Sui and Tang · Tang Emperor

Emperor Gaozu 高祖神堯皇帝

Gaozu Shenyao Huangdi

Attested AD 618 - AD 626

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu was a Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 626 高祖神堯皇帝
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passages 147, 154

Career and standing

emperor 皇帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 147
associated deity 配
正月上辛 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 154
associated deity 配
冬至 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 147

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passage 147

Events and relationships

Paired in prayer for grain
正月上辛 · Ritual · Associated deity · Other August Supreme Lord of Heaven 昊天上帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 154
Paired in sacrifice
冬至 · Ritual · Associated deity · At Round Mound 圓丘 · Other August Supreme Lord of Heaven 昊天上帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 147

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 147

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 2 passages

冬至祀昊天上帝於圓丘，以高祖神堯皇帝配。 At the winter solstice, sacrifice to the August Supreme Lord of Heaven at the Round Mound, with Emperor Gaozu, the Divine Yao Emperor, as associated recipient.

正月上辛祈穀祀昊天上帝，以高祖神堯皇帝配，五帝在四方之陛。 On the first xin day of the first month, at the prayer-for-grain sacrifice to the August Supreme Lord of Heaven, Emperor Gaozu, the Divine Yao Emperor, serves as associated recipient; the Five Emperors occupy the steps in the four directions.