Overview
Emperor Xuanzong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Death
Attested activity
AD 743 天寶二年
AD 755 安祿山反
AD 762 玄宗崩
AD 756 車駕入蜀
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Works and attributed material
- Testamentary edict · Author · Direct quotation
Events and relationships
Demoted Yi Yao Jinqing
AD 743 天寶二年 · Legal · Sovereign
Held Huae Tower verification
AD 743 天寶二年 · Examination · Sovereign · At Hua'e Tower 花萼樓
Imperial carriage entered Shu
AD 756 車駕入蜀 · Flight · Sovereign · At Shu 蜀
References in the histories
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 140Volume 140 Biographies 65: Cui Miao, Two Pei's, Lu · 5 passages
奭，御史中丞倚之子，倚新得幸於帝，晉卿欲附之，奭本無學，故議者囂然不平。
Shi was the son of censor-in-chief Zhang Yi, who had newly won the emperor's favor; Jinqing wished to curry favor with him, but Shi was utterly without learning, and critics erupted in outrage.
安祿山因間言之，帝為禦花萼樓覆實，中裁十一二，奭持紙終日，筆不下，人謂之「曳白」。
An Lushan seized the chance to bring it up; the emperor held a verification at the Hua'e Tower, and more than nine-tenths failed; Shi held his examination paper all day without setting brush to paper—people called it "dragging the blank."
帝大怒，貶倚淮陽太守，遙武當太守，晉卿安康太守。
The emperor was furious and demoted Yi to prefect of Huaiyang, Yao to prefect of Wudang, and Jinqing to prefect of Ankang.
安祿山反，竇廷芝棄陜郡不守，楊國忠本忌其有望，即奏「東道賊沖，非大臣不可鎮遏」，授陜郡太守、陜虢防禦使，晉卿見帝，以老辭，忤旨，聽致仕於家。
When An Lushan rebelled, Dou Tingzhi abandoned Shaan commandery without defending it; Yang Guozhong, who had long resented Jinqing's standing with the people, immediately memorialized that "the eastern route is where the rebels will strike—only a great minister can hold them back," and appointed him prefect of Shaan commandery and defense commissioner of Shan-Guo; when Jinqing saw the emperor he pleaded old age and declined, contravened the imperial will, and was permitted to retire at home.
玄宗崩，肅宗疾甚，詔晉卿攝冢宰，固讓曰：「大行遺詔，皇帝三日聽政，稽祖宗故事，則無冢宰之文，奉遺詔則宜聽朝。
When Emperor Xuanzong died and Emperor Suzong was gravely ill, an edict appointed Jinqing acting chief minister (zhongzai); he firmly declined, saying: "The late emperor's testamentary edict states that the emperor shall hold court after three days; consulting ancestral precedent, there is no provision for a chief minister; following the testamentary edict, he should attend court.