Sui and Tang · Emperor

Emperor 皇帝

Huangdi

Attested AD 618 - AD 907

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor as a ruler. This record brings together 13 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Emperor	皇帝	Huangdi
Title	Emperor	皇帝	Huangdi

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:017:s0028

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 禮樂志嘉禮儀注（無紀年） · Western Interval: Start: AD 618 · End: AD 907
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:017:s0003, xintangshu:017:s0004

Family

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Parent of Crown Prince (皇太子)
Kinship Term: crown prince / 皇太子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal
Parent of Imperial Prince (皇子)
Kinship Term: imperial prince / 皇子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father · Line: paternal

Career and standing

Title: Emperor / 皇帝 · Action: held
Explicit · xintangshu:017:s0003, xintangshu:017:s0004

Places and affiliations

Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: of
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:017:s0003, xintangshu:017:s0004
Place: Hall of Supreme Ultimate / 太極殿 · Relation: rite-performed-at
Explicit · xintangshu:017:s0006, xintangshu:017:s0028

Works and attributed material

Kind: ritual-prayer · Role: addressee · Label: capping prayer and wine blessing during emperor's investiture / 皇帝加元服祝辭
Explicit · xintangshu:017:s0037, xintangshu:017:s0038, xintangshu:017:s0045, xintangshu:017:s0046

Events and relationships

Kind: ritual · Role: recipient · Action: received-capping · Label: Emperor's Coming-of-Age Investiture / 皇帝加元服
Explicit · xintangshu:017:s0003, xintangshu:017:s0004, xintangshu:017:s0028, xintangshu:017:s0037, xintangshu:017:s0039, xintangshu:017:s0043, xintangshu:017:s0056, xintangshu:017:s0057

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 17Volume 17 Treatises 7: Rites and Music 7 · 13 passages

皇帝加元服 The Emperor's Coming-of-Age Investiture

皇帝加元服。 The emperor receives the additional cap of adulthood.

皇帝服空頂黑介幘、絳紗袍，出自西房，即御座立。 Wearing open-topped black cap and crimson gauze robe, the emperor came from the west chamber and took the imperial seat.

皇帝坐。 The emperor sat.

皇帝興，適東房。 The emperor rose and went to the east chamber.

皇帝袞服出，即席南向坐。 The emperor emerged in dragon robes and sat facing south on the mat.

將祝，殿中監率進饌者奉饌設于前，皇帝左執觶，右取脯，擩於棨，祭於籩、豆之間。 Before the prayer, the palace superintendent led servers to set food; the emperor held the goblet left, took dried meat right, dipped it on the stick, and offered between baskets and stands.

太尉取鸑一以進，皇帝奠觶于薦西，受棨，舒左執本，右絕末以祭，上左手嚌之，授太尉。 The Grand Commandant presented one sliced bird; the emperor set the goblet west of the mat, took the stick, left on the base, right severed the tip to offer, tasted with the left hand, and gave it to the Grand Commandant.

皇帝帨手取觶，以柶祭醴，啐醴，建柶，奠觶於薦東。 The emperor wiped his hands, took the goblet, offered to the wine with the ladle, tasted the wine, set the ladle upright, and placed the goblet east of the mat.

皇帝興，入自東房，在位者以次出。 The emperor rose, entered by the east chamber; attendees left in order.

前一日，尚舍設禦幄於太極殿，有司設群官之次位，展縣，設案，陳車輿，皆如皇帝之冠。 The day before, Palace Provisioners set the imperial canopy in the Hall of Supreme Ultimate; officials arranged ranks, bells, tables, and chariots as for the emperor's crowning.

皇帝服通天冠、絳紗袍，乘輿出自西房，即禦坐。 Wearing penetrating-heaven cap and crimson gauze robe, the emperor rode out from the west chamber and took the seat.

賓、贊出，皇帝降坐，入自東房，在位者以次出。 Guest and assistant left; the emperor left the seat, entered by the east chamber; attendees left in order.