Sui and Tang · Emperor

Emperor Zhongzong 中宗

Zhongzong

Attested AD 684 - AD 710

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhongzong was an emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 684 to AD 710 Zhongzong (English of s0056; Chinese lacuna)
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 56

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 56

Events and relationships

Continued state business during national mourning
Political · Ruler · Mode quoted-speech Speaker Miao Jingqing (苗晉卿)
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 56

Source notes

Value historical
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 117, passage 56

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 117Volume 113 Biographies 63: Miao Jingqing, Pei Mian, Pei Zunqing · 1 passage

伏讀國家起居註，亦於禮部檢見舊敕，恭惟太宗、高宗、、大行皇帝在位之日，皆有國哀，視事不輟，以為君臨天下，難徇常情。 I have carefully read the court diaries and found old edicts in the Ministry of Rites showing that Emperors Taizong, Gaozong, Zhongzong, and the late emperor, even during periods of national mourning, never ceased to conduct state business—for one who rules the realm, ordinary private feeling cannot be indulged.