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Emperor Muzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
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- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 160Volume 156 Biographies 106: Yu Di, Han Hong, Wang Zhixing · 8 passages
其子季友從獵苑中，訴於穆宗，賜謚曰「思」。
His son Jiyou, while hunting in the imperial park, appealed to Emperor Muzong, who changed the posthumous name to Si, "Reflective."
李愬勛臣節將，陛下寵其勛勞，賜其爵祿、車服、第宅則可，若亂朝廷典法，將何以沮勸？
Li Su is a meritorious commander; Your Majesty may reward his service with rank, salary, carriages, robes, and estates—but if he is allowed to overturn court precedent, how will reward and warning retain any force?
伏請速追前詔，卻依太常謚為厲，使朝典無虧，國章不濫。
I humbly beg Your Majesty to revoke the recent edict and restore the Court of Rites' posthumous name Li, so court precedent remains intact and state honor is not debased.
此有國之典禮，陛下勸懲之大柄也。
This is a state's canonical ritual and Your Majesty's chief instrument of reward and warning.
今陛下不忍，改賜為「思」，誠出聖慈，實害聖政。
Now Your Majesty, moved by compassion, has changed it to "Si"—a kindness in intent, but a harm to governance in fact.
伏以陛下自臨宸扆，懋建大中，聞善若驚，從諫不倦。
Since Your Majesty took the throne, you have vigorously pursued the Great Central ideal, welcomed good counsel eagerly, and never wearied of remonstrance.
且如頔之不法，然而陛下不忍加懲，臣恐今後不逞之徒如頔者眾矣！
If one as lawless as Di goes unpunished because Your Majesty cannot bear it, I fear many more like him will follow!
死援頔例，陛下何以處之？
When the dead cite Di's precedent, how will Your Majesty answer them?