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Emperor Daizong 代宗

Daizong

Attested AD 762 - AD 763

Passages: 9
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Daizong was an emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 762 代宗踐祚
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 65, 78-79
AD 763 廣德初…及上自陜至
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 216, 218

Career and standing

AD 762 代宗踐祚
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 65

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 65

Events and relationships

Granted litter and attendance privileges
AD 762 上特許肩輿至中書 · Political · Ruler · With Miao Jingqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 79
Returned from Shaan after Tibetan raid
AD 763 廣德初 · Military · Ruler · At Shaan 陜
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 218
Wept and assented to refusal of regency
AD 762 上號泣從之 · Political · Ruler · With Miao Jingqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 78
again ordered to serve as mourning regent 又詔晉卿攝冢宰
Relation Ordered · Person Miao Jingqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 65

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 65

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History

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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 9 passages

數日，肅宗晏駕，代宗踐祚，又詔晉卿攝冢宰。 Within days Emperor Suzong died. When Emperor Daizong took the throne he again ordered Jingqing to serve as regent.

昨二十日，陛下於大行皇帝柩前即位，是承先帝遺顧之言，亦前代不易之典。 Only twenty days ago Your Majesty took the throne before the late emperor's coffin—fulfilling his final charge and following an immemorial precedent.

陛下因心純至，天地明察。 Your Majesty's filial heart is utterly sincere—Heaven and Earth themselves bear witness.

但以一日之內，萬務在中，須達宸聰，始成國政。 Yet within a single day ten thousand affairs demand the throne's attention; only when Your Majesty's ear is open to them can the state be governed.

特乞陛下遵遺命，三日而政。 I earnestly beg Your Majesty to follow the testamentary command and assume governance after three days.

臣博聽眾情，不勝懇願，伏望割痛抑哀，則天下悲幸。」 Having heard the people's voice throughout the realm, I cannot contain my earnest plea: I beg Your Majesty to master your grief for the sake of the empire—then the world will know both sorrow and deliverance.'

上號泣從之。 The emperor wept and assented.

時晉卿年已衰暮，又患兩足，上特許肩輿至中書，入閣不趨，累日一視事。 By then Jingqing was elderly and afflicted in both legs. The emperor specially allowed him to be carried in a sedan chair to the Secretariat, to enter the hall without hurrying, and to conduct business only every few days.

及上自陜至，冊為太保，罷知政事，又詔以太保致仕。 When the emperor returned from Shaan, Jingqing was made grand guardian, relieved of government, and again ordered to retire with that title.