Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Yang 煬帝

Attested AD 617 - AD 617

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Yang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 617 九月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 123, 125, 127
AD 617 四月
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 84, passages 96, 105

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passages 105, 127

Events and relationships

Crimes listed in proclamations
AD 617 四月 · Political · Target
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 105
Sent wang to attack mi
AD 617 九月 · Military · Commissioner · With Wang Shichong (王世充)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 84, passage 127

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 84Volume 84 Biographies 9: Li, Mi · 3 passages

密令幕府移檄州縣，列煬帝十罪，天下震動。 Mi ordered his headquarters to send proclamations to the commanderies and counties, listing ten crimes of Emperor Yang, and the realm was shaken.

齊方士徐鴻客上書勸密因士氣趨江都，挾帝以令天下。 The Qi geomancer Xu Hongke submitted a memorial urging Mi to take advantage of troop morale and hurry to Jiangdu, seizing the emperor to command the realm.

煬帝遣王世充選卒十萬擊密，世充營洛西，戰不利，更陳洛北，登山以望洛口。 Emperor Yang sent Wang Shichong to select one hundred thousand troops to attack Mi. Shichong camped west of the Luo and fought without success, then redeployed north of the Luo and climbed a mountain to view Luokou.