Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Xuanzong 宣宗

Xuanzong

Attested AD 846 - AD 859

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuanzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passages 15, 27, 33

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 15

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · With Bi Xian (畢諴) · Direct quotation · compared Yan to Po and Mu and asked him to go as commander
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 15

Events and relationships

Ingested the elixir and developed a carbuncle on his back
Medical · Patient · With Li Xuanbo (李玄伯)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 34
Promised Yan the chancellorship
AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Political · Ruler · With Bi Xian (畢諴)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 27
Summoned Yan to consult on Hexi border affairs against the Tangut
AD 846 to AD 859 宣宗 · Political · Ruler · With Bi Xian (畢諴) · At Hexi 河西
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 183, passage 15
Relation Patron of · Person Bi Xian (畢諴)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 27
Relation Favored · Person Li Xuanbo (李玄伯)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 33

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 183, passage 15

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 4 passages

党項擾河西，宣宗嘗召訪邊事，諴援質古今，條破羌狀甚悉，帝悅曰：「吾將擇能帥者，孰謂頗、牧在吾禁署，卿為朕行乎。」 When the Tangut were raiding along the Hexi frontier, Emperor Xuanzong once summoned Yan to consult him on border affairs. Yan drew on ancient and modern precedents and set out a detailed plan for defeating the Qiang. Delighted, the emperor said, "I mean to choose a capable commander—who would have thought that Po and Mu were right here in my inner court? Will you go on my behalf, sir?"

始，諴被知於宣宗，嘗許以相。 When Xuanzong first took notice of him, the emperor had even promised him the chancellorship.

太醫李玄伯者，帝所喜，以錢七十萬聘之，夫婦日自進食，得其歡心，乃進之帝，嬖幸冠後宮。 The imperial physician Li Xuanbo was a man the emperor favored. Yan paid seven hundred thousand cash to retain him. Husband and wife came each day to serve food with their own hands until they had won his goodwill, then presented him to the emperor, and Xuanbo became the foremost favorite of the inner palace.

玄伯又治丹劑以進，帝餌之，疽生於背。 Xuanbo also prepared elixir pills and presented them to the throne. The emperor ingested them, and a festering sore developed on his back.