Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Xuanzong 玄宗

Attested AD 742 - AD 747

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Xuanzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 742 to AD 747 天寶
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 134, passage 129

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 134Volume 134 Biographies 59: Yuwen, Wei, Yang, Wang · 3 passages

隆禮罷太府，玄宗訪其子可代父任者，宰相以慎餘、慎矜、慎名皆得父清白。 When Longli stepped down from the palace storehouse, Xuanzong asked which son might succeed him. The chancellors replied that Shenyu, Shenjin, and Shenming had all inherited their father's spotless reputation.

帝喜，擢慎矜監察御史，知太府出納，慎餘太子舍人，主長安倉，慎名大理評事，為含嘉倉出納使，被眷尤渥。 The emperor was delighted. He promoted Shenjin to investigating censor with charge of palace storehouse receipts and disbursements, appointed Shenyu crown prince attendant to manage the Chang'an granary, and made Shenming a court reviewer and intake officer for the Hanjia granary. All three enjoyed exceptional favor.

數按獄深文，玄宗以為才，進兼和市和糴、長春宮、戶口色役使，拜御史中丞、京畿關內采訪黜陟使。 He repeatedly prosecuted cases with fabricated charges of the gravest kind. Xuanzong took this for talent and promoted him to concurrent commissioner of market purchase, grain purchase, Changchun Palace, and household corvée and special labor, appointing him censor-in-chief and transport commissioner for the capital region and Guannei with authority over promotions and demotions.