Overview
Emperor Suzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 757 平京師
AD 762 玄宗崩
AD 756 肅宗至扶風
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Events and relationships
Did not accept refusal of zhongzai
AD 762 玄宗崩 · Political · Sovereign
Did not follow Jinqing on Chen Xilie
Legal · Sovereign
Gravely ill when Xuanzong died
AD 762 玄宗崩 · Illness · Sovereign
Reached Fufeng and appointed Jinqing
AD 756 肅宗至扶風 · Court · Sovereign · At Fufeng 扶風
Wished to make Li Fuguo palace attendant
References in the histories
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 8 passages
肅宗至扶風，召赴行在，拜左相。
When Emperor Suzong reached Fufeng, Jinqing was summoned to the temporary court and appointed left chancellor.
玄宗崩，肅宗疾甚，詔晉卿攝冢宰，固讓曰：「大行遺詔，皇帝三日聽政，稽祖宗故事，則無冢宰之文，奉遺詔則宜聽朝。
When Emperor Xuanzong died and Emperor Suzong was gravely ill, an edict appointed Jinqing acting chief minister (zhongzai); he firmly declined, saying: "The late emperor's testamentary edict states that the emperor shall hold court after three days; consulting ancestral precedent, there is no provision for a chief minister; following the testamentary edict, he should attend court.
惟陛下順變以幸萬國。」
May Your Majesty alone accommodate the change of circumstances so that the myriad states may be blessed."
帝不聽。
The emperor did not listen.
肅宗欲以李輔國為常侍，奏曰：「常侍近密，非賢不可居，豈宜任等輩？」
When Emperor Suzong wished to make Li Fuguo a palace attendant, Jinqing memorialized: "The palace attendant's post is intimate and close; only the worthy should hold it—how can someone of that sort be appointed?"
朝廷欲論陳希烈等死，晉卿曰：「陛下得張通儒、安守忠、孫孝哲等，何以加罪？」
When the court wished to debate putting Chen Xilie and others to death, Jinqing said, "Your Majesty has already obtained Zhang Tongru, An Shouzhong, Sun Xiaozhe, and the rest—how can you add further punishment?"
帝不從。
The emperor did not agree.
大歷七年，配享肅宗廟廷。
In the seventh year of Dali he was granted joint sacrifice in the temple court of Emperor Suzong.