Sui and Tang · Emperor

Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor 開元神武皇帝

Kaiyuan Shenwu Huangdi

Attested AD 713 - AD 741

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Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor was an emperor.

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 12Volume 12 Treatises 2: Rites and Music 2 · 11 passages
太常卿引皇帝詣罍洗,盥手,洗爵,升自阼階,詣獻祖尊彝所,執尊者舉冪,侍中贊酌汎齊,進獻祖前,北向跪,奠爵。 The Director of Imperial Sacrifices leads the emperor to the washing urn. He washes his hands, rinses the goblet, ascends the eastern steps, and goes to the Offering Ancestor's ritual vessel. The attendant raises the cover; the Palace Attendant intones as he pours the first libation and advances before the Offering Ancestor. He kneels facing north and sets down the goblet.
太祝持版進於神右,東面跪,讀祝文曰:「維某年歲次月朔日,孝曾孫開元神武皇帝某,敢昭告于獻祖宣皇帝、祖妣宣莊皇后張氏。」 The Chief Invoker advances with the board to the spirit's right, kneels facing east, and reads: "In the year ___, on the ___ day of the first month, the filial great-grandson, the Kaiyuan Divine Martial Emperor ___, ventures to announce to the Offering Ancestor Emperor Xuan and the ancestress Empress Xuanzhuang of the Zhang clan."