Sui and Tang · Ruler

Gaozu 高祖

Attested AD 617 - AD 626

Passages: 4
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gaozu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 626 帝聽朝
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 164
AD 617 高祖入京師
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 173
AD 618 to AD 626 高祖諸子
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 95, passage 201

Family

Kinship Role sons · Quantity more than ten
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 201

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passages 164, 173

Events and relationships

Followed tuntian proposal
Political · Approver · With Jing (靜)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 175
Held court
Court · Ruler · With Kang (抗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 164
Relation Called elder brother · Person Kang (抗)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 164

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 95, passage 164

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 95Volume 95 Biographies 20: Gao Jian and Fifth Generation Descendents: Gao Zhong, Dou Weizhi, Douzhi, Dou Gui, Dou Cong, Dou Kang, Dou Jing, Dou Dan, Dou Zhi, Dou Congsun: Dou Dexuan · 4 passages

帝聽朝，或引升禦坐，既退，入臥內，從容談笑，極平生歡，以兄呼之，宮中稱為舅，或留宿禁省，侍燕豫，然未嘗幹朝廷事。 At court the emperor sometimes had Kang join him on the throne; after sessions he would take him into the private quarters for easy talk, calling him "brother" while the palace knew him as "uncle." Kang sometimes slept in the imperial offices and shared the emperor's leisure — yet never interfered in governance.

高祖入京師，擢并州大總管府長史。 When Gaozu took the capital, Jing was made chief administrator of the Bingzhou grand area command.

議者以流亡未復，不宜重困，於是召入與裴寂、蕭瑀、封倫廷議，寂等不能屈，帝從之，歲收粟十萬斛。 Critics argued refugees were not yet resettled and the plan would overburden them. Jing was called to debate Pei Ji, Xiao Yu, and Feng Lun at court; none could refute him, and the emperor approved. That year the farms yielded a hundred thousand hu of grain.

高祖諸子幼，未出宮者十余王，國司家事，皆誕主之。 Gaozu's sons were still young, and for more than ten princes who had not yet left the palace, Dan oversaw both the state and household affairs of their principalities.