Overview
Emperor Zhaozong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Life and dates
Attested activity
AD 901 天復初
AD 888 to AD 904 昭宗優遇之
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Works and attributed material
a fu 賦
Relation Author
- Speech · Speaker · With Han Wo (韓偓) · Direct quotation
- Speech · Speaker · With Lu Yi (陸扆) · Direct quotation
References in the histories
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 183Volume 183 Biographies 108: Bi, Cui, Liu, Lu, Zheng, Zhu, Han · 12 passages
扆工屬辭，敏速若註射然，一時書命，同僚自以為不及，昭宗優遇之。
Yi was skilled at literary composition and wrote with a speed that seemed almost effortless. For a time, whenever court documents were drafted, his colleagues knew they could not keep pace with him, and Emperor Zhaozong treated him with special favor.
帝嘗作賦，詔學士皆和，獨扆最先就。
On one occasion the emperor composed a fu and ordered all the academicians to write matching pieces. Yi alone finished first.
帝覽之，嘆曰：「貞元時，陸贄、吳通玄兄弟善內廷文書，後無繼者，今朕得之。」
When the emperor read his composition, he sighed and said, "In the Zhenyuan era Lu Zan and Wu Tongxuan and his brother were masters of inner-court documents. After them there was no successor—until now, when I have found one in you."
帝顧軍興，責扆沮撓，貶峽州刺史。
The emperor, bent on pressing the military campaign, blamed Yi for obstruction and demoted him to prefect of Xia Prefecture.
從天子自華州還，以兵部尚書復當國，封吳郡公。
When the emperor returned from Hua Prefecture, Yi again took charge of government as Minister of War and was enfeoffed as Duke of Wu.
天復初，帝密語韓偓曰：「陸扆、裴贄孰忠於我？」
Early in the Tianfu era, the emperor spoke privately to Han Wo and asked, "Between Lu Yi and Pei Zan, which of them is more loyal to me?"
帝曰：「外言扆不喜我復位，元日易服奔啟夏門，信不？」
The emperor said, "People outside the court say that Yi was displeased with my restoration. On New Year's Day he changed his clothes and fled toward Qixia Gate—is that true?"
偓曰：「孰為陛下言此？」
Wo asked, "Who told Your Majesty this?"
且陛下反正，扆素不知謀，忽聞兵起，欲出奔耳。
Moreover, when Your Majesty restored the throne, Yi had known nothing of the plot. When he suddenly heard that fighting had broken out, he simply wished to flee.
陛下責其不死難則可，以為不喜，乃讒言也。」
Your Majesty may blame him for not sharing the peril of the moment, but to say that he was displeased with your restoration is nothing but slander."
帝遂悟。
The emperor thereupon understood.
帝至自鳳翔，大赦天下，諸道皆賜詔，獨不及李茂貞。
When the emperor returned from Fengxiang, he proclaimed a general amnesty for the empire. Every circuit received an edict except Li Maozhen.