Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Gaozu 高祖

Gaozu

Attested AD 617 - AD 630

Passages: 13
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 624 公祏反
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 80
AD 620 to AD 621 從戰東都
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passages 176, 181
AD 620 to AD 630 會頡利亦召之
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 109
AD 624 武德七年二月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 39
AD 619 武德二年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 142
AD 622 to AD 623 秦王擊劉黑闥
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 144

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AD 618 to AD 626 高祖
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 148
AD 617 高祖兵起
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 173
AD 621 to AD 622 高祖授以東南道行臺尚書令
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passage 30
AD 618 to AD 626 高祖移檄招之
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 92, passages 86, 100

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passages 30, 80, 86, 109
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 148

Works and attributed material

You routed ten thousand rebels with thirteen men. Never in history has so small a force overcome so large.
Edict · Author · With Wang Junguo (王君廓) · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 176
Speech · Speaker · With Zhang Shigui (張士貴) · Direct quotation
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 89
Lin Xiangru faced down the King of Qin; Wang Junguo's fury against Dou Jiande matched the ancients; he would not be rewarded by the ordinary standard
Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passages 181-183

Events and relationships

Sent gold bond
Diplomatic · Sender · With Yuan Pu (元普)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 109
Summoned
AD 617 高祖兵起 · Military · Recruiter · With Wang Junguo (王君廓)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 173

Assessments and attributes

Assessment honored Wang Xiongdan's loyalty · With Wang Xiongdan (王雄誕) · Mode named-source-report Source Person Id Emperor Gaozu (高祖)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 80
Item iron certificate of immunity 鐵券 · Relation Bestowed · With Yuan Junzhang (苑君璋)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 100
Item the emperor's own horse 所乘馬 · Relation Bestowed on · With Wang Junguo (王君廓)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 92, passage 181

References in the histories

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History

13 passages

New Book of Tang, Chapter 92Volume 92 Biographies 17: Du, Kan, Wang, Li, Yuan, Luo, Wang · 13 passages

高祖授以東南道行臺尚書令、江淮安撫大使、上柱國、吳王，賜姓，豫屬籍，以其子德俊為山陽公，賜帛五千段，馬三百匹。 Emperor Gaozu appointed him Director of the Southeastern Circuit Executive Secretariat, Grand Ambassador for the Pacification of Jianghuai, Upper Pillar of State, and King of Wu; granted him the imperial surname and enrolled him in the imperial clan register. His son Dejun was made Duke of Shanyang, and he received five thousand bolts of silk and three hundred horses.

高祖追其官，削屬籍，沒入家產。 Emperor Gaozu stripped him of his offices, removed his name from the imperial clan register, and confiscated his family property.

高祖嘉其節，以子世果襲宜春郡封。 Emperor Gaozu honored his loyalty. His son Shiguo inherited the fief of Yichun.

高祖移檄招之，士貴即降，拜右光祿大夫。 Emperor Gaozu issued a proclamation summoning him to submit. Zhang Shigui surrendered at once and was appointed Right Grand Master of Splendor.

帝曰：「顧令卿衣錦晝遊耳。」 The Emperor said, "I meant for you to return home in glory, clad in brocade by daylight."

高祖遣使招之，賜鐵券，約不死。 Emperor Gaozu sent envoys to summon him, granted him an iron certificate guaranteeing he would not be put to death, and pledged him immunity.

高祖遣雁門人元普賜金券，會頡利亦召之，意猶豫。 Emperor Gaozu sent Yuan Pu of Yanmen to present a gold bond of safe conduct. At the same time Khan Jieli summoned him as well, and Yuan Junzhang wavered between the two.

時竇建德、高開道亦遣使於藝，藝謂官屬曰：「建德等皆劇賊，不足共功名，唐公起兵據關中，民望所系，王業必成，吾決歸之。 Dou Jiande and Gao Kaidao also sent envoys. Luo Yi told his staff, "Jiande and his ilk are nothing but fierce bandits, unfit to share in great deeds. The Duke of Tang has raised his banner in Guanzhong, where the people's hopes rest. His cause is certain to triumph. I have decided to join him.

秦王擊劉黑闥，高祖詔藝弟監門將軍壽以兵從，藝自率眾數萬破劉什善、張君立於徐河。 When the Prince of Qin campaigned against Liu Heidan, Emperor Gaozu ordered Luo Yi's younger brother, gate guard general Luo Shou, to join the army. Luo Yi himself led tens of thousands of men and at the Xu River defeated Liu Shishan and Zhang Junli.

帝厚禮之，拜左翊衛大將軍。 The emperor received him with great honor and appointed him Left Wing Guard Grand General.

高祖怒，以屬吏，久乃釋。 Emperor Gaozu was furious and turned him over to the judicial authorities. Only after a long interval was he released.

高祖兵起，召之，不從。 When Emperor Gaozu raised his army, he summoned Wang Junguo, who refused to come.

入朝，帝賜所乘馬，令自廷中乘以出，謂侍臣曰：「昔藺相如叱秦王，目眥皆烈。 He came to court. The emperor gave him the horse he himself had been riding and told him to mount in the hall and ride out before the court. He said to his ministers, "Long ago Lin Xiangru faced down the King of Qin until his eyes blazed with fury.