓，承天祚之慶，保鴻名之光。 降誌尊賢，高才好學，藝文博洽，智略宏通。 斷必知來，謀皆先事，識無不達，理至逾精。 乃者寇盜橫流，鑾輿南幸。 先聖以宸扆之戀，將侍君親； 惟王以宗廟之重，誓寧家國。 克協朕誌，載符天時，立辨群議之非，同獻五原之計。 中興之盛，實藉奇功。 景命不融，早從厚穸，天倫之愛，震惕良深。 流涕追封，胙於東海，頃加表飾，未極哀榮。 夫以參舊邦再造之勤，成天下一家之業，而存未峻其等，歿未尊其稱，非所以旌徽烈，明至公也。 朕以眇身，纘膺大寶，不及讓王之禮，莫申太弟之嗣，所懷靡殫，邈想逾切，非常之命，寵錫攸宜。 敬用追謚曰承天皇帝，與興信公主第十四女張氏冥婚，謚曰恭順皇后。 有司準式，擇日冊命，改葬於順陵，仍祔於奉天皇帝廟，同殿異室焉。」
When Daizong took the throne, he deeply pondered Jianning's injustice and posthumously enfeoffed him as Prince of Qi. In the fifth month of Dali 3 (768), an edict said: "The late Prince of Qi Tan received Heaven's felicitous blessing and preserved the great name's radiance. He lowered his will to honor the worthy, was lofty in talent and loved learning; his arts and learning were broad and harmonious, his wisdom and stratagem grand and penetrating. In decision he knew what was coming; in planning he always preceded events; in insight nothing was not reached; in principle he went ever deeper. Then when bandits and robbers flowed across the land, the imperial carriage went south. The former sage, from love of the imperial seat, was about to serve lord and parent; only the prince, from the weight of the ancestral temple, swore to give the state and house peace. He accorded with my will and matched Heaven's time; he promptly distinguished the error of the many opinions and together offered the plan of the Five Plains. The splendor of restoration truly relied on his singular merit. His bright mandate did not fuse; early he followed the deep tomb; love within the natural bond shook and grieved the good deeply. With flowing tears he was posthumously enfeoffed in Donghai; shortly after, honors were added, yet the utmost of mourning glory was not reached. To share in the toil of restoring the old domain and completing the enterprise of one family under Heaven, yet in life not raise his rank and in death not exalt his title—this is not how to display heroic virtue and make utmost fairness clear. I, in my slight person, have succeeded to the great treasure; I did not attain the rites of yielding the throne; I could not declare the succession of the Grand Younger Brother; what I harbor is not exhausted; distant thought grows ever keener; an extraordinary command, favor and bestowal, is fitting. Respectfully use posthumous title Emperor Chengtian; perform posthumous marriage with the fourteenth daughter of Princess Xingxin, Lady Zhang; posthumous title Empress Gongshun. The relevant offices shall follow regulation, choose a day for investiture, reinter at Shun Mausoleum, and still enshrine at the Temple of Emperor Fengtian, same hall, separate chamber."
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衛王佖，肅宗第四子。 天寶中，封西平郡王，授殿中監同正員。 早薨。 寶應元年五月，追贈衛王。
Prince of Wei Bi was Suzong's fourth son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Xiping commandery and appointed Director of the Palace Domestic Service with Honorary Rank. He died early. In the fifth month of Baoying 1 (762), he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Wei.
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彭王僅，肅宗第五子。 天寶中，封新城郡王，授鴻臚卿同正員。 至德二年十二月，進封彭王。 乾元二年冬，史思明再陷河洛，關東用兵，人情震懼，群臣請以親王遙統兵柄。 三年四月詔曰：
Prince of Peng Jin was Suzong's fifth son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Xincheng commandery and appointed Minister of the Court of Imperial Stud with Honorary Rank. In the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757), he was promoted to Prince of Peng. In the winter of Qianyuan 2 (759), Shi Siming again took Heshuo; troops were deployed east of the Pass; popular sentiment was shaken with fear; ministers requested that an imperial prince hold military command at a distance. In the fourth month of the third year, an edict said:
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古之哲王，宅中禦宇，莫不內封子弟，外建籓維。 故周稱百代，抑聞麟趾之美； 漢命六官，亦樹犬牙之制。 歷考前載，率由舊章。 朕以薄德，纘承鴻緒，屬豺狼未殄，金革猶虞。 賴文武藎臣，協心同德，庶克清於玄昆，期永保於皇圖。 且授鉞分符，義已先於用武； 又維城作翰，道方弘於建親。 咨爾分閫之崇，成予磐石之固。 彭王僅等，銀潢毓慶，璿萼分輝，忠孝稟於天成，文武稱其備用。 今三秦之地，萬國來庭，誠宜列皇子以建封，崇懿籓而制勝，是資固本，委以臨戎。 彭王僅可充河西節度大使，兗王僴可充北庭節度大使，涇王侹可充隴右節度大使，杞王倕可充陜西節度大使，興王佋可充鳳翔節度大使。
The wise kings of antiquity, dwelling at the center and ruling the realm, all enfeoffed sons within and established feudatories without. Thus Zhou was styled for a hundred generations, and one still hears of the beauty of the Linzhi; Han appointed the six ministers and also set the system of dog-teeth. Examining former records, all follow the old statutes. I, of meager virtue, have succeeded to the great succession; wolves and jackals are not yet extinguished; arms and armor still give concern. Relying on civil and martial ministers of loyalty, hearts joined in one virtue, I hope to clear the dark north and forever preserve the imperial design. Moreover to confer axe and tally—the meaning already precedes the use of arms; again to make the wall and the writing brush—the Way is just then enlarged by establishing kin. I charge you, the honored of the divided commands, to complete my bedrock solidity. Prince of Peng Jin and others—the silver river brought forth blessing; jade calyx shared radiance; loyalty and filial piety received from Heaven's completion; civil and martial called complete in readiness. Now the land of Three Qins, ten thousand states come to court—truly sons should be arrayed to establish enfeoffment, exalted feudatories regulated to overcome—this supports the root and entrusts them to face the army. Prince of Peng Jin may serve as military commissioner of Hexi; Prince of Yan Xian may serve as military commissioner of Beiting; Prince of Jing Ting may serve as military commissioner of Longyou; Prince of Qi Chui may serve as military commissioner of Shaanxi; Prince of Xing Shao may serve as military commissioner of Fengxiang.
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僅，是歲薨。 子鎮，授太仆卿同正員，封常山郡王。
Jin died that year. His son Zhen was appointed Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud with Honorary Rank and enfeoffed as Prince of Changshan commandery.
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兗王僴，肅宗第六子。 母韋妃，刑部尚書堅之妹。 肅宗在東宮，選為太子妃，生僴及永和公主。 堅後為李林甫誣構被誅，太子懼，奏請與妃離異，於別宮安置，僴，天寶中封潁川郡王，授太子詹事同正員。 至德二年十二月，進封兗王。 乾元三年，領北庭節度大使。 寶應元年薨。
Prince of Yan Xian was Suzong's sixth son. His mother was Consort Wei, younger sister of Wei Jian, Minister of Punishments. When Suzong was in the Eastern Palace, she was chosen as crown prince's consort; she bore Xian and Princess Yonghe. Later Jian was slandered and framed by Li Linfu and executed; the Crown Prince feared and memorialized requesting separation from the consort, placing her in a separate palace; Xian, during Tianbao, was enfeoffed as Prince of Yingchuan commandery and appointed Crown Prince's Household Administrator with Honorary Rank. In the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757), he was promoted to Prince of Yan. In Qianyuan 3 (760), he held the post of military commissioner of Beiting. He died in Baoying 1 (762).
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涇王侹，肅宗第七子。 天寶中，封東陽郡王，授光祿卿同正員。 至德二載十二月，進封涇王。 乾元三年，領隴右節度大使。 興元元年薨。
Prince of Jing Ting was Suzong's seventh son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Dongyang commandery and appointed Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices with Honorary Rank. In the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757), he was promoted to Prince of Jing. In Qianyuan 3 (760), he held the post of military commissioner of Longyou. He died in Xingyuan 1 (784).
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鄆王榮，肅宗第八子。 天寶中，封靈昌郡王。 早世。 寶應元年五月，追贈鄆王。
Prince of Yun Rong was Suzong's eighth son. During the Tianbao era, he was enfeoffed as Prince of Lingchang commandery. He died young. In the fifth month of Baoying 1 (762), he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Yun.
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襄王僙，肅宗第九子。 至德二載十二月，封襄王。 貞元七年正月薨。
Prince of Xiang Pu was Suzong's ninth son. In the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757), he was enfeoffed as Prince of Xiang. He died in the first month of Zhenyuan 7 (791).
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杞王倕，肅宗第十子。 母段婕妤，貞元六年六月贈為昭儀。 倕，至德二載封，貞元十四年薨。
Prince of Qi Chui was Suzong's tenth son. His mother was Lady Duan, Jieyu; in the sixth month of Zhenyuan 6 (790), she was posthumously made Zhaoyi. Chui was enfeoffed in Zhide 2 (757); he died in Zhenyuan 14 (798).
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召王偲，肅宗第十一子。 至德二載十二月封，元和元年薨。
Prince of Shao Si was Suzong's eleventh son. Enfeoffed in the twelfth month of Zhide 2 (757); he died in Yuanhe 1 (806).
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恭懿太子佋，肅宗第十二子。 至德二載封興王。 上元元年六月薨。 佋，皇后張氏所生，上尤鐘受。 後屢危太子，欲以興王為儲貳，會薨而止。 七月丁亥，詔曰：
Crown Prince Gongyi Shao was Suzong's twelfth son. Enfeoffed as Prince of Xing in Zhide 2 (757). He died in the sixth month of Shangyuan 1 (760). Shao was born to Empress Zhang; the emperor especially cherished him. Later she repeatedly endangered the Crown Prince, intending to make Prince of Xing heir designate; when he died the plan stopped. On the dinghai day of the seventh month, an edict said:
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厚禮所以飾終，易名所以表行。 況情鐘天屬，寵及褒封，載疇加等之美，式備元儲之贈，永懷軫念，有惻彜章。 第十二子故興王佋，毓慶璿源，分華若木，天資純孝，神假聰明。 河間聚書，幼聞樂善之旨； 延陵聽樂，早得知音之妙。 頃以暫嬰沈瘵，殆積旬時，而資敬益彰，穎晤逾爽。 愛親之戀，言不間於斯須； 告訣之辭，事先符於夢寐。 顧惟至性，實切深哀。 將胙土析珪，載崇籓翰，聞《詩》對《易》，爰就琢磨。 方冀成立，豈期天喪。 瑤英始茂，遽摧於當春； 隙駟俄遷，忽沈於厚夜。 興言痛悼，閔惜良深。 宜賁寵於青宮，俾哀榮於玄穸。 可贈太子，謚曰恭懿。 應緣喪葬，所司準式，仍令京兆尹劉晏充監護使。
Grand rites adorn the end; changing the name displays conduct. Moreover when affection binds the heavenly kin and favor reaches ennoblement, conferring added rank's beauty and preparing the heir designate's gift—eternal thought grieves; there is sorrow in the constant rule. The twelfth son, the late Prince of Xing Shao, received blessing from the jade source and shared brilliance like the tree of dawn; by nature purely filial, by spirit lent bright intelligence. The Prince of Hejian gathered books; in youth he heard the aim of delighting in good; Yanling listened to music; early he knew the subtlety of knowing tone. Recently he briefly suffered a deep illness for nearly ten days; yet reverence grew ever clearer and quick understanding ever brighter. Love for kin—his words did not part for an instant; words of farewell—affairs beforehand matched dreams. Looking to his utmost nature, grief cut truly deep. About to enfeoff land and divide the jade tally, further exalt the feudal writing brush; hearing the Odes and facing the Changes, then take to polishing. Just hoped he would be established—who expected Heaven's loss. Jade blossoms just lush—suddenly broken in the present spring; the gap carriage soon moved—suddenly sunk in the deep night. Speaking brings painful mourning; pity and regret are truly deep. He should be honored in the Eastern Palace and given mourning glory in the dark tomb. He may be posthumously made Crown Prince; posthumous title Gongyi; for funeral matters the relevant offices shall follow regulation; still order Capital Intendant Liu Yan to serve as overseer of the funeral. An edict ordered Chancellor Li Kuo to bear the tally and perform investiture.
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詔宰臣李揆持節冊命。 十一月，葬於高陽原。 其哀冊曰：
In the eleventh month he was buried at Gaoyang Plain. The mourning eulogy says: In the first year of Shangyuan, year star gengzi, sixth month, day jiwei, first day, twenty-sixth day jiashen—the emperor's twelfth son, Prince of Xing Shao, holding commission as military commissioner and observation commissioner of Fengxiang and three other circuits, died in the inner residence of the Middle Capital; the coffin was placed on the west steps of the bedchamber.
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維上元元年，太歲庚子，六月己未朔，二十六日甲申，皇第十二子、持節鳳翔等四州節度觀察大使興王佋，薨於中京內邸，殯於寢之西階。 粵八月丁亥，冊贈皇太子，廟號恭懿。 冬十一月庚寅，詔葬於長安之高陽原，禮也。 燕隧開封，龍辒進轍，陳祖載而就位，儼塗芻以成列。 皇帝哀玉林之悶景，憫璿萼之罹霜，瞻龍綍而增思，懷雁池而永傷。 考謚惟古，褒崇有式。 爰詔史司，恭宣懿德。 其辭曰：
On the dinghai day of the eighth month, he was posthumously invested as Crown Prince; temple title Gongyi. In the eleventh month, day gengyin, an edict ordered burial at Gaoyang Plain of Chang'an—ritual propriety. The swallow path opened the seal; the dragon carriage advanced its wheels; the ancestral offerings were set in place; the road straw was arrayed in ranks. The emperor mourned the jade grove's hidden radiance and pitied the jade calyx's meeting frost; gazing at the dragon edict he added thought and cherishing the wild-goose pool was eternal wound. Examining posthumous title by antiquity; praise and exaltation have form. Thereupon he ordered the historiographers to declare the honored virtue. The text says: Heaven blessed Tang, generation after generation doubled radiance; the restored imperial scene again bound the heavenly net.
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惟天祚唐，累葉重光，中興宸景，再紐乾綱。 本枝建國，磐石疏疆，克開龍胤，實曰賢王。 驪源孕彩，日幹騰芳，深仁廣孝，蘊藝含章。 秀發童年，惠彰齔齒，蹈禮知方，承尊葉旨。 對日流辯，占鳳擅美，魯、衛後塵，間、平絕軌。 胡孽初構，王師未班，爰從繈褓，載歷險艱。 愛備中掖，名崇懿籓，居常稟訓，動不違顏。 禮及佩觿，朝加分器，胙土延渥，登壇受帥。 玉質金聲，文經武緯，樂善為寶，崇儒是貴。 浚哲外朗，溫文內深，閱書成誦，觀樂表音。 《五經》在口，六律諧心，才優藝洽，絕古超今。 蛇豕猶梗，寰區未乂。 滌慮祈真，焚香演偈。 食去葷血，心依定惠。 庶福邦家，俾清兇穢。 霧露嬰疾，聰明害神，沈彖始遘，彌曠盈旬。 止慮無擾，發言有倫，在膏方亟，問膳逾勤。 雲物告征，星辰變象，楚藥無救，秦醫莫仗。 靈儀窅而上賓，徽音邈其長往。 違舊邸於青社，即幽陵於黃壤。 嗚呼哀哉！ 魂氣奪兮去何之，精靈存兮孝有思。 念君親之永隔，托夢寐而來辭。 延桂宮而震悼，貫椒壸而纏悲。 旌遺芳於碣館，賁新命於儲闈。 鳴呼哀哉！ 先遠戒候，占龜獻吉。 指鶉野而西臨，背鳳城而右出。 天慘慘而苦霧，山蒼蒼而曀日。 望馳道而長辭，赴幽塗而永畢。 嗚呼哀哉！ 生為寵王兮宸愛所鐘，歿追上嗣兮朝典斯崇。 升玉笙於洞府，閱銀棨於泉宮。 金石誰固，人生有終，簡冊攸記兮德音無窮。 敢直詞於篆美，庶永代而成風。 鳴呼哀哉！
This branch established states; bedrock opened the frontier; it opened the dragon seed—truly called the worthy prince. The Li source bore color; the sun stem exhaled fragrance; deep benevolence, broad filial piety; arts stored, virtue contained. Excellence issued in childhood; grace shown in early teeth; treading rites, knowing direction; receiving honor, grasping the aim. Facing the sun, flowing eloquence; divining the phoenix, monopolizing beauty; Lu and Wei followed after; Jian and Ping broke the track. When the barbarian plague first formed and the royal army had not returned, from swaddling clothes he passed through danger and hardship. Love filled the inner palace; name honored the exalted feudatory; in residence he always received instruction; in movement he did not depart from countenance. Rites reached the girdle pendant; court added divided vessels; enfeoffment land extended favor; ascending the altar received command. Jade quality, golden voice; literary warp, martial weft; delighting in good as treasure; honoring the ru as precious. Deep wisdom outwardly bright; warm culture inwardly deep; reading books committed to memory; viewing music displayed tone. The Five Classics in the mouth; six pitches harmonized the heart; talent excellent, arts thorough—surpassing antiquity, exceeding the present. Serpent and swine still blocked; the realm not yet governed. He cleared thought and prayed to truth; burned incense and expounded Buddhist verses. Food departed from meat and blood; the heart relied on meditation and wisdom. He hoped blessing for the state and house, that the violent defilement be cleared. Fog and dew afflicted illness; brightness harmed the spirit; deep calamity first met; full more than ten days. Resting thought without disturbance; issuing words with order; on the verge of cure yet urgent; inquiring after meals ever more diligent. Cloud things announced signs; stars changed their images; Chu drugs had no save; Qin physicians had no reliance. The spirit carriage ascended to be guest; honored tone departed on the long journey. Leaving the old residence for the green altar; approaching the dark mound for yellow earth. Alas, mourning! Soul-breath seized—whither did it go; spirit preserved—filial piety still remembers. Mindful of lord and parent's eternal parting; trusting dreams to come and bid farewell. Extending cassia palace with shaken grief; piercing pepper chamber with wound upon wound. Displaying lingering fragrance at the stone lodge; honoring the new command at the heir's gate. Alas, mourning! The distant dead warned of the season; divining tortoise presented auspiciousness. Pointing to the quail wilds and facing west; with Phoenix city at the back going out to the right. Heaven grim and bitter fog; mountains dark and sun eclipsed. Gazing at the galloping road for long farewell; going to the dark path for eternal completion. Alas, mourning! In life the favored prince—imperial love was his bell; in death pursued as heir—court rule thus exalted. Raising jade panpipes in the cave mansion; reviewing silver tally at the spring palace. Metal and stone—who makes them firm; human life has an end; the bamboo slip records—virtuous sound without end. Daring straight words in seal-script beauty; hoping eternal generations to become custom. Alas, mourning! When Shao died he was eight years old.
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佋薨時年八歲。 既薨之夕，肅宗、張後俱夢佋有如平昔，拜辭流涕而去。 帝方寢疾，追念過深，故特以儲闈之贈寵之。 上疾累月方平。
On the night he died, Suzong and Empress Zhang both dreamed Shao as in ordinary times, bowing in farewell with flowing tears before departing. The emperor was then ill; remembrance cut too deep—therefore he was especially favored with the heir's gate gift. The emperor's illness accumulated for months before it eased. Prince of Ding Tong was Suzong's thirteenth son.
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定王侗，肅宗第十三子。 亦張後所生，佋之母弟。 至德二載，封定王。 寶應初薨，時年甚幼。
Also born to Empress Zhang; Shao's younger brother by the same mother. Enfeoffed as Prince of Ding in Zhide 2 (757). He died early in Baoying; he was very young. Prince of Song Xi was Suzong's fourteenth son.
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宋王僖，肅宗第十四子。 初封淮陽王，早夭，追封宋王。
First enfeoffed as Prince of Huaiyang; died young; posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Song. Emperor Daizong had twenty sons: Empress Ruizhen Shen bore Emperor Dezong; Consort Cui bore Crown Prince Zhaojing; Empress Dugu bore Prince of Han Hui;
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代宗皇帝二十子：睿真皇后沈氏生德宗皇帝，崔妃生昭靖太子，獨孤皇后生韓王迥； 余十七王，舊史不載母氏所出。
The remaining seventeen princes—the old histories do not record which mothers bore them. Crown Prince Zhaojing Miao was Daizong's second son.
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昭靖太子邈，代宗第二子， 封鄭王。 大歷初，代皇太子為天下兵馬元帥。 王好讀書，以儒行聞。 大歷九年薨，廢朝三日，由是罷元帥之職。 上惜其才早夭，冊贈昭靖太子，葬於萬年縣界。
He was enfeoffed as Prince of Zheng. In early Dali, he replaced the Crown Prince as commander-in-chief of all armies and cavalry under Heaven. The prince loved reading and was known for Confucian conduct. He died in Dali 9 (774); court audiences were suspended for three days; from this the post of commander-in-chief was abolished. The emperor regretted his talent dying young; he was posthumously invested as Crown Prince Zhaojing and buried within the border of Wannian county. Prince of Jun Xia was Daizong's third son.
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均王遐，代宗第三子。 早夭，追封。
He died young and was posthumously enfeoffed. Prince of Mu Shu was Daizong's fourth son.
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睦王述，代宗第四子。 大歷九年冬，田承嗣謀亂河朔，時鄭王居長，典兵師，不幸薨落，諸王皆幼，多未封建。 大臣奏議請封親王，分領戎師，以威天下。 十年二月，詔曰：
In the winter of Dali 9 (774), Tian Chengsi plotted rebellion in Heshuo; at that time Prince of Zheng was eldest and held the army; unfortunately he died; all princes were young and mostly not yet enfeoffed. Ministers submitted requesting enfeoffment of imperial princes to divide command of armies and awe the realm. In the second month of the tenth year, an edict said: The system of Yu and Xia—sons enfeoffed at a distance;
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虞、夏之制，諸子疏封； 漢、魏以還，十連授律。 是用錫珪班瑞，盤石開疆，信通邑之紀綱，為中都之屏翰。 然則旌鉞之寄，推擇攸難，因親之任，各膺其命。 第四子述、第五子逾、第六子連、第七子迥、第八子遘、第十三子造、第十四子暹、第十五子運、第十六子遇、第十七子遹、第十八子通、第十九子逵、第二十子逸等，並敏茂純懿，稟於衷誠，溫良孝恭，形於進對，動皆合義，居必有常。 可以理眾靖人，撫封宣化，而總列城之賦，繕分閫之謀，克勤公家，允輔王室。 今則均茅社之寵，盛槐庭之儀，授鉞登車，嗣茲朝典，維城之固，爾其懋哉。 述可封睦王，充嶺南節度支度營田、五府經略觀察處置等大使； 逾可封郴王，充渭北鄜、坊等州節度大使； 連可封恩王； 韓王迥可汴、宋等節度觀察處置等大使； 遘可封鄜王； 造可封忻王，充昭義軍節度觀察處置等大使； 暹可封韶王，運可封嘉王，遇可封端王，遹可封循王，通可封恭王，逵可封原王，逸可封雅王：仍並可封開府儀同三司。
from Han and Wei onward, ten circuits received the laws of war. Therefore jade tally and patterned gifts were bestowed, bedrock opened the frontier—trust in the discipline of the fiefs, as the screen and rampart of the middle capital. Yet the charge of banner and axe—choice is hard; the trust of kin—each receives his command. The fourth son Shu, fifth son Yu, sixth son Lian, seventh son Hui, eighth son Gou, thirteenth son Zao, fourteenth son Xian, fifteenth son Yun, sixteenth son Yu, seventeenth son Yu, eighteenth son Tong, nineteenth son Kui, twentieth son Yi—all keen, lush, pure, and excellent, received from inner sincerity; warm, good, filial, and respectful, shown in advancing replies; in movement all accord with righteousness, in residence always constant. They can govern the multitude and quiet the people, soothe the enfeoffment and declare transformation; together marshal the tribute of the walled cities and repair the plans of the divided commands; diligently serving the public house, truly assisting the royal house. Now equally bestow the favor of thatched altars; grand the ceremony of the sophora court; confer axe and ascend carriage—inherit this court's statute; the solidity of the wall—exert yourselves! Shu may be enfeoffed as Prince of Mu and serve as military commissioner of Lingnan, frontier supply, farming, and the five prefectures' pacification and observation commissioner; Yu may be enfeoffed as Prince of Chen and serve as military commissioner of Weibei, Bin, and Fang; Lian may be enfeoffed as Prince of En; Prince of Han Hui may serve as military commissioner of Bian, Song, and other circuits' pacification and observation commissioner; Gou may be enfeoffed as Prince of Bin; Zao may be enfeoffed as Prince of Xin and serve as military commissioner of Zhaoyi's pacification and observation commissioner; Xian may be enfeoffed as Prince of Shao; Yun may be enfeoffed as Prince of Jia; Yu may be enfeoffed as Prince of Duan; Yu may be enfeoffed as Prince of Xun; Tong may be enfeoffed as Prince of Gong; Kui may be enfeoffed as Prince of Yuan; Yi may be enfeoffed as Prince of Ya: all may also be enfeoffed as Grand Preceptor with Honorary Credentials Equal to the Three Excellencies. At that time, imperial sons old enough to wear shortened robes were all given princely titles and did not leave the palace.
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是時，皇子勝衣者盡加王爵，不出閣。 德宗朝，述為諸王之長。 時分命中使周行天下，求訪沈太后，詔以睦王為奉迎太后使，以工部尚書喬琳副之。 貞元七年薨。
In Dezong's reign, Shu was eldest among the princes. At that time orders were separately sent for inner envoys to travel the realm seeking Empress Dowager Shen; an edict made Prince of Mu the commissioner to welcome the Empress Dowager, with Qiao Lin, Minister of Works, as deputy. He died in Zhenyuan 7 (791). Prince of Dan Yu was Daizong's fifth son.
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丹王逾，代宗第五子。 大歷十年，封郴王，領渭北鄜坊節度大使， 改丹王。 薨。
In Dali 10 (775), he was enfeoffed as Prince of Chen and held the post of military commissioner of Weibei, Bin, and Fang. He was changed to Prince of Dan. He died. Prince of En Lian was Daizong's sixth son.
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恩王連，代宗第六子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died. Prince of Han Hui was Daizong's seventh son.
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韓王迥，代宗第七子。 以母寵，既生而受封，雖沖幼，恩在鄭王之亞， 封韓王。 薨，時年四十七。
Because his mother was favored, he received enfeoffment at birth; though still an infant, favor ranked next after Prince of Zheng. He was enfeoffed as Prince of Han. He died, aged forty-seven. Prince of Jian Gou was Daizong's eighth son.
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簡王遘，代宗第八子。 大歷十年，封鄜王，建中四年，改封簡王。 薨。
In Dali 10 (775), he was enfeoffed as Prince of Bin; in Jianzhong 4 (783), his title was changed to Prince of Jian. He died. Prince of Yi Nai was Daizong's ninth son.
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益王乃，代宗第九子。 大歷四年封。
Enfeoffed in Dali 4 (769). Prince of Sui Xun was Daizong's tenth son.
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隋王迅，代宗第十子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died. Prince of Jing Xuan, Daizong's eleventh son, died young.
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荊王選，代宗第十一子，早世。 正月，追封荊王，贈開府儀同三司。
In the first month, he was posthumously enfeoffed as Prince of Jing and posthumously granted Grand Preceptor with Honorary Credentials Equal to the Three Excellencies. Prince of Shu Su was Daizong's twelfth son.
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蜀王溯，代宗第十二子。 大歷十四年封。 本名遂，建中二年改今名。
Enfeoffed in Dali 14 (779). Original name Sui; in Jianzhong 2 (781), the present name was adopted. Prince of Xin Zao was Daizong's thirteenth son.
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忻王造，代宗第十三子。 大歷十年封，仍領昭義軍節度觀察大使。 薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he still held the post of military commissioner of Zhaoyi's pacification and observation. He died. Prince of Shao Xian was Daizong's fourteenth son.
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韶王暹，代宗第十四子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died. Prince of Jia Yun was Daizong's fifteenth son.
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嘉王運，代宗第十五子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died. Prince of Duan Yu was Daizong's sixteenth son.
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端王遇，代宗第十六子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died. Prince of Xun Yu was Daizong's seventeenth son.
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循王遹，代宗第十七子。 大歷十年封。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775). Prince of Gong Tong was Daizong's eighteenth son.
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恭王通，代宗第十八子。 大歷十年封。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775). Prince of Yuan Kui was Daizong's nineteenth son.
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原王逵，代宗第十九子。 大歷十年封。 大和六年薨。
Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775). He died in Taihe 6 (832). Prince of Ya Yi was Daizong's twentieth son.
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雅王逸，代宗第二十子。 大歷十年封，薨。
Prince of Ya Yi was Daizong's twentieth son. Enfeoffed in Dali 10 (775); he died.
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史臣曰：艷妻破國，孽子敗宗。 前代英傑之君，率不免於斯累者，何也？ 良以愛惡不由於義斷，毀譽遽逐於情移。 雖申生孝己之仁，卒不能回君父之愛，悲哉！ 孝宣皇帝當屯剝之運，收忠義之心，忍行愛子之刑，終宥奸閹之罪，大雅君子，為之痛心。 張後卒以兇終，固其宜矣。
The historiographer says: A beautiful wife destroys a state; a wicked son ruins the clan. Former ages' brilliant and heroic rulers mostly could not escape this burden—why? Truly because love and hate did not follow judgment of righteousness; ruin and praise suddenly shifted with emotion. Though Shen Sheng and Xiao Ji had the benevolence of filial sons, in the end they could not turn back a lord-father's love—alas! Emperor Xiaoxuan, when fortune was withdrawn and stripped, gathered hearts of loyalty and righteousness; he endured executing a beloved son, yet finally pardoned the crime of treacherous eunuchs—great refined gentlemen were pained at heart for this. Empress Zhang finally met a violent end—fitting indeed.
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贊曰：床簀之愛，人情易惑。 以義制情，哲王令德。 李侯悟主，韻諧金石。 褒謚建寧，良堪太息。
The encomium says: Love of bed and mat—human feeling is easily misled. To restrain feeling by righteousness—the wise king's fine virtue. Marquis Li moved his lord; his rhyme harmonized metal and stone. Praising and posthumously titling Jianning—truly worth a deep sigh.