Sui and Tang · Emperor

Emperor Gaozu the Divine Progenitor 高祖神堯皇帝

Gaozu Shenyao Huangdi

Attested AD 618 - AD 626

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Gaozu the Divine Progenitor was an 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 15-16

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Ancestor of Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor (開元神武皇帝)
great-grandson 曾孫 · paternal line · 3 generations · Through Intervening ancestor of the Kaiyuan Emperor, Parent of the Kaiyuan Emperor
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 16
Parent of Intervening ancestor of the Kaiyuan Emperor
father 父 · paternal line
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passage 16

Career and standing

emperor 皇帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 15-16
associated deity 配帝
AD 713 to AD 741 開元神武皇帝 · Held
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 12, passages 15-16, 27

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passages 15-16

Events and relationships

Received posthumous libation and announcement
AD 713 to AD 741 開元神武皇帝 · Ritual · Honored associated ancestor · With Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor (開元神武皇帝) · Mode retrospective-commemoration
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 12, passages 15-16, 27

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passages 15-16

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 3 passages

詣配帝酒尊所，執尊者舉冪，侍中取爵於坫以進，皇帝受爵，侍中贊酌汎齊，進高祖神堯皇帝前，東向跪，奠，興，少退，立。 He goes to the associated deity's wine vessel; the attendant raises the cover; the Palace Attendant takes a goblet from the stand and presents it. The emperor receives it; the Palace Attendant intones as he pours the first libation and advances before Emperor Gaozu the Divine Progenitor. He kneels facing east, presents the offering, rises, steps back slightly, and stands.

太祝持版進於左，北向跪，讀祝文曰：「維某年歲次月朔日，曾孫開元神武皇帝臣某，敢昭告于高祖神堯皇帝。」 The Chief Invoker advances with the board to the left, kneels facing north, and reads: "In the year ___, on the ___ day of the first month, the great-grandson, the Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor, your subject ___, ventures to announce to Emperor Gaozu the Divine Progenitor."

詣配帝犧尊所，取爵於坫，酌醴齊，進高祖神堯皇帝前，東向跪，奠爵，興，再拜。 He goes to the associated deity's sacrificial vessel, takes a goblet from the stand, pours the second libation, advances before Emperor Gaozu the Divine Progenitor, kneels facing east, sets down the goblet, rises, and bows twice.