Overview
Taizong was a ruler.
IdentityHistorical · Male
Found inBook of Liang
Life and dates
Death
- ended like Wangyi's calamity 終類望夷之禍Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 161
Attested activity
- AD 549 to AD 551 太宗Dated from the passage context · Book of Liang 6, passages 159, 161
Family
Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.
- Child of High Ancestor (高祖)heir 儲后Strongly inferred · Book of Liang 6, passages 151, 159
Places and affiliations
- Polity Liang 梁 · Relation RuledStrongly inferred · Book of Liang 6, passage 159
Learning and skills
- Skill literary composition 詞藻 · Level rich but flowery and not solid · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passages 159-160
Works and attributed material
- Literary first person lament · Ascribed speaker · Direct quotation · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passages 161-162
Events and relationships
- Born at the wrong time; began like confinement in Youli and ended like Wangyi calamity under rebels and great villainsDirectly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 161
Assessments and attributes
- Assessment keen beyond others, splendid spirit and appearance; heard much, reached far, rich in literary ornament · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 159
- Assessment writing brilliant but thin, style exhausted licentious beauty, meaning rarely penetrated; mournful tones shifted custom—unlike King Song of Zhou and Emperor Zhuang of Han as a holder of the myriad states · Mode historian-judgment Speaker Wei Zheng (魏徵)Directly stated · Book of Liang 6, passage 160
References in the histories
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