Overview
Taizong was an emperor and Ruler.
Life and dates
Attested activity
- AD 631 五年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passages 62, 64
- AD 642 十六年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passage 117
- AD 640 十四年Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passage 115
- AD 627 to AD 631 太宗嘗覽明堂針灸圖Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 56, passages 58, 61
Places and affiliations
- Polity Tang 唐 · Relation RuledDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 58, 64
Works and attributed material
- Edict · Author · Mode quotation Speaker Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 64, 108-109
- Speech · Speaker · Mode quotation Speaker Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 58-60, 65-69, 72-73
Events and relationships
- ordered joint deliberation of capital cases by high officials 死罪，中書、門下五品以上及尚書等平議之Legal · Issuer · Decreed joint reviewDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 108-109
- sent capital convicts to populate Xizhou 又徙死罪以實西州AD 642 十六年 · Legal · Issuer · DecreedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 117
- sent all exiles to key border prefectures 流罪無遠近皆徙邊要州AD 640 十四年 · Legal · Issuer · DecreedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 115
- forbade flogging criminals on the back 罪人無得鞭背Legal · Issuer · DecreedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 61
- executed Zhang Yungu in anger 遽斬蘊古Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 64
- executed a prefectural clerk for a small bribe 府史取賕不多，朕殺之Legal · Authority · ExecutedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 66
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- ordered both harsh and lenient judicial errors punished per the Code 遂命失出入者皆如律Legal · Issuer · OrderedDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 114
- questioned Liu Dewei about sentencing errors 帝以問大理卿劉德威Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 112
- ordered five capital-case reviews over two days 二日五覆奏Legal · Issuer · Reformed reviewDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passages 68-69
- deeply regretted executing Zhang Yungu 既而大悔Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 64
- moved while reviewing Fang Qiang's collective-punishment case 帝因錄囚為之動容Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 72
- studied Hall of Enlightenment acupuncture chart 覽明堂針灸圖Legal · Actor · Studied acupuncture chartDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 58
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment careless in ordering that clerk's execution · Mode self-report Speaker Taizong (太宗)Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 66
Source notes
- Historicity historicalDirectly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 58
References in the histories
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