Overview
The translated histories identify Gaozu as a ruler. This record brings together 3 passages from 3 chapters across 2 histories, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Gaozu | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Temple name | Gaozu | 高祖 | |
| Temple name | Gaozu | 高祖 | Gaozu |
| Temple name | Gaozu | 高祖 | Gāozǔ |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0074, xintangshu:044:s0066
- Sex: maleStrongly inferred · xintangshu:052:s0013
Roles
- Ruler
Life and dates
Attested activity
- Source Date: Text: 既即位 · Western Year: AD 618Explicit · xintangshu:044:s0067
- Source Date: Text: 高祖、太宗之法 · Western Interval: Start: AD 618 · End: AD 626Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0013
- Source Date: Text: 高祖 · Western Interval: Start: AD 618 · End: AD 626Explicit · jiuwudaishi:072:s0074
- Source Date: Text: 高祖初入長安 · Western Year: AD 617Explicit · xintangshu:044:s0066
Family
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- Parent of Taizong (太宗)Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father
Kinship Term: father / 父 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Career and standing
- Label: took the throne / 即位Explicit · xintangshu:044:s0067
Places and affiliations
- Label: Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0013
- Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: ruledExplicit · xintangshu:044:s0066
Events and relationships
- Kind: administrative · Role: lawgiver · Action: established zu-yong-diao foundations cited by criticsExplicit · xintangshu:052:s0013
- Kind: administrative · Role: issuer · Action: established-schools · Place: Chang'an / 長安
Source notes
- Historicity: historicalExplicit · xintangshu:044:s0066
References in the histories
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