Sui and Tang · Ruler

Muzong 穆宗

Mùzōng

Attested AD 820 - AD 824

Passages
6
Chapters
2
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Muzong as a ruler. This record brings together 6 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

RolesRuler

Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Muzong 穆宗 Mùzōng
Title Emperor Muzong 穆宗 Muzong
Temple name Muzong 穆宗 Mùzōng
Temple Muzong 穆宗 Muzong
Title the late emperor 大行
Title the previous emperor 先帝

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Ruler

Life and dates

Attested activity

  • Source Date: Text: 大行 · Western Interval: Start: AD 820 · End: AD 824
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0055
  • Source Date: Text: 穆宗初立 · Western Year: AD 820
    Explicit event contextual date · xintangshu:175:s0102
  • Source Date: Text: 穆宗即位 · Western Interval: Start: AD 820 · End: AD 824
    Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0205

Career and standing

Places and affiliations

Events and relationships

  • Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: abolished aid-the-army and congratulatory exactions; punished surcharges beyond two taxes
    Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0205
  • Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: ordered officials to debate cash-heavy goods-light abuse
    Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0214
  • Kind: administrative · Role: ruler · Action: showered Shence armies with unscheduled rewards
    Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0207

Assessments and attributes

  • Assessment: held military men should be indulged · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment
    Explicit · xintangshu:052:s0206

References in the histories

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New Book of Tang, Chapter 52Volume 52 Treatises 48: Finance and Economics 2 · 2 passages
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New Book of Tang, Chapter 175Volume 175 Biographies 100: Dou, Liu, Two Zhangs, Yang, Xiong, Bai · 4 passages
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