Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Xuanzong 玄宗

Xuanzong

Attested AD 712 - AD 756

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuanzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 712 to AD 756 玄宗天寶
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 181, passages 26, 28

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 28

Events and relationships

Relation Employer of · Person Li Linfu (李林甫)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 28

Assessments and attributes

Assessment claimed never to have killed an innocent yet employed Li Linfu who destroyed dozens of clans · Mode named-speaker-report Speaker Li Jue (李玨)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 28

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 181, passage 28

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 181Volume 181 Biographies 106: Chen, Three Li's, Cao, Liu · 1 passage

玨因推言：「玄宗自謂未嘗殺一不辜，而任李林甫，種夷數十族，不亦惑乎？」 Jue went on, "Xuanzong boasted that he had never killed an innocent man, yet he entrusted Li Linfu, who wiped out dozens of clans—was that not delusion?"