Qing · Ruler

Emperor Muzong 穆宗

Muzong

Attested AD 1875 - AD 1879

Passages: 5
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Muzong was a ruler.

Life and dates

Death

died 崩
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 17

Attested activity

AD 1879 光緒五年…奉安惠陵
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 18
AD 1875 穆宗崩
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 17

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Xiaozheyi (孝哲毅皇后)
empress 后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 48
Kin of Guangxu Emperor (光緒帝)
successor-as-son 嗣
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 445, passage 42

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 445Volume 445 Biographies 232: Wu Kedu, Zhu Yixin, Tu Keshou, An Weijun, Wen Ti, Jiang Chunlin · 5 passages

逾年，穆宗崩，德宗纘業，起吏部主事。 A year later, after Emperor Muzong died and Emperor Dezong took the throne, Kedu was recalled as a secretary in the Ministry of Personnel.

光緒五年，穆宗奉安惠陵，自請隨赴襄禮。 In 1879, when Emperor Muzong was laid to rest at Huiling, he volunteered to accompany the procession and assist in the burial rites.

還次薊州，宿廢寺，自縊，未絕，仰藥死，於懷中得遺疏，則請為穆宗立嗣也。 On the way back he halted at Jizhou and lodged in a ruined temple. He hanged himself; before life left him he took poison as well. A final memorial found on his person asked that an heir be appointed for Emperor Muzong.

下群臣議，遂定以繼德宗之統為穆宗之子，無異論。 The matter was referred to the ministers for discussion, and without dissent it was settled that the succession to Emperor Dezong would be as son to Emperor Muzong.

默念穆宗嗣統未有定議，孝哲毅皇后又仰藥殉，遂疏請表揚穆後潛德，更諡號，並解醇親王奕枻職任，詔嚴斥奪職。 Brooding over the unsettled succession to Emperor Muzong and Empress Xiaozheyi's death by poison in devotion to her husband, he memorialized to honor the late empress's hidden virtues, revise her posthumous title, and remove Prince Chun Yixuan from office. An edict sternly rebuked him and stripped him of his post.