Overview
Tang Xu was an Astronomer and Official.
Life and dates
Death
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯Executed with the other partisans of Cao JixiangDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
Attested activity
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 125, 136
- AD 1457 天順元年二月庚子Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 17
- AD 1457 天順元年春正月己丑Dated from the passage context · History of Ming 12, passages 1, 11
Career and standing
- Vice Minister of the Right in the Ministry of Rites 禮部右侍郎AD 1457 天順元年春正月己丑 · Appointed · Reason merit in the Gate-Seizing restorationDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 11
- Director of the Directorate of Astronomy 欽天監正AD 1457 天順元年春正月己丑 · HeldDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 11
- SufferedAD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯 · Legal Action execution as a partisan of Cao Jixiang 伏誅Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
Places and affiliations
- Polity Ming 明 · Relation ServedStrongly inferred · History of Ming 12, passages 11, 17, 136
Works and attributed material
- Requested that the Jingtai reign title be abolished; the request was refusedDirectly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 17
Events and relationships
- AD 1461 天順五年秋七月癸卯Directly stated · History of Ming 12, passage 136
References in the histories
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