Sui and Tang · Official

Zhangsun Wuji 長孫无忌

Attested AD 626

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhangsun Wuji was an official.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 626 太宗即位，詔長孫无忌、房玄齡等復定舊令
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passage 48

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 48

Works and attributed material

old ordinances 舊令
AD 626 復定舊令 · Relation Reviser
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passage 48

Events and relationships

Revise old ordinances
AD 626 太宗即位 · Legal · Compiler · With Taizong (太宗)
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 56, passage 48

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 48

References in the histories

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

太宗即位，詔長孫无忌、房玄齡等復定舊令，議絞刑之屬五十，皆免死而斷右趾。 When Taizong ascended the throne, he ordered Zhangsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, and others to revise the old ordinances. Fifty offenses punishable by strangulation were commuted from death to amputation of the right foot.