Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Yang 煬帝

Yangdi

Attested AD 605 - AD 613

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 613 大業九年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 27
AD 605 to AD 613 煬帝
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 9

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 9, 22
AD 613 大業九年
At eastern Liao 遼左 · Relation Campaigning at
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passage 27

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Addressed to Yuwen Shu (宇文述) · Direct quotation · Units s0009
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 9
Speech · Speaker · Direct quotation · Units s0011
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 11

Events and relationships

Saw Li Mi and barred him from the guard
Court · Sovereign · With Li Mi (李密)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 9, 11

Assessments and attributes

Assessment deeply suspicious · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Yang Xuangan (楊玄感)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 22

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 4 passages

煬帝見之，謂宇文述曰：「左仗下黑色小兒為誰？」 When Emperor Yang noticed him, he asked Yuwen Shu, "Who is that dark-complexioned boy beneath the left honor guard?"

帝曰：「此兒顧盼不常，無入衛。」 The emperor said, "That boy's eyes are restless—do not let him serve in the guard."

嘗私自密曰：「上多忌，隋歷且不長，中原有一日警，公與我孰後先？」 Once he spoke privately to Mi. "The emperor is deeply suspicious," he said, "and the Sui will not endure much longer. If trouble erupts in the Central Plains, which of us would move first—you or I?"

密至，謀曰：「今天子遠在遼左，去幽州尚千里，南限鉅海，北阻強胡，號令所通，惟榆林一道爾。 When Mi arrived, he laid out a plan. "The emperor is far away in the eastern Liao region," he said, "still a thousand li from Youzhou. The sea lies to the south and the strong Hu peoples to the north; the only route by which his orders can reach him is the single road through Yulin.