Sui and Tang · Tang Gaozu; High Ancestor

Gaozu 高祖

Attested AD 566 - AD 635

Passages: 3
Chapters: 2
Histories: 1

Overview

Gaozu was a Tang Gaozu; High Ancestor.

Other names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal name	Li Yuan	李淵	Li Yuan
Posthumous name	Divine Yao Great Sage Greatly Illuminated Filial Emperor	神堯大聖大光孝皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 566 to AD 635 唐初
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passages 88, 91
AD 621 武德四年
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passage 123
AD 617 高祖入長安
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passage 122

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Bing (昺)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 88
Parent of Lingkui (靈夔)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanqing (元慶)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanjia (元嘉)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Feng (鳳)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanyu (元裕)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanxiang (元祥)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanjing (元景)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanyi (元懿)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanxiao (元曉)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanming (元名)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanying (元嬰)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Zhiyun (智雲)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanze (元則)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuangui (元軌)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91
Parent of Yuanli (元禮)
son 子
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91

Kinship Role sons · Count 22
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 91

Key source chapters

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 122
AD 617 高祖入長安
At Chang'an 長安 · Relation Entered
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 122

Events and relationships

Entered changan
AD 617 高祖入長安 · Military · Ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 54, passage 122
Instituted kaiyuan tongbao
AD 621 武德四年 · Fiscal · Ruler
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 54, passages 123-125

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 54Volume 54 Treatises 50: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

高祖入長安，民間行綫環錢，其製輕小，凡八九萬纔滿半斛。 When Gaozu entered Chang'an, thread-ring coins circulated—so light and small that eighty or ninety thousand barely filled half a hu.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 70Volume 70 Tables 10A: Imperial Clan Lineages 1A · 2 passages

四子：長曰高祖，次曰梁王澄，次曰蜀王湛，次曰漢王洪。 He had four sons: the eldest became the High Ancestor; the second was Prince of Liang, Cheng; the third Prince of Shu, Zhan; and the fourth Prince of Han, Hong.

高祖高祖神堯大聖大光孝皇帝二十二子，分十五房：曰楚王智雲，曰荊王元景，曰徐王元禮，曰韓王元嘉，曰彭王元則，曰鄭王元懿，曰霍王元軌，曰虢王鳳，曰道王元慶，曰鄧王元裕，曰舒王元名，曰魯王靈夔，曰江王元祥，曰密王元曉，曰滕王元嬰。 The High Ancestor, Emperor Gaozu, had twenty-two sons grouped into fifteen houses: the Princes of Chu (Zhiyun), Jing (Yuanjing), Xu (Yuanli), Han (Yuanjia), Peng (Yuanze), Zheng (Yuanyi), Huo (Yuangui), Guo (Feng), Dao (Yuanqing), Deng (Yuanyu), Shu (Yuanming), Lu (Lingkui), Jiang (Yuanxiang), Mi (Yuanxiao), and Teng (Yuanying).