Sui and Tang · Ruler

Zhongzong 中宗

Zhōngzōng

Attested AD 705 - AD 710

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Zhongzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 710 考中宗廟樂
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 21, passage 65

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 65

Events and relationships

Temple music examined
Ritual · Honoree
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 21, passage 65

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 21Volume 21 Treatises 11: Rites and Music 11 · 1 passage

及將考中宗廟樂，有司奏請出之，而秤尺已亡，其跡猶存，以常用度量校之，尺當六之五，量、衡皆三之一。 For Zhongzong's temple music the offices requested them; the measuring rod was gone though its marks remained—against present measures the foot was five-sixths, capacity and weight one-third each.