Suzong (肅宗) | 24 Histories

Overview

Suzong was a ruler.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

Found in

Life and dates

Death

AD 762 肅宗晏駕
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 64

Attested activity

AD 756 玄宗幸蜀遙詔太子
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 97
AD 762 肅宗晏駕
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 64
AD 756 肅宗至鳳翔
Dated from the passage context · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 42

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Xuanzong (玄宗)
heir apparent 太子
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passages 50, 97
Parent of Daizong (代宗)
son 子
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 64

Career and standing

Commander-in-Chief of all armies under Heaven 天下兵馬元帥
Appointed
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 97

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Served
Strongly inferred · Old Book of Tang 113, passage 42

References in the histories

Old Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 109 Biographies 59: Feng Gang, Ashinashe'er, Qibi Heli, Heichi Changzhi, Li Duozuo, Li Siye, Bai Xiaode · 7 passages

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會肅宗至鳳翔，手詔追晉卿赴行在，即日拜為左相，軍國大務悉以咨之。 When Suzong reached Fengxiang he sent a personal summons for Jinqing to join the mobile court and that same day named him left chancellor, consulting him on every major civil and military matter.

玄宗崩，肅宗詔晉卿攝冢宰。 When Xuanzong died, Suzong ordered Jinqing to serve as regent during the mourning.

肅宗時疾彌留，覽表殞絕，乃許。 Suzong was then gravely ill; reading the memorial he fainted, then granted the request.

數日，肅宗晏駕，代宗踐祚，又詔晉卿攝冢宰。 Within days Suzong died and Daizong ascended the throne; he again ordered Jinqing to serve as regent.

大歷七年，令配享肅宗廟庭。 In Dali 7 (772) he was ordered to share sacrifices in Suzong's temple.

玄宗幸蜀，至益昌郡，遙詔太子充天下兵馬元帥，以冕為御史中丞兼左庶子，為之副。 When Xuanzong fled to Shu and reached Yichang, he issued a distant edict making the heir apparent commander of all armies under heaven, with Mian as vice censor-in-chief and left subordinate of the heir as his deputy.

遇太子於平涼，具陳事勢，勸之朔方，亟入靈武。 He met the heir apparent at Pingliang, laid out the situation in full, and urged him to go to Shuofang and enter Lingwu without delay.