Sui and Tang · Ruler

Gaozu 高祖

Gāozǔ

Attested AD 617 - AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Gaozu was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 617 to AD 618 高祖起
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 118

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 56, passage 118

Events and relationships

Founding struggle
AD 617 to AD 618 高祖起 · Founding · Sovereign aided · With Tan Renhong (瓽仁弘)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 118

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 118

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

廣州都督瓽仁弘嘗率鄉兵二千助高祖起，封長沙郡公。 Tan Renhong, area commander of Guangzhou, had once raised two thousand local troops to aid Gaozu in his founding struggle and was enfeoffed as Duke of Changsha.