Overview
The translated histories identify Emperor Wuzong as a ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 4 chapters across 3 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
PeriodSui and Tang
RolesRuler
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Emperor Wuzong | 武宗 | Wuzong |
| Temple name | Emperor Wuzong | 武宗 | Wǔzōng |
| Temple | Wuzong | 武宗 | Wuzong |
| Temple name | Wuzong | 武宗 | Wuzong |
| Temple name | Wuzong | 武宗 | Wǔzōng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · jiuwudaishi:007:s0150, liaoshi:057:s0062, xintangshu:052:s0238, xintangshu:052:s0262
- Sex: maleExplicit · xintangshu:044:s0191
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 會昌末 · Western Year: AD 846Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:052:s0263, xintangshu:052:s0262
- Source Date: Text: 武宗 · Western Interval: Start: AD 840 · End: AD 846Explicit · jiuwudaishi:007:s0150
- Source Date: Text: 武宗即位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 840 · End: AD 846Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0238
- Source Date: Text: 武宗即位 · Western Year: AD 840Explicit · xintangshu:044:s0191, xintangshu:052:s0262
- Source Date: Text: 武宗始賜「奉國契丹印」 · Western Interval: Start: AD 840 · End: AD 846Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:057:s0062
Career and standing
- Source Date: Text: 武宗即位 · Western Year: AD 840Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0238, xintangshu:052:s0262
Places and affiliations
- Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0238
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · liaoshi:057:s0062, xintangshu:044:s0191
Works and attributed material
- Kind: speech · Role: speaker
Events and relationships
- Kind: religious-political · Role: ruler · Action: abolished Buddhist establishments and secularized clergy, seizing monastic landExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0238, xintangshu:052:s0240
- Kind: diplomatic · Role: grantor · Action: bestowed-seal · Other Person Id: Khan Yelang (耶瀾可汗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武宗始賜「奉國契丹印」 · Western Interval: Start: AD 840 · End: AD 846Explicit · liaoshi:057:s0062
Assessments and attributes
- Item: Khitan Seal of Service to the State / 奉國契丹印 · Relation: bestowed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 武宗始賜「奉國契丹印」 · Western Interval: Start: AD 840 · End: AD 846Explicit · liaoshi:057:s0062
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:044:s0191
- Field: household-register · Statement: At accession households numbered 2,114,960; by late Huichang households rose to 4,955,151Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0262, xintangshu:052:s0263
References in the histories
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