Qing · Ruler

Dezong 德宗

Attested AD 1875 - AD 1908

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dezong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1875 to AD 1908 穆宗、德宗兩經垂簾
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 144, passage 126

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 144, passage 126

Events and relationships

Had grand secretary carry execution list by proxy during regency
Ritual · Ruler
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 144, passage 126

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 144, passage 126

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 144Volume 144 Treatises 119: Penal Law 3 · 1 passage

穆宗、德宗兩經垂簾，每逢句到，命大學士一人捧單入內閣恭代，後遂沿為故事。 Under the Muzong and Dezong, during two regencies, whenever execution dates arrived one Grand Secretary carried the list into the Grand Secretariat to act for the throne; this later became fixed practice.