Overview
Emperor Dezong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 782 建中三年
AD 781 to AD 782 孝忠絕李惟嶽時
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 7 passages
程日華，定州安喜人，始名華，德宗以其有功，益曰日華。
Cheng Rihua, a native of Anxi in Dingzhou, was originally named Hua; Emperor Dezong, honoring his service, enlarged his name to Rihua.
滄，故成德部州也，孝忠絕李惟嶽，德宗以滄畀義武。
Cangzhou had belonged to Chengde; when Xiaozhong broke with Li Weiyue, Dezong awarded it to Yiwu.
今州十縣瀕海，有魚鹽利自給，此軍本號橫海，將軍能絕易定歸天子，自為一州，甲訓兵，利則出，無利則守，可亢盜喉襟。
Your ten coastal counties live on fish and salt; this command was once called Heng-Hai. Break with Yi and Ding, submit directly to the emperor as an independent circuit, train your army, strike when profit offers and hold when it does not—you can throttle the rebels' lifeline.
君能用仆計，請至京師為天子言之。」
Adopt my plan and I will go to Chang'an and plead your case to the emperor."
日華謂然，乃遣宇西，帝果大喜，拜御史中丞、滄州刺史，復置橫海軍，即以為使，時建中三年也。
Rihua agreed and sent Yu west; the emperor was delighted, named him vice censor-in-chief and prefect of Cang, restored the Heng-Hai command, and made him its military governor in Jianzhong 3 (782).
子懷直擅知留事，帝以日華故，即拜權知滄州刺史。
His son Huaizhi had taken charge in his absence; honoring Rihua's memory, the emperor named him acting prefect of Cang.
河朔刺史不廷授幾三十年，帝嘉其忠，以徐申為景州刺史。
For nearly thirty years the court had not named a Hebei prefect directly; the emperor, admiring his loyalty, appointed Xu Shen to Jingzhou.