Emperor Ruizong (睿宗)

Overview

Emperor Ruizong was a Tang Emperor.

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Posthumous name	Mysteriously True Great Sage Greatly Prospering Filial Emperor	睿宗玄真大聖大興孝皇帝

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 710 to AD 712 AD 710-712
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 113, passage 65
AD 710 中宗崩
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 80
AD 684 to AD 712 睿宗
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 124
AD 710 to AD 712 睿宗即位
Directly stated · Old Book of Tang 85, passage 67; New Book of Tang 56, passage 140
AD 710 to AD 712 睿宗時
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 137
AD 710 睿宗立，贈特進、荊州大都督。
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 219

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AD 710 睿宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 121, passage 13; New Book of Tang 123, passage 79
AD 710 睿宗立
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 123, passage 237
AD 707 節湣太子以兵誅武三思而敗
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 102-103

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Zhaocheng (昭成)
empress 後
Directly stated · History of Song 107, passage 24
Parent of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (唐玄宗)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 121, passage 60
Parent of Emperor Who Yielded (讓皇帝)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passages 124-125
Parent of Kind and Illustrious Crown Prince (惠宣太子)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passages 124, 128
Parent of Kind and Stately Crown Prince (惠莊太子)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passages 124, 126
Parent of Kind and Literary Crown Prince (惠文太子)
father 父
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 70, passages 124, 127
Parent of Princess Taiping (太平公主)
sister 妹
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 121, passage 121
Parent of Emperor Xuanzong (玄宗)
sons 諸子
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 123, passages 80-81
Sibling of Emperor Zhongzong (中宗)
younger brother 弟 · Uncertain siblings
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 104

Kinship Role sons · Count 6
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 70, passage 124
Kinship Role sons · Quantity unspecified
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 80

Key source chapters

Career and standing

AD 710 睿宗立，贈特進、荊州大都督。
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 219
AD 710 睿宗立
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passages 79, 237

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 140; New Book of Tang 123, passages 79, 219
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 237

Events and relationships

Accession context for Taichi rules
AD 710 to AD 712 睿宗即位 · Legal reform · Sovereign · With Cen Yi (岑羲)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 140
Fasted and asked to welcome Zhongzong
AD 705 天後欲以相王為太子 · Political · Prince · With Empress Wu (武後)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 103
Posthumously honored
Honorific · Authority · With Wei Juyuan (韋巨源)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 219
Received brahman performer
Diplomatic · Recipient
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 137

Assessments and attributes

Assessment yielding virtue known throughout the realm · Mode quotation Speaker Xiao Zhizhong (蕭至忠)
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 123, passage 103

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 56, passage 140; New Book of Tang 123, passage 79

References in the histories

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History

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History of Song, Chapter 107Volume 107 Treatises 60: Rites 10 · 1 passage

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唐《郊祀志》載禘祫祝文，自獻祖至肅宗所配皆一後，惟睿宗二後，蓋昭成，明皇母也。 The Tang Record of Suburban Sacrifices lists the prayer texts for dì and xiá sacrifices: from Emperor Xianzu through Emperor Suzong, each emperor was paired with only one empress—Emperor Ruizong alone had two, Zhaocheng being the mother of Emperor Xuanzong.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 1 passage

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睿宗時，婆羅門國獻人倒行以足舞，仰植銛刀，俯身就鋒，曆臉下，復植於背，觱篥者立腹上，終曲而不傷。 Ruizong received a Brahman who danced upside down on his feet, bowed to upright blades along his face, replanted them on his back, and bore a bili player on his belly unharmed through the finale.

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

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睿宗即位，戶部尚書岑羲等又著太極格。 When Ruizong took the throne, Minister of Revenue Cen Yi and others compiled the Taichi Administrative Rules.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 70Volume 70 Tables 10A: Imperial Clan Lineages 1A · 1 passage

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睿宗睿宗玄真大聖大興孝皇帝六子。 Emperor Ruizong had six sons.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 113Volume 113 Biographies 38: Tang, Zhang, Xu · 1 passage

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睿宗即位，數言政損益，再遷給事中，兼太常少卿。 After Emperor Ruizong took the throne, he repeatedly offered advice on government policy and was twice promoted, becoming Supervising Secretary and concurrently Vice Minister of Imperial Sacrifices.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 121Volume 121 Biographies 46: Liu, Zhong, Cui, and the Two Kings · 8 passages

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睿宗立，進尚書右丞、徐國公，增封戶至五百，賜物千段、奴婢二十人、第一區、良田千畝、金銀雜物稱是。 After Ruizong's accession he rose to Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Duke of Xu, his fief was raised to five hundred households, and he received a thousand lengths of silk, twenty servants, a mansion, a thousand mu of fertile land, and commensurate gold and silver.

睿宗以幽求等屬吏，劾奏以疏間親，罪應死。 Ruizong turned Youqiu and his associates over for trial; they were charged with driving a wedge between father and son, a crime punishable by death.

六年，詔與蘇瑰配享睿宗廟廷。 In the sixth year he was ordered to share offerings in Ruizong's temple alongside Su Gui.

因上疏讓官，睿宗用薛稷謀，進戶部尚書，出為彭州刺史。 He petitioned to resign; Ruizong, heeding Xue Ji, made him Minister of Revenue and then sent him out as prefect of Peng.

帝曰：「畏驚太上皇，奈何？」 The emperor asked, "But I fear frightening my father—what then?"

請先安北軍而後捕逆黨，於太上皇固無所驚。」 Secure the Northern Army first, then arrest the rebels—the Retired Emperor need never be troubled."

睿宗立，琚自言本末，主人厚賫使還長安。 At Ruizong's accession he told his full story; his patron sent him back to Chang'an with generous gifts.

太上皇聞外嘩噪，召郭元振升承天樓，閉關以拒，俄而侍御史任知古召募數百人於朝堂，不得入。 The retired emperor heard the uproar and sent Guo Yuanzhen to the tower to shut the gates; Censor Ren Zhigu raised hundreds at the court but could not enter.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 123Volume 123 Biographies 48: Li, Xiao, Lu, Wei, Zhao, He · 8 passages

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睿宗立，罷政事，下除懷州刺史，致仕。 When Emperor Ruizong ascended, Qiao left government, was demoted to prefect of Huai, and retired.

初，中宗崩，嶠嘗密請相王諸子不宜留京師。 Earlier, when Emperor Zhongzong died, Qiao had secretly urged that the Prince of Xiang's sons should not remain in the capital.

節湣太子以兵誅武三思而敗，宗楚客等諗侍御史冉祖雍上變，言相王與太子謀。 When Crown Prince Jiemin raised troops to kill Wu Sansi and failed, Zong Chuke and others urged Investigating Censor Ran Zuyong to report a plot between the Prince of Xiang and the crown prince.

帝欲按之，至忠泣曰：「往者，天後欲以相王為太子，而王不食累日，獨請迎陛下，其讓德天下莫不聞。 The emperor wished to investigate; Zhizhong wept and said, "In the past Empress Wu wanted to make the Prince of Xiang crown prince, but he fasted for days and alone asked to welcome Your Majesty back—his yielding virtue was known throughout the realm.

睿宗立，贈特進、荊州大都督。 When Emperor Ruizong ascended, Juyuan was posthumously granted Special Advancement and Great Military Commissioner of Jing Prefecture.

睿宗立，出為宋州刺史，坐累貶歸州。 When Emperor Ruizong ascended, Yanzhao was sent out as prefect of Song and, through accumulated guilt, demoted to Gui Prefecture.

默啜遣貴近頡利來曰：「詔送金鏤具鞍，乃塗金，非天子意。 Mochuo sent a noble attendant Jieli to say, "The edict promised a gold-inlaid saddle set, yet it is only gilded—not the emperor's intent.

逢堯說之曰：「天子昔為單於都護，思與可汗通舊好，可汗當向風慕義，襲冠冕，取重諸蕃。」 Fengyao persuaded him: "The emperor was once Protector-General of the Xiongnu and wishes to renew old friendship with the khaghan. The khaghan ought to turn toward righteousness, assume cap and regalia, and win esteem among the tribes".