Emperor Gaozong (高宗)

Overview

The translated histories identify Emperor Gaozong as a ruler. This record brings together 2 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 Gaozong	高宗	Gāozōng
Temple name	Emperor Gaozong	高宗	Gāozōng

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0120

Roles

Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 上元二年 · Western Year: AD 675
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0220
Source Date: Text: 總章二年 · Western Year: AD 669
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0120

Places and affiliations

Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · xintangshu:045:s0120

Events and relationships

Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: instituted-southern-selection
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0220

Source notes

Historicity: historical
Explicit · xintangshu:045:s0120

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 45Volume 45 Treatises 40: Selecting and Appointing Officials 2 · 2 passages

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高宗總章二年，司列少常伯裴行儉始設長名榜，引銓注法，復定州縣升降為八等，其三京、五府、都護、都督府，悉有差次，量官資授之。 In Gaozong's Zongzhang 2, Pei Xingjian created the long-name roster and nomination rules, ranked prefectures and counties in eight grades, and set posting sequences for the capitals, major prefectures, protectorates, and area commands according to rank and seniority.

高宗上元二年，以嶺南五管、黔中都督府得即任土人，而官或非其才，乃遣郎官、御史為選補使，謂之「南選」。 In Gaozong's Shangyuan 2, because the south could appoint locals who were not always capable, aides and censors were sent as selection commissioners—the "southern selection."