Ming · Astronomer and Official

Tang Xu 湯序

Died AD 1461

Passages
3
Chapters
1
Histories
1

Overview

The translated histories identify Tang Xu as an astronomer and official. This record brings together 3 passages from 1 chapter across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

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Names

TypeEnglishChinesePinyin
Personal Tang Xu 湯序 Tang Xu
Personal name Tang Xu 湯序 Tang Xu

Identity

Historicity
Historical
Identification
Named
Sex
Male

Roles

  • Astronomer
  • Official

Life and dates

Death

  • Manner: executed with the other partisans of Cao Jixiang · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順五年秋七月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1461
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0136

Attested activity

Career and standing

  • Label: Vice Minister of the Right in the Ministry of Rites / 禮部右侍郎 · Action: appointed · Reason: merit in the Gate-Seizing restoration · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月己丑 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0011
  • Label: Director of the Directorate of Astronomy / 欽天監正 · Action: held · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年春正月己丑 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0011
  • Legal Action: execution as a partisan of Cao Jixiang / 伏誅 · Action: suffered · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順五年秋七月癸卯 · Western Year: AD 1461
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0136

Places and affiliations

Works and attributed material

  • Kind: memorial · Role: petitioner · Action: requested that the Jingtai reign title be abolished; the request was refused · Other Person Id: Yingzong (英宗) · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天順元年二月庚子 · Western Year: AD 1457
    Explicit · mingshi:012:s0017

Events and relationships

References in the histories

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History of Ming, Chapter 12Volume 12 Annals 12: Yingzong Later Records · 3 passages
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