Sui and Tang · Tang Emperor

Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗

Táng Zhōngzōng

Attested AD 705 - AD 710

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhongzong was a Tang Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 710 韋後當國
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passages 127, 131, 133

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 118, 127

Works and attributed material

Speech · Speaker · Speaker Emperor Zhongzong (唐中宗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 130

Events and relationships

Presided at wedding
Ritual · Presiding for Xiao
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 133
Rejected proposal
Political · Ruler · With Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 127

Assessments and attributes

Assessment Among the chancellors, Zhizhong cares for me most · Mode speech Speaker Emperor Zhongzong (唐中宗) · With Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 130

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 5 passages

陛下降不呰之澤，近戚有無涯之請，臺閣之內，朱紫充滿，官秩益輕，恩賞彌數。 Your Majesty bestows boundless grace; close kin make endless requests; the ministries are crowded with crimson and purple robes, ranks grow ever cheaper, and favors multiply without end.

臣願陛下愛惜爵賞，官無虛授，進大雅以樞近，退小人於閑左，使政令惟一，私不害公，則天下幸甚。 I ask Your Majesty to cherish ranks and rewards, grant no empty offices, advance great talents to the center, retire petty men to the margins, unify government orders, and keep private interest from harming the public—then the realm would be greatly blessed.

帝不納。 The emperor did not accept the proposal.

帝亦曰：「宰相中，至忠最憐我。」 The emperor also said, "Among the chancellors, Zhizhong cares for me most".

兩家合禮，帝主蕭，後主崔，時謂「天子嫁女，皇后娶婦。」 When the two families united in ceremony, the emperor presided for the Xiao side and the empress for the Cui; the age said, "The Son of Heaven marries out a daughter, the empress takes in a daughter-in-law."