Tang Gaozu (唐高祖) | 24 Histories

Overview

Tang Gaozu was an emperor of Tang.

PeriodSui and Tang

IdentityHistorical · Male

Roles

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Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 618 to AD 630 唐之始時至貞觀四年
Strongly inferred · New Book of Tang 51, passages 10, 86
AD 618 to AD 626 唐高祖
Dated from the passage context · History of Liao 79, passage 61
AD 618 to AD 626 唐高祖創立先廟
Directly stated · History of Liao 103, passage 161
AD 618 to AD 626 高祖之時
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 2

Family

Immediate relationships attested in the translated histories.

Spouse of Empress of Tang Gaozu (唐高祖之后)
empress 後
Strongly inferred · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passage 183
Parent of Emperor Taizong of Tang (唐太宗)
retired emperor 太上皇
Strongly inferred · History of Liao 80, passage 54

Kinship Role empresses-of-five-emperors · Count 5 · 五帝五後 ten tablets
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passage 182

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Career and standing

temple established in the Western Capital 立廟於西京
AD 939 天福四年冬十一月乙亥 · Commemorated · Authority Shi Jingtang (石敬瑭)
Directly stated · New History of the Five Dynasties 8, passage 128

Places and affiliations

Tang 唐
Relation Ruled
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 61
Tang
Relation Associated with
Directly stated · Old History of the Five Dynasties 143, passage 6
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Ruled
Dated from the passage context · New Book of Tang 53, passage 2
Polity Tang 唐 · Relation Served
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 86

Events and relationships

Kept annual grain transport modest through restrained court expenditure
Administrative · Ruler
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 53, passage 2
Stopped hunting after Su Shichang remonstrated
Anecdote · Sovereign · With Su Shichang (蘇世長)
Directly stated · History of Liao 79, passage 61

Source notes

Historicity historical
Directly stated · New Book of Tang 51, passage 86

References in the histories

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History

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Old History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 143Volume 143: Treatises 5 Rites 2 · 5 passages

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既廟號太祖，百代不遷，每遇禘祫，位居東向之尊，自代祖元皇帝、高祖、太宗已下，列聖子孫，各序昭穆南北相向，合食於前。 With the temple name Grand Ancestor, his place would never be moved; at every di or collective sacrifice he held the seat of honor facing east. From the Yuan Emperor of Dai through the High Ancestor and Great Ancestor and below, successive imperial descendants were arranged in zhao-mu order north and south, sharing the feast before him.

聖朝中興，重修宗廟，今太廟見饗高祖、太宗、懿宗、昭宗、獻祖、太祖、莊宗七廟，太祖景皇帝在祧廟之數，不列廟饗。 After the dynasty's revival the ancestral shrines were rebuilt; the Imperial Temple now served seven halls—the High Ancestor, Great Ancestor, Yizong, Zhaozong, Xianzu, Taizu, and Zhuangzong—while Grand Ancestor Emperor Jing was relegated to the distant-lineage shrine and no longer received regular temple offerings.

將來禘禮，若奉高祖居東向之尊，則禘饗不及於太祖、代祖； If the upcoming di rite placed the High Ancestor in the seat of honor facing east, the di offering would not include the Grand Ancestor or the Dai ancestor;

宜立唐高祖、太宗及莊宗、明宗、閔帝五廟。」 Five temples should be established to Tang's High Ancestor, Great Ancestor, Zhuangzong, Mingzong, and Emperor Min."

高祖、太宗與其後暨莊宗、明宗，凡六主在清化裏之寢宮，祭前二日，以殿中傘扇二十，迎置新廟以享祀。 The High Ancestor, Great Ancestor, and their empresses together with Zhuangzong and Mingzong—six tablets in the sleeping palace at Qinghua Lane; two days before the sacrifice, twenty palace umbrellas and fans welcome and install them in the new temple for the offering.

History of Liao, Chapter 79Volume 79 Biographies 9: Shi Fang, Yelu Xianshi, Nu Li, Guo Xi, Yelu Ameili · 1 passage

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以帝數遊獵，襲上書諫曰：「昔唐高祖好獵，蘇世長言不滿十旬未足為樂，高祖即日罷，史稱其美。 Because the emperor went hunting so often, Xi submitted a memorial of remonstrance, saying, "In former times Emperor Gaozu of Tang was fond of the chase; when Su Shichang remarked that less than ten days could hardly count as pleasure, Gaozu gave it up that very day, and the historians praised him for it.

History of Liao, Chapter 80Volume 80 Biographies 10: Zhang Jian, Xing Baopu, Ma Dechen, Xiao Pu, Yelu Eight Brothers · 2 passages

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臣聞唐太宗侍太上皇宴罷，則挽輦至內殿； Your servant has heard that after banquets with the retired emperor, Emperor Taizong of Tang would draw the imperial carriage himself to the inner hall;

上閱唐高祖、太宗、玄宗三《紀》，得臣乃錄其行事可法者進之。 When the Emperor read the three annals of Tang Gaozu, Taizong, and Xuanzong, Dechen selected and presented their conduct worth emulating.

History of Liao, Chapter 103Volume 103 Biographies 33: Literature 1 · 1 passage

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近者唐高祖創立先廟，尊四世為帝。 Recently Tang Gaozu established the ancestral temple and honored four generations as emperors.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 51Volume 51 Treatises 47: Finance and Economics 1 · 1 passage

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此高祖、太宗致治之大略，及其成效如此。 Such was the broad policy by which Gaozu and Taizong brought order—and such were its results.

New Book of Tang, Chapter 53Volume 53 Treatises 43: Finance and Economics 3 · 1 passage

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高祖、太宗之時，用物有節而易贍，水陸漕運，歲不過二十萬石，故漕事簡。 Under Gaozu and Taizong, the court spent sparingly and provisions were ample. Combined water and land transport never exceeded two hundred thousand shi a year, so grain logistics remained straightforward.

New History of the Five Dynasties, Chapter 8Volume 8 Later Jin Annals 1: Gaozu · 1 passage

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冬十一月乙亥，立唐高祖、太宗、莊宗、明宗、湣帝廟於西京。 On yihai of the eleventh month shrines to Tang Gaozu, Taizong, Zhuangzong, Mingzong, and Emperor Min were raised in the Western Capital.