Sui and Tang · Tang Emperor

Emperor Xuanzong 玄宗

Xuanzong

Attested AD 756

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuanzong was a Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 756 玄宗幸蜀
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 89

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 89
AD 756 玄宗幸蜀
At Shu 蜀 · Relation Fled to
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passages 89, 92

Events and relationships

Fled to Shu
AD 756 玄宗幸蜀，至益昌郡 · Political · Emperor · At Yichang commandery 益昌郡
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 89

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 89

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 3 passages

玄宗幸蜀，至益昌郡，遙詔太子充天下兵馬元帥，以冕為御史中丞兼左庶子，為之副。 When Emperor Xuanzong fled to Shu and reached Yichang commandery, he issued a distant edict making the crown prince commander-in-chief of all forces, with Mian as vice censor-in-chief and left guardian of the heir apparent to serve as his deputy.

冕與杜鴻漸、崔漪等勸進曰：「主上厭勤大位，南幸蜀川，宗社神器，須有所歸，天意人事，不可固違。 Mian, together with Du Hongjian, Cui Yi, and others, urged him to take the throne, saying: 'The emperor has grown weary of rule and gone south to Shu. The altars of state and the imperial regalia must have a lord; Heaven's will and the people's need cannot be defied.

太子曰：「南平寇逆，奉迎鑾輿，退居儲貳，侍膳左右，豈不樂哉！ The crown prince replied: 'To crush the rebels in the south, welcome the emperor home, and remain heir apparent at his side—would that not be happiness enough?