Sui and Tang · Ruler

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang 中宗

Zhongzong

Attested AD 705 - AD 710

Passages: 3
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang was a ruler.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 705 to AD 710 中宗
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passages 48, 122, 153

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress Wei (韋氏)
empress 皇后 · Primary marriage
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passages 67, 154

Places and affiliations

Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 153

Assessments and attributes

Assessment benighted-disorder · Mode historian-judgment
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 22, passage 153

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 22Volume 22 Treatises 12: Rites and Music 12 · 3 passages

武后之禍，繼以中宗昏亂，固無足言者。 The catastrophe of Empress Wu and Zhongzong's benighted reign scarcely need be discussed.

初，帝賜第隆慶坊，坊南之地變為池，中宗常泛舟以厭其祥。 Early on the emperor received a residence in Longqing Ward; the ground south of it became a pond, and Zhongzong would row there to dispel the ill omen.

中宗時，百濟樂工人亡散，岐王為太常卿，復奏置之，然音伎多闕。 Under Zhongzong Baekje players dispersed; Prince of Qi, as Court Director, restored the troupe, but much technique was gone.