Three Kingdoms and Six Dynasties · Tang Ancestral Emperor

Xianzu 獻祖

Attested AD 450 - AD 520

Passages: 2
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xianzu was a Tang Ancestral Emperor.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 450 to AD 520 獻祖
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 11, passages 169, 177

Career and standing

Xianzu 獻祖
Received · Statement Posthumous temple placement among Tang ancestral temple seats
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 169, 177

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ancestral to
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 11, passages 169, 177
At front intercolumnar space facing north 前楹間北向 · Relation Vessel position at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 169
At north wing facing south 北廂南向 · Relation Spirit seat at
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 177

Events and relationships

Posthumous temple vessel placement
Ritual · Honoree · At ancestral temple 宗廟 · Item honored vessels 尊彝
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 169
Posthumous zhao mu seat arrangement
Ritual · Honoree · At outside the temple doors 戶外
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 177

Assessments and attributes

Item ritual vessels 尊彝 · Relation Honored with
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passage 169

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 11, passages 169, 177

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 11Volume 11 Treatises 1: Rites and Music 1 · 2 passages

獻祖、太祖、高祖、高宗尊彝在前楹間，北向； The ritual vessels of Xianzu, Taizu, Gaozu, and Gaozong stood in the front intercolumnar space, facing north;

享日，未明五刻，太廟令服其服，布昭、穆之座於戶外，自西序以東：獻祖、太祖、高祖、高宗皆北廂南向，懿祖、代祖、太宗、中宗、睿宗南廂北向。 On the offering day, at the fifth quarter before dawn, the Temple Director dons his robes and arranges zhao and mu seats outside the doors, from the western wing eastward: Offering Ancestor, Great Ancestor, High Ancestor, and Gaozong all in the north wing facing south; Esteemed Ancestor, Substitute Ancestor, Taizong, Zhongzong, and Ruizong in the south wing facing north.