Overview
Taizong was a ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 632 to AD 633 六年至明年秋Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 127, 130-131
- AD 630 四年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 127, 129
- AD 627 to AD 649 太宗世Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 127, 134
Career and standing
- commuted death to commoner status 貸為庶人Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 122
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 127
Works and attributed material
- Speech · Speaker · Direct quotationDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 122-124, 132-133
Events and relationships
- Accepted counsel on humane governmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 128
- Empire wide death sentences totaled twenty nineAD 630 四年 · Legal · Ruler · Quantity Death Sentences: 29Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 127, 129
- Governed with leniency and caution in penal lawLegal · RulerDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 128
- Pardoned returning condemned prisonersAD 633 明年秋 · Legal · RulerDated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 130-131
- Personally reviewed and temporarily released condemned prisonersAD 632 六年 · Legal · Ruler · Quantity Prisoners: 390Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 127, 130
- Proposed confession at southern suburbsRitual · Actor · Outcome DissuadedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 122, 124-126
Show 2 more source-backed claims
- Secured realm by martial prowessMilitary · ConquerorDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 127
- Relation Advised by · Person Wei Zheng (魏徵)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 128
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment avoided-frequent-amnesties-to-deter-reliance-on-escape · Mode self-report Speaker Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 132-133
- Assessment kind-and-forgiving-by-nature · Mode historian-judgmentDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 127
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 127
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