Sui and Tang · Ruler

Xuanzong 宣宗

Xuānzōng

Attested AD 847 - AD 859

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Xuanzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 847 to AD 859 宣宗時大中
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 149

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 149

Events and relationships

Ordered Ministry of Justice to promulgate Dazhong unified categories
AD 847 to AD 859 宣宗時大中 · Legal reform · Sovereign · With Zhang Kui (張戣)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 149

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 149

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 56Volume 56 Treatises 52: Punishment and Law · 1 passage

宣宗時，左衞率府倉曹參軍張戣以刑律分類為門，而附以格敕，為大中刑律統類，詔刑部頒行之。 Under Emperor Xuānzong, Left Guard Command warehouse clerk Zhang Kui arranged the penal code by category, appended administrative edicts, and compiled the Dazhong Unified Categories of Penal Law; the Ministry of Justice was ordered to promulgate it.