Overview
Gaozong was a Tang Emperor.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 683 高宗崩Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 247
Attested activity
- AD 676 上元三年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 226-227
- AD 677 儀鳳二年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passages 229-237
- AD 649 高宗即位Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 238
- AD 683 高宗崩Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 247
- AD 649 to AD 683 高宗所作Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 223
Career and standing
- AD 649 高宗即位Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 238
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 223, 238, 247
- At Jiucheng Palace 九成宮 · Relation VisitedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 239
Works and attributed material
- Superior Prime dance 上元舞Relation ComposerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 223
- Edict · Issuer · Direct quotationStrongly inferred · New Book of Tang 21, passages 226-227
- Judgment · Subject · Speaker Pei Shouzhen (裴守真) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 245
- Speech · Addressee · Speaker Wei Wanshi (韋萬石) · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 239-241
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 242
Events and relationships
- abolished Divine Merit Breaks the Array from elegant music and Merit Accomplished Celebrating Goodness for summoning spirits 神功破陣樂不入雅樂，功成慶善樂不可降神，亦皆罷AD 676 上元三年 · Ritual · Issuer · Abolished dancesDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 227
- edict followed Pei Shouzhen that the Son of Heaven should not rise for the two dances 詔從之Ritual · Ruler · Accepted adviceDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passages 245-246
- composed the Superior Prime dance 作上元舞Ritual · Commissioning ruler · Composed danceDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 223
- discontinued Breaks the Array because he could not bear to watch it 不忍觀之，乃不設AD 649 高宗即位 · Ritual · Ruler · Discontinued danceDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 238
- left his seat when the two dances were played at feasts 遇饗燕奏二樂，天子必避位Ritual · Ruler · Left seatDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 244
- Zhikang dance renamed Huakang to avoid his tabooed name 改治康舞曰化康以避諱AD 683 高宗崩 · Ritual · Deceased honoree · Name taboo observedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 247
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- ordered Breaks the Array performed again 帝復令奏之Ritual · Ruler · Restored danceDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 242
- restricted Superior Prime music to Round Mound, Square Mound, and Ancestral Temple 惟圓丘、方澤、太廟乃用AD 676 上元三年 · Ritual · Issuer · Restricted musicDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 226
- set out wine at Jiucheng Palace 幸九成宮，置酒Ritual · Host · Set out wine · At Jiucheng Palace 九成宮Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 239
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment recalled the toil of founding the royal enterprise and refused to forget martial achievement · Mode self-report Speaker Gaozong (高宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 242
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 223
- After his death the Zhikang dance was renamed Huakang to avoid his personal-name tabooDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 247
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