Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Dezong 德宗

Dezong

Attested AD 780 - AD 805

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Dezong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 780 to AD 805 德宗
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passages 239, 244

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 239

Events and relationships

Anger exploited in plot
AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · Political · Ruler · With Li Xun (巽)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 239
Ordered execution
AD 780 to AD 805 德宗 · Legal · Ruler · With Dou Can (竇參)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 127, passage 244

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 127Volume 123 Biographies 73: Liu Yan, Di Wuqi, Ban Hong, Ban Shao, Li Xun · 2 passages

然性強很狡惡，忌刻頗甚，乘德宗之怒，謀殺竇參，物論冤之。 Yet he was by nature stubborn, ruthless, and deeply jealous. Exploiting Emperor Dezong's wrath he engineered the death of Dou Can—a killing widely regarded as unjust.

及參之貶，士寧嘗以絹數千匹賂參，巽在湖南具奏其事，言參與籓鎮交通，德宗怒，遂賜參死，議者冤之。 When Dou Can was demoted, Liu Shining had once given him several thousand bolts of silk as a bribe. Reporting from Hunan, Li Xun laid out the full story, accusing Can of trafficking with frontier military governors. Emperor Dezong was enraged and ordered Dou Can executed—a death many considered a miscarriage of justice.