Sui and Tang · Tang Emperor

Emperor Xuanzong 玄宗

Xuánzōng

Attested AD 713 - AD 720

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuanzong was a Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 713 to AD 720 玄宗用源乾曜時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 146, 149

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 146

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Speaker Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · With Gao Lishi (高力士)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 146-147
Speech · Speaker · Speaker Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 149

Assessments and attributes

Assessment esteemed Zhizhong's character · Mode historian-judgment · With Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 146
Assessment Zhizhong was truly a pillar of state, but erred in later years; worthy at the start · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗) · With Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 149

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 3 passages

然玄宗賢其為人，後得源乾曜，亟用之，謂高力士曰：「若知吾進乾曜遽乎？ Yet Emperor Xuanzong esteemed his character; later, when he obtained Yuan Qianyao, he quickly employed him and said to Gao Lishi, "Do you know how swiftly I advanced Qianyao?

力士曰：「彼不嘗負陛下乎？」 Lishi said, "Did he not once betray Your Majesty?"

帝曰：「至忠誠國器，但晚謬爾，其始不謂之賢哉？」 The emperor said, "Zhizhong was truly a pillar of state, but erred in his later years—was he not called worthy at the start?"