Sansi (三思) | 24 Histories

Overview

Sansi was an aristocrat and Official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 中宗復位前後
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 114, passage 245

Events and relationships

Relation Factional ally of · Person Zhang Yizhi (張易之)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 245

Assessments and attributes

Assessment abused power with Yizhi faction, eyed the throne, killed loyal princes and ministers · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 114, passage 245

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 114Volume 114 Biographies 39: Cui Rong and Descendent Cong, Descendent Neng, Neng's Nephew: Shen You, Neng's Nephew an Qian, Neng's Son: Yan Ceng, Xu Yanbo, Su Weidao, Dou Lu Qin Wang · 1 passage

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欽望居宰相積十餘年，方易之、三思等怙勢宣烝，窺間王室，戮忠戚，觖冀非常，不能有所裁抑，獨謹身諄諄自全。 Qinwang served as chief minister for more than ten years while Yizhi, Sansi, and their faction abused power, eyed the throne, killed loyal princes and ministers, and pursued extravagant ambitions; he could not restrain them and devoted himself only to cautious self-preservation.