Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Taizong 太宗

Taizong

Attested AD 628

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Taizong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 628 貞觀二年
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 26-28

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 26

Works and attributed material

AD 628 貞觀二年
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Zhang Yi (張鎰)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 26-28

Events and relationships

Forbade slave accusations against masters and ordered such slaves executed
AD 628 貞觀二年 · Legal · Sovereign
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 129, passages 26, 28

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 129, passage 26

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 129Volume 125 Biographies 75: Zhang Yi, Liu Congyi, Xiao Fu, Liu Hun · 2 passages

貞觀二年，太宗謂侍臣曰：「比有奴告其主謀逆，此極弊法，特須禁斷。 In the second year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong told his attending ministers, "Lately slaves have been reporting their masters for plotting rebellion. This is an extremely corrupt practice and must be strictly forbidden.

太宗之令典尚在，陛下之明詔始行，一朝偕違，不與眾守，於教化恐失，於刑法恐煩，所益悉無，所傷至廣。 Emperor Taizong's authoritative precedent still stands, and Your Majesty's enlightened edict has only just been promulgated. To violate both at once and not abide with the rest—in moral instruction there will likely be loss, and in penal law there will likely be trouble. The benefit is entirely absent, while the harm is far-reaching.