Overview
Emperor Suzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 756 玄宗入蜀…從至靈武 / 太子即位
AD 757 肅宗至鳳翔
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
- At Fengxiang 鳳翔 · Relation Arrived
- At Lingwu 靈武 · Relation Sojourned
- At Pingliang 平涼 · Relation Traveled through
Works and attributed material
- Oral reply · Speaker · Direct quotation
References in the histories
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 11 passages
玄宗入蜀，詔皇太子為天下兵馬元帥，拜冕御史中丞兼左庶子副之。
When Emperor Xuanzong entered Shu, an edict made the crown prince commander-in-chief of all armies; Mian was appointed vice censor-in-chief and concurrent left subordinate of the heir apparent to assist him.
初，冕在河西，方召還，而道遇太子平涼，遂從至靈武，與杜鴻漸、崔漪同辭進曰：「主上厭於勤，且南狩蜀，宗社神器，要須有歸。
Mian had been in Hexi and was just being recalled when on the road he met the crown prince at Pingliang; he followed on to Lingwu and, with Du Hongjian and Cui Yi, jointly urged him: "The sovereign is weary of rule and has gone south to hunt in Shu; the altars of state and the sacred regalia must find a home.
今天意人事，屬在殿下，宜正位號。
Heaven's intent and the affairs of men now rest with Your Highness; you should take the throne.
太子曰：「我平寇逆，奉迎乘輿還京師，退居涼貳，以侍膳左右，豈不樂哉！
The crown prince said, "I shall pacify the rebels, welcome the imperial carriage back to the capital, withdraw to a secondary place, and attend the sovereign at table—would that not be joy enough!
對曰：「殿下居東宮二十年，今多難啟聖，以安社稷，而所從將士皆關輔人，日夜思歸，大眾一騷，不可復集，不如因而撫之，以就大功。
They replied, "Your Highness has dwelt in the Eastern Palace twenty years; now in these many troubles you should inaugurate sagely rule to settle the altars of state—yet the generals and soldiers who follow you are all men of the Guan region and the capital approaches; day and night they long for home; if the great host is once stirred, it cannot be gathered again—better to reassure them now and thereby accomplish the great enterprise.
太子固讓，凡五請，卒見聽。
The crown prince firmly declined; they urged him five times in all before he finally assented.
太子即位，進冕中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
When the crown prince took the throne, Mian was promoted to vice director of the Secretariat and grand councillor of the Secretariat and Chancellery.
肅宗至鳳翔，罷冕政事，拜尚書右僕射。
When Emperor Suzong reached Fengxiang, Mian was removed from state affairs and appointed minister of the right.
大歷中，郭子儀言於代宗曰：「冕首佐先帝，馳驅靈武，有社稷勛，程元振忌其賢，遂加誣構，海內冤之。
In the Dali era Guo Ziyi said to Emperor Daizong, "Mian was the first to assist the late emperor, galloping to Lingwu; he earned merit for the altars of state; Cheng Yuanzhen resented his talent and framed him with false charges—the realm was wronged on his account.
始，肅宗廟惟苗晉卿配享，冕卒後二十餘年，有蘇正元者奏言：「肅宗為元帥時，師才一旅，冕於草創中，甄大義以勸進，收募驍勇幾十餘萬。
At first only Miao Jinqing received joint sacrifice in Emperor Suzong's temple; more than twenty years after Mian's death a man named Su Zhengyuan memorialized: "When Emperor Suzong was commander-in-chief his forces numbered but a single brigade; amid the founding struggle Mian discerned the great principle of urging him to take the throne and raised nearly a hundred thousand fierce warriors.
有詔冕配享肅宗廟。
An edict ordered Mian granted joint sacrifice in Emperor Suzong's temple.