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Princess Linzhen 臨真公主

Attested c. AD 836

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Princess Linzhen was a princess.

Life and dates

Attested activity

c. AD 836 開成初
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 162

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Child of Emperor Wenzong of Tang (唐文宗)
princess 公主
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 172, passage 162

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 172, passage 162

References in the histories

New Book of Tang, Chapter 172Volume 172 Biographies 97: Yu, Wang, Two Du's, Fan · 1 passage

開成初，文宗欲以真源、臨真二公主降士族，謂宰相曰：「民間脩婚姻，不計官品而上閥閱。 Early in Kaicheng, Wenzong meant to marry the Princesses Zhenyuan and Linzhen into great clans and told his chief ministers: "Common folk arranging marriages care nothing for office and everything for pedigree.