旦 Dàn

On the jiachen day the Prince of Xiang Who Pacified the State took the imperial throne at the Chengtian Gate. There was a general amnesty; those exiled for life, those assigned for life to distant posts, and exiles who had not yet reached their places of exile were brought back. Officials inside and outside the capital were granted official ranks and noble titles. Chongmao was made Prince of Wen again. On the yisi day Zhong Shaojing was dismissed. On the bingwu day Xue Ji, Vice Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and took part in the management of confidential affairs. On the dingwei day Longji, Prince of Ping, was made Heir Apparent. The title of Empress Zetian Dasheng was restored as Heavenly Empress. On the wushen day Yao Yuanzhi, Prefect of Xuzhou, was made Minister of War and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Wei Sili and Xiao Zhizhong were made Directors of the Secretariat, Zhao Yanzhao Vice Director of the Secretariat, and Cui Shi Vice Minister of Personnel; all were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit

On the gengxu day of the seventh month Chengyi, Prince of Hengyang Commandery, was raised to Prince of Shen; Longfan, Prince of Baling Commandery, to Prince of Qi; and Longye, Prince of Pengcheng Commandery, to Prince of Xue. On the guichou day Cui Riyong, Minister of War, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and took part in the management of confidential affairs. On the dingsi day Song Jing, Administrator of Luozhou, was made Acting Minister of Personnel and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Cen Xi was dismissed. On the renxu day Xiao Zhizhong was demoted to Prefect of Jinzhou, Wei Sili to Prefect of Xuzhou, Zhao Yanzhao to Prefect of Songzhou, and Zhang Xi to Prefect of Jiangzhou. Cui Shi was dismissed. On the bingyin day Li Qiao was demoted to Prefect of Huaizhou. Yao Yuanzhi concurrently became Director of the Secretariat, and Su Gui was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. On the dingmao day Tang Xiujing and Zhang Rendan were dismissed. On the jisi day there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed; officials inside and outside the capital, and sons who were their fathers' heirs, were granted one grade of merit rank. Cui Riyong and Xue Ji were dismissed. On the yihai day the Chong'en Temple and the Hao and Shun Mausoleums were abolished. The late Empress Wei was posthumously degraded to commoner, and the Princess of Anle to Rebellious Commoner. Edit

On the gengyin day of the eighth month Chongfu, Prince of Qiao, and Zheng Yin, Prefect of Bianzhou, rebelled and were executed. On the guisi day the officials appointed by ink-written edicts in slant-sealed envelopes were dismissed. Pei Tan was demoted to Prefect of Puzhou. Edit

On the xinwei day of the ninth month Tang Xiujing, retired Junior Preceptor of the Heir Apparent, was made Grand Area Commander of the Expeditionary Army of Shuofang Circuit, to guard against the Turks. Edit

On the yiwei day of the tenth month the Heavenly Empress was given the posthumous title Dasheng Heavenly Empress. On the guimao day the tablet of Yizong was removed from the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Edit

On the wushen day of the eleventh month Yao Yuanzhi was made Director of the Secretariat. On the jiyou day Emperor Xiaohe was buried in the Ding Mausoleum. On the renzi day Su Gui and Wei Anshi were dismissed. Chengqi, Prince of Song, was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs. On the dingmao day the places through which the funeral cortege had passed were pardoned. On the jisi day Chengqi, Prince of Song, was made Grand Minister of Education. Edit

On the jiwei day of the first month of the second year, Guo Yuanzhen, Chief Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud, and Zhang Yue, Vice Director of the Secretariat, were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the jiazi day Chongmao was moved to the fief of Prince of Xiang. On the yichou day the consorts Lady Liu and Lady Dou were posthumously invested as empresses. Edit

On the dingchou day of the second month the Heir Apparent acted as regent of the state. On the jiashen day Yao Yuanzhi was demoted to Prefect of Shenzhou and Song Jing to Prefect of Chuzhou. On the bingxu day Wei Anshi, Junior Guardian of the Heir Apparent, was made Director of the Chancellery. Liu Youqiu was dismissed. The officials appointed by ink-written edicts in slant-sealed envelopes were restored. On the xinmao day the slaughter of animals was banned. Edit

On the guichou day of the third month the Jinxian and Yuzhen Daoist abbeys were built. Edit

On the jiashen day of the fourth month Wei Anshi was made Director of the Secretariat. Chengqi, Prince of Song, was dismissed. On the xinmao day Li Rizhi was made Director of the Chancellery. On the renyin day there was a general amnesty; civil and military officials were granted official ranks, merit ranks and noble titles, and the people were granted three days of feasting. On the jiachen day a temple to the Emperor Xuanyuan was built. Edit

On the gengxu day of the fifth month the Hao and Shun Mausoleums were restored, and officials were appointed to them. On the renxu day Dou Huaizhen, Director of the Palace Administration, was made Grand Master of the Left Censorate and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit

On the yimao day of the eighth month there was a general amnesty, and three days of feasting were granted. On the dingsi day the Heir Apparent made the offering to the former sages at the State Academy. On the gengwu day Wei Anshi was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit

On the yihai day of the ninth month Dou Huaizhen was made Director of the Chancellery. Edit

On the jiachen day of the tenth month Liu Youqiu, Minister of Personnel, was made Director of the Chancellery; Wei Zhigu, Right Cavalier Attendant-in-ordinary, and Cui Shi, Supervisor of the Household of the Heir Apparent, were made Vice Directors of the Secretariat; all three were made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Lu Xiangxian, Vice Director of the Secretariat, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Wei Anshi, Li Rizhi, Guo Yuanzhen, Dou Huaizhen and Zhang Yue were dismissed. Edit

On the dingwei day of the twelfth month the barbarian cold-water-splashing performance was staged. Edit

On the xinwei day of the first month of the first year of Xiantian, the emperor sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the jiaxu day there was an earthquake in the three prefectures of Bing, Fen and Jiang. On the xinsi day he performed the sacrifice at the southern suburb. On the wuzi day he ploughed the sacred field. On the jichou day there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed to Taiji. Officials inside and outside the capital were granted official ranks and noble titles, and the people were granted five days of feasting. Those over ninety were given honorary appointments as prefects of lower prefectures, and those over eighty as administrators of upper prefectures. On the xinmao day he went to the Anfu Gate and watched the feasting for three days and nights. On the renchen day Lu Xiangxian was made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the yiwei day Cen Xi, Minister of Revenue, and Dou Huaizhen, Grand Master of the Left Censorate, were made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit

On the dingsi day of the second month the Heir Apparent made the offering to the former sages at the State Academy. Edit

That spring there was drought. Edit

On the wuyin day of the fifth month the emperor performed the sacrifice at the northern suburb. On the xinsi day there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed to Yanhe. Officials inside and outside the capital who had attended the rites were granted one grade of merit rank, and the people were granted five days of feasting. Edit

On the guichou day of the sixth month Cen Xi was made Director of the Chancellery. On the yimao day the Dasheng Heavenly Empress was given the posthumous title Heavenly Empress and Sage Emperor. On the xinyou day Guo Yuanzhen, Minister of Justice, was made Grand Area Commander of the Expeditionary Army of Shuofang Circuit, to attack the Turks. On the jiazi day Sun Quan, Area Commander-in-chief of Youzhou, Li Kailuo, General of the Left Valiant Guard, and Zhou Yiti, General of the Left Awesome Guard, fought the Xi at Mount Lengxing and were defeated. Edit

On the xinwei day of the seventh month a comet entered the Taiwei enclosure. Li Jiongxiu, Minister of War, was made Grand Area Commander of the Rear Army of Shuofang Circuit. On the yihai day Dou Huaizhen was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Manager of Important Military and State Affairs. On the jimao day the emperor went to the Anfu Gate to watch music, and stopped after three days. On the bingxu day, because of the drought, he reduced the dishes at his meals. Edit

On the gengzi day of the eighth month he set up the Heir Apparent as emperor, to decide minor matters, and gave himself the title Retired Emperor, to decide major matters. On the renyin day the Heavenly Empress and Sage Emperor was given the posthumous title Sage Empress. On the jiachen day there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed; officials inside and outside the capital, and the sons of officials of the fifth rank and above who were their fathers' heirs, were granted merit ranks and noble titles, and the people were granted five days of feasting. On the dingwei day Lady Wang, consort of the Heir Apparent, was made Empress. On the wushen day the emperor's sons Sizhi and Siqian were enfeoffed as Prince of Tan and Prince of Ying. On the jiyou day Chengqi, Prince of Song, was made Grand Minister of Education. On the gengxu day Dou Huaizhen was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and Liu Youqiu probationary Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, both Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery; Wei Zhigu was made Director of the Chancellery and Cui Shi Acting Director of the Secretariat. On the wuwu day Liu Youqiu was exiled to Fengzhou. Edit

On the dingmao day, the first of the ninth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On the jiawu day the emperor's son Sisheng was enfeoffed as Prince of Shan. Edit

On the xinmao day of the tenth month the Retired Emperor hunted at Mount Li. Edit

On the dinghai day of the eleventh month, by his decree, the Retired Emperor sent the emperor to tour the frontier. On the jiawu day Song Jing, Area Commander-in-chief of Youzhou, was made Grand Area Commander of the Left Army; Xue Ne, Administrator of Bingzhou, Grand Area Commander of the Central Army; and Guo Yuanzhen, Minister of War, Grand Area Commander of the Right Army. Edit