Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor of Sui 帝

Attested AD 613 - AD 616

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor of Sui was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 616 南巡流連；主昏於上
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 66
AD 613 玄感敗後密入關
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 56

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 56, 66
AD 613 玄感敗後密入關
At imperial camp / traveling court 行在 · Relation Held court
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 56-57

Events and relationships

Southern tour dragged on
AD 616 南巡流連 · Travel · Sovereign
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 66

Assessments and attributes

Assessment benighted above while the people were resentful below · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Mi (密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 66

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 2 passages

密羸行入關，為邏所獲，與支黨護送帝所。 Mi, emaciated from the march, entered the passes and was captured by patrols. He and his followers were escorted to the emperor's camp.

時東郡賊翟讓聚黨萬人，密因介其徒王伯當以策幹讓曰：「今主昏於上，人怨於下，銳兵盡之遼海，和親絕於突厥，南巡流連，空棄關輔，此實劉、項挺興之會。 At that time Zhai Rang of Dongjun had gathered a band of ten thousand men. Mi sent his follower Wang Bodang with a plan to approach Rang. "The ruler is benighted above and the people resentful below," he said. "Sharp troops are exhausted at the Liao coast, peace with the Turks is broken, the southern tour drags on, and the capital region is abandoned—this is truly the moment for a Liu Bang or Xiang Yu to rise.