Qing · Qing Emperor

Emperor Tongzhi 穆宗

Muzong

First attested AD 1862; died AD 1875

Passages: 7
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Tongzhi was a Qing Emperor.

Life and dates

Death

AD 1875 大行皇帝
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 7-8

Attested activity

AD 1862 to AD 1875 同治
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 2, 8
AD 1875 同治十三年十二月初五日
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 8
AD 1862 to AD 1875 穆宗
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 20, 22, 24-25

Places and affiliations

Polity Qing 清 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 8, 20

Events and relationships

Huiling mausoleum rites completed
AD 1879 光緒五年三月 · Ritual · Honoree · At Huiling 惠陵 · Mode retrospective-commemoration
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 7
Relation Predecessor of · Person Emperor Guangxu (今上)
Strongly inferred · Draft History of Qing 444, passages 8, 20

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 444, passage 7

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 444Volume 444 Biographies 231: Huang Tifang, Zong Shibaoting, Zong Shishengyu, Zhang Peilun, Deng Chengxiu, Xu Zhixiang · 7 passages

光緒五年三月，惠陵禮成，主事吳可讀為定大統以屍諫。 In the third month of Guangxu 5, after the rites at Emperor Tongzhi's Huiling mausoleum were completed, Principal Clerk Wu Kedu committed suicide in memorial protest to settle the question of imperial succession.

詔言：「同治十三年十二月初五日降旨，嗣後皇帝生有皇子，即承繼大行皇帝為嗣。 An edict declared: "On the fifth day of the twelfth month, Tongzhi 13, it was decreed that whenever the reigning emperor should have a son, that son would succeed the late emperor as heir.

此兩宮意在嗣子承統，慈愛穆宗，亦即所以慈愛皇上之說也。 This is what the two empress dowagers intend—that an heir's son should carry on the line: to honor Emperor Tongzhi is also to honor the present emperor.

試思此時即不專為穆宗計，既正名為先帝嗣子，豈有僅封一王貝勒者乎？ Even setting aside concern for Tongzhi alone: once he is formally named heir to the late emperor, could he be given no more than a princely or beile rank?

即僅為穆宗計，皇上可如民間出繼之子乎？ Even if one cared only for Tongzhi: could the present emperor be treated like an ordinary adopted-out son?

即僅為皇上計，穆宗可如前明稱為皇伯考乎？ Even if one cared only for the present emperor: could Tongzhi be styled Imperial Uncle, as in the Ming dynasty?

先帝今上皆無不宜，非悖。 Neither the late emperor nor the present sovereign is slighted; it is not disloyalty.