Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Muzong 穆宗

Muzong

Attested AD 818 - AD 820

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Muzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 820 及居喪
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203
AD 818 to AD 820 穆宗在東宮
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 135, passages 200, 203

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Xianzong (憲宗)
heir apparent 東宮
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203

Career and standing

heir apparent in the Eastern Palace 在東宮
Heir apparent · Held
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203
banished or executed those involved 皆竄逐誅之
AD 820 及居喪 · Punishment · Imposed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203
assumed the throne in mourning 及居喪
AD 820 及居喪
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203
At Eastern Palace 東宮 · Relation Resided at
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203

Events and relationships

Banished or executed participants in the elixir affair
Legal · Authority
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203
Was deeply troubled by the elixir affair while heir apparent
Political · Witness
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 135, passage 203

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 135Volume 131 Biographies 81: Li Mian; Li Gao and His Sons Xianggu and Daogu · 1 passage

穆宗在東宮，扼腕於其事，及居喪，皆竄逐誅之。 While still heir apparent, Muzong had been deeply troubled by these events. Once he assumed the throne in mourning, he banished or executed all those involved.