Overview
The translated histories identify Taizong as a royal family member and ruler. This record brings together 2 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.
Names
| Type | English | Chinese | Pinyin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal | Taizong | 太宗 | Tàizōng |
| Title | heir | 儲后 | chǔhòu |
| Temple name | Taizong | 太宗 | Tàizōng |
Identity
- Historicity
- Historical
- Identification
- Named
- Sex
- Male
- Sex: maleExplicit · liangshu:006:s0159
Roles
- Royal Family Member
- Ruler
Life and dates
Death
- Manner: violent-comparison · Statement: ended like Wangyi's calamity / 終類望夷之禍 · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0161
Attested activity
- Western Interval: Start: AD 549 · End: AD 551 · Source Date: Text: 太宗Explicit event contextual date · liangshu:006:s0159, liangshu:006:s0161
Family
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- Child of High Ancestor (高祖)Kinship Term: heir / 儲后 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: father · Object Role: son · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)
Places and affiliations
- Polity: Liang / 梁 · Relation: ruledStrongly inferred · liangshu:006:s0159
Learning and skills
- Skill: literary composition / 詞藻 · Level: rich but flowery and not solid · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0159, liangshu:006:s0160
Works and attributed material
- Kind: literary first-person lament · Role: ascribed-speaker · Quoted: true · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0161, liangshu:006:s0162
Events and relationships
- Kind: political · Role: sufferer · Action: born at the wrong time; began like confinement in Youli and ended like Wangyi calamity under rebels and great villains · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0161
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment: keen beyond others, splendid spirit and appearance; heard much, reached far, rich in literary ornament · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0159
- Assessment: writing brilliant but thin, style exhausted licentious beauty, meaning rarely penetrated; mournful tones shifted custom—unlike King Song of Zhou and Emperor Zhuang of Han as a holder of the myriad states · Provenance: Mode: historian-judgment · Speaker Person Id: Wei Zheng (魏徵)Explicit · liangshu:006:s0160
References in the histories
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