Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Daizong 代宗

Daizong

Attested AD 763 - AD 779

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Daizong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 763 to AD 779 召還京師
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 144
AD 763 屬吐蕃寇陷京師，代宗幸陜
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 136

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 136

Events and relationships

Prepared to reemploy Di Wuqi and summoned him to the capital
Political · Ruler · With Di Wuqi (第五琦)
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 144
Withdrew to Shaan when Tibetans seized the capital
AD 763 屬吐蕃寇陷京師，代宗幸陜 · Military · Ruler · At Shaan 陜
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 136

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 1 passage

屬吐蕃寇陷京師，代宗幸陜，關內副元帥郭子儀請琦為糧料使、兼御史大夫，充關內元帥副使。 When Tibetan forces stormed the capital and Emperor Daizong withdrew to Shaan, Guo Ziyi—the deputy commander of Guannei—asked that Di Wuqi serve as grain commissioner and censor-in-chief, and as his second-in-command.