Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Ancestral Emperor

Accomplished Ancestor 懿祖

Yizu

Attested AD 450 - AD 520

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Accomplished Ancestor was an Ancestral Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 450 to AD 520 懿祖
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passages 74, 78

Career and standing

Accomplished Ancestor 懿祖
Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 74, 78
Attested
Deceased ancestral spirit
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 74

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Enshrined by
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passage 78
At ancestral temple 宗廟 · Relation Enshrined at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 64, 78

Events and relationships

Received ancestral temple offering
AD 713 to AD 741 開元神武皇帝 · Ritual · Honoree
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 12, passages 74, 78, 93

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 3 passages

奠，詣懿祖尊彝，酌汎齊，進神前，南向跪，奠爵，少西，俛伏，興。 Having presented the offering, he goes to the Accomplished Ancestor's ritual vessel, pours the first libation, advances before the spirit, kneels facing south, sets down the goblet slightly to the west, prostrates, and rises.

次奠太祖、代祖、高祖、太宗、高宗、中宗、睿宗，皆如懿祖。 Next he presents offerings to the Great Ancestor, Replaced Ancestor, High Ancestor, Taizong, Gaozong, Zhongzong, and Ruizong, all following the Accomplished Ancestor's procedure.

次奠懿祖、太祖、代祖、高祖、太宗、高宗、中宗、睿宗如獻祖。 Next he presents offerings to the Accomplished Ancestor, Great Ancestor, Replaced Ancestor, High Ancestor, Taizong, Gaozong, Zhongzong, and Ruizong as at the Offering Ancestor.