Sui and Tang · Tang Emperor

Emperor Taizong 太宗文武聖皇帝

Taizong Wenwu Sheng Huangdi

Attested AD 626 - AD 649

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Taizong was a Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 626 to AD 649 太宗文武聖皇帝
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155

Career and standing

emperor 皇帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155
associated deity 配
孟夏 · Held
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155

Events and relationships

Paired in rain sacrifice
孟夏 · Ritual · Associated deity · Other August Supreme Lord of Heaven 昊天上帝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 12, passage 155

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 1 passage

孟夏雩祀昊天上帝，以太宗文武聖皇帝配，五方帝在第一等，五帝在第二等，五官在壇下之東南。 In the first month of summer, rain sacrifice to the August Supreme Lord of Heaven, with Taizong the Civil and Martial Sagely Emperor as associated deity; the Five Directional Emperors on the first tier, the Five Emperors on the second, the Five Officials southeast below the altar.