Prince of Tang (唐王)

Overview

The translated histories identify Prince of Tang as an aristocrat, general, and statesman. This record brings together 7 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese
Personal	Prince of Tang	唐王
Title	Chancellor of State	相國
Title	Duke of Tang	唐公
Title	Grand Chancellor	大丞相
Title	Grand Marshal	太尉
Title	Prince of Tang	唐王

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Title only
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Explicit · suishu:005:s0013

Roles

Aristocrat
General
Statesman

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 二年 · Western Year: AD 618
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Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月 · Western Year: AD 617
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Family

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Parent of Duke of Qin (秦公)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Jiancheng (建成)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son
Parent of Yuanji (元吉)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son

Kinship Role: consort · Count: 1
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Kinship Role: daughters · Quantity: unspecified
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Kinship Role: sons · Quantity: unspecified
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Career and standing

Label: Director of the Department of State Affairs / 尚書令 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 617
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Label: Grand Chancellor / 大丞相 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 617
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Label: Grand Commander of all military affairs / 大都督內外諸軍事 · Action: appointed · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 617
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Label: Grand Marshal / 太尉 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年 · Western Year: AD 617
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Label: Grand General / 大將軍 · Action: held
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Label: Grand Master of Splendid Happiness / 光祿大夫 · Action: held
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Label: twelve-tasseled cap and imperial paraphernalia / 冕十有二旒 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年五月乙巳朔 · Western Year: AD 618
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Label: Nine Bestowals / 九錫 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年戊辰 · Western Year: AD 618
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Label: sword and shoes in hall; no haste at court; unnamed in praise; feather-canopied trumpets / 劍履上殿，入朝不趨，贊拜不名，加前後羽葆鼓吹 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 二年春正月丁未 · Western Year: AD 618
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Label: provisional yellow battle-axe / 假黃鉞 · Action: granted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 617
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Title: Prince of Tang / 唐王 · Action: advanced · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧元年十一月甲子 · Western Year: AD 617
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Places and affiliations

Polity: Tang / 唐 · Relation: founder-of
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Events and relationships

Kind: political · Role: recipient · Action: received-abdication · Other Person Id: Emperor Gong (Yang You) (恭皇帝) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 義寧二年 · Western Year: AD 618
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Relation: regent-for · Person Id: Emperor Gong (Yang You) (恭皇帝)
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References in the histories

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Book of Sui, Chapter 5Volume 5 Annals 5: Emperor Gong · 7 passages

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太尉唐公，膺期作宰，時稱舟楫，大拯橫流，糾合義兵，翼戴皇室，與國休戚，再匡區夏，爰奉明詔，弼予幼沖，顯命光臨，天威咫尺，對揚尊號，悼心失圖。 The Grand Marshal, the Duke of Tang, was born for the age and rose to lead the government—called the boat and oar of the realm, he rescued the nation from drowning waters, rallied the righteous armies, and upheld the imperial house, sharing its fortunes through good and ill and twice restoring order within the Four Seas. Now, bearing the bright edict, he assists my tender youth; his august commission shines upon us, Heaven's might is almost within reach. Facing him and accepting the honored title, my grieving heart knows no course.

甲子，以光祿大夫、大將軍、太尉唐公為假黃鉞、使持節、大都督內外諸軍事、尚書令、大丞相，進封唐王。 On jiazi day, the Duke of Tang—holding the posts of Grand Master of Splendid Happiness, Grand General, and Grand Marshal—was given provisional authority over the yellow battle-axe, commissioned with imperial credentials as Grand Commander of all military affairs at home and abroad, made Director of the Department of State Affairs and Grand Chancellor, and advanced to the rank of Prince of Tang.

己巳，以唐王子隴西公建成為唐國世子，敦煌公為京兆尹，[2]改封秦公，元吉為齊公，食邑各萬戶。 On jisi day, the Duke of Tang's son, the Duke of Longxi (Jiancheng), was named heir to the State of Tang; the Duke of Dunhuang was appointed Governor of Jingzhao, [2] and re-enfeoffed as Duke of Qin; Yuanji was made Duke of Qi; each received a fief of ten thousand households.

二年春正月丁未，詔唐王劍履上殿，入朝不趨，贊拜不名，加前後羽葆鼓吹。 In spring of the second year, on dingwei day in the first month, the Prince of Tang was granted the privilege of wearing sword and shoes in the imperial hall, of walking at his own pace when attending court and of being addressed without his name in obeisance, and was given feather-canopied trumpets fore and aft.

戊辰，詔唐王備九錫之禮，加璽紱、遠遊冠、綠綟綬，位在諸侯王上。 On wuchen day the Prince of Tang was granted the full Nine Bestowals—seal and ribbon, Far-Traveling Cap, and green cord with crimson sash—and his rank was placed above all feudal princes.

五月乙巳朔，詔唐王冕十有二旒，建天子旌旗，出警入蹕，金根車駕，備五時副車，置旄頭雲罕車，儛八佾，設鍾虡宮懸。 On the first day of the fifth month (yisi), the Prince of Tang was granted a twelve-tasseled imperial cap, the emperor's banners and standards, outriders and imperial escort, the golden-root chariot with its five seasonal equipages, the Maotou and Yunhan chariots, eight rows of ritual dancers, and the full palace bell and stone chime ensemble.

相國唐王，膺期命世，扶危拯溺，自北徂南，東征西怨，總九合於一匡，決百勝於千里，糾率夷夏，大庇氓黎，保乂朕躬，繄王是賴。 The Chancellor of State, Prince of Tang, was born to answer the needs of the age. He has sustained those in peril and rescued those in distress; as he marched from north to south, the west longed for him when he campaigned in the east. He has gathered the lords nine times and set the realm to rights in one stroke, and won a hundred victories from a thousand li away. He has rallied non-Chinese and Chinese alike, sheltered the common people, and preserved my person. It is upon the prince that I rely.