Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Xianzong of Tang 唐憲宗

Tang Xianzong

Attested AD 815

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xianzong of Tang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 815 元和十年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 213, passage 77

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 65

Events and relationships

Campaigned against Cai
Military · Ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 71
Executed
Military · Ruler · With Liu Pi (劉辟)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 213, passage 65

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 213Volume 213 Biographies 138: Buffer Regions: the Black, Green, and Yellow Seas · 3 passages

宰相杜黃裳欲橈削其權，而憲宗方誅劉辟，未皇東討，故命建王審領節度大使，而以師道知留後。 Chief Minister Du Huangchang meant to curb his power, but Xianzong was still crushing Liu Pi in the west and could not yet march east; he therefore named Prince Shen of Jian nominal military commissioner while Shidao served as acting governor.

帝討蔡，詔興諸道兵而不及鄆，師道選卒二千抵壽春，陽言為王師助，實欲援蔡也。 When the emperor campaigned against Cai, he mobilized the circuits but omitted Yun; Shidao sent two thousand elite troops to Shouchun, claiming to reinforce the imperial armies while in fact aiming to aid Cai.

又有說師道曰：「上雖志討蔡，謀皆出宰相，而武元衡得君，願為袁盎事，後宰相必懼，請罷兵，是不用師，蔡圍解矣。」 Another adviser told Shidao: "The emperor means to crush Cai, but strategy rests with the chief ministers, and Wu Yuanheng has his ear. Do as Yuan Ang did—strike down the minister the emperor trusts; the court will panic and sue for peace, the armies will stand down, and Cai will be saved."