隆基 Lóngjī
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玄宗
玄宗至道大聖大明孝皇帝諱隆基，睿宗第三子也。母曰昭成皇后竇氏。性英武，善騎射，通音律、曆象之學。始封楚王，後為臨淄郡王。累遷衞尉少卿、潞州別駕。
景龍四年，朝于京師，遂留不遣。庶人韋氏已弒中宗，矯詔稱制。玄宗乃與太平公主子薛崇簡、尚衣奉御王崇曄、公主府典籤王師虔、朝邑尉劉幽求、苑總監鍾紹京、長上折衝麻嗣宗、押萬騎果毅葛福順李仙鳧、道士馮處澄、僧普潤定策討亂。或請先啟相王，玄宗曰：「請而從，是王與危事；不從，則吾計失矣。」乃夜率幽求等入苑中，福順、仙鳧以萬騎兵攻玄武門，斬左羽林將軍韋播、中郎將高嵩以徇。左萬騎由左入，右萬騎由右入，玄宗率總監羽林兵會兩儀殿，梓宮宿衞兵皆起應之，遂誅韋氏。黎明，馳謁相王，謝不先啟。相王泣曰：「賴汝以免，不然，吾且及難。」乃拜玄宗殿中監，兼知內外閑廄、檢校隴右羣牧大使，押左右萬騎，進封平王，同中書門下三品。
睿宗即位，立為皇太子。景雲二年，監國，聽除六品以下官。延和元年，星官言：「帝坐前星有變。」睿宗曰：「傳德避災，吾意決矣。」七月壬辰，制皇太子宜即皇帝位。太子惶懼入請，睿宗曰：「此吾所以答天戒也。」皇太子乃御武德殿，除三品以下官。八月庚子，即皇帝位。先天元年十月庚子，享于太廟，大赦。
開元元年正月辛巳，皇后親蠶。
七月甲子，太平公主及岑羲、蕭至忠、竇懷貞謀反，伏誅。乙丑，始聽政。丁卯，大赦，賜文武官階、爵。庚午，流崔湜于竇州。甲戌，毀天樞。乙亥，尚書右丞張說檢校中書令。庚辰，陸象先罷。
Xuanzong
Xuanzong (posthumous title: Zhidao Dasheng Daming Xiao Huangdi), personal name Longji, was the third son of Ruizong. His mother was Empress Zhaocheng, of the Dou clan. He was heroic and martial by nature, skilled at riding and archery, and versed in music and in the study of the calendar and the heavenly bodies. He was first enfeoffed as Prince of Chu, and later became Prince of Linzi Commandery. Through successive promotions he became Vice Minister of the Court of the Imperial Regalia and Administrative Aide of Luzhou. Edit
In the fourth year of Jinglong he came to court at the capital and was kept there and not sent back. The commoner Wei had already murdered Zhongzong and, forging an edict, was ruling as regent. Xuanzong then laid plans to put down the disorder with Xue Chongjian, son of the Taiping Princess; the Chief Steward of the Wardrobe Wang Chongye; the Princess's household clerk Wang Shiqian; the Sheriff of Chaoyi, Liu Youqiu; the Director of the Park, Zhong Shaojing; the long-serving Assault-Resisting Commandant Ma Sizong; the Courageous Commandants in charge of the Myriad Cavalry, Ge Fushun and Li Xianfu; the Daoist Feng Chucheng; and the monk Purun. Someone asked that the Prince of Xiang be told first. Xuanzong said: "If we ask and he agrees, we involve the Prince in a dangerous affair; if he does not agree, our plan is lost." So at night he led Youqiu and the others into the park, and Fushun and Xianfu attacked the Xuanwu Gate with the soldiers of the Myriad Cavalry, beheading the General of the Left Palace Army, Wei Bo, and the Commandant Gao Song as a warning to all. The Left Myriad Cavalry entered from the left and the Right Myriad Cavalry from the right, and Xuanzong led the Park Director's men and the Palace Army troops to meet at the Liangyi Hall. The guards keeping watch over the late emperor's coffin all rose in support, and so the Wei clan were put to death. At dawn he rode to see the Prince of Xiang and apologized for not telling him first. The Prince of Xiang wept and said: "Thanks to you I have escaped; otherwise I too would have met disaster." Xuanzong was then appointed Director of the Palace Administration, concurrently Manager of the Inner and Outer Stables and Acting Commissioner-in-chief of the Herds of Longyou, in command of the Left and Right Myriad Cavalry; he was raised to Prince of Ping and made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
When Ruizong took the throne, he was made Heir Apparent. In the second year of Jingyun he was made regent and allowed to appoint officials of the sixth rank and below. In the first year of Yanhe the court astrologer said: "There is a change in the star in front of the Emperor's Seat." Ruizong said: "To pass the throne to the virtuous and so avoid calamity: my mind is made up." On the renchen day of the seventh month an edict declared that the Heir Apparent should take the imperial throne. The Heir Apparent, alarmed and fearful, went in to plead against it, but Ruizong said: "This is how I answer Heaven's warning." The Heir Apparent then sat in the Wude Hall and appointed officials of the third rank and below. On the gengzi day of the eighth month he took the imperial throne. On the gengzi day of the tenth month of the first year of Xiantian he sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple and proclaimed a general amnesty. Edit
On the xinsi day of the first month of the first year of Kaiyuan, the Empress performed the silkworm rite in person. Edit
On the jiazi day of the seventh month, the Taiping Princess, with Cen Xi, Xiao Zhizhong and Dou Huaizhen, plotted rebellion and was put to death. On yichou the Emperor began to hear state business himself. On dingmao there was a general amnesty, and civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles. On gengwu Cui Shi was banished to Dou Prefecture. On jiaxu the Celestial Axis was destroyed. On yihai the Right Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs, Zhang Yue, was made Acting Director of the Secretariat. On gengchen Lu Xiangxian was dismissed. Edit
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八月癸巳，劉幽求為尚書右僕射，知軍國大事。壬寅，宋王成器為太尉，申王成義為司徒，邠王守禮為司空。
九月丙寅，宋王成器罷。庚午，劉幽求同中書門下三品，張說為中書令。
十月，姚巂蠻寇姚州，都督李蒙死之。己亥，幸溫湯。癸卯，講武于驪山。流郭元振于新州，給事中唐紹伏誅。免新豐來歲稅，賜從官帛。甲辰，獵于渭川。同州刺史姚元之為兵部尚書、同中書門下三品。乙巳，至自渭川。
十一月乙丑，劉幽求兼侍中。戊子，羣臣上尊號曰開元神武皇帝。
十二月庚寅，大赦，改元，賜內外官勳。改中書省為紫微省，門下省為黃門省，侍中為監。甲午，吐蕃請和。己亥，禁潑寒胡戲。壬寅，姚崇兼紫微令。癸丑，劉幽求罷。貶張說為相州刺史。甲寅，黃門侍郎盧懷慎同紫微黃門平章事。
二年正月壬午，以關內旱，求直諫，停不急之務，寬繫囚，祠名山大川，葬暴骸。甲申，幷州節度大使薛訥同紫微黃門三品，以伐契丹。
二月壬辰，避正殿，減膳，徹樂。突厥寇北庭，都護郭虔瓘敗之。己酉，慮囚。
三月己亥，磧西節度使阿史那獻執西突厥都擔。
四月辛未，停諸陵供奉鷹犬。
五月辛亥，魏知古罷。
六月，京師大風拔木。甲子，以太上皇避暑，徙御大明宮。
七月乙未，焚錦繡珠玉于前殿。戊戌，禁采珠玉及為刻鏤器玩、珠繩帖縚服者，廢織錦坊。庚子，薛訥及奚、契丹戰于灤河，敗績。丁未，襄王重茂薨，追冊為皇帝。
八月壬戌，禁女樂。乙亥，吐蕃寇邊，薛訥攝左羽林軍將軍，為隴右防禦大使，右驍衞將軍郭知運為副，以伐之。
九月庚寅，作興慶宮。丁酉，宴京師侍老于含元殿庭，賜九十以上几、杖，八十以上鳩杖，婦人亦如之，賜於其家。戊申，幸溫湯。
十月戊午，至自溫湯。甲子，薛訥及吐蕃戰于武階，敗之。
十二月乙丑，封子嗣真為鄫王，嗣初鄂王，嗣玄鄄王。
三年正月丁亥，立郢王嗣謙為皇太子。降死罪，流以下原之。賜酺三日。癸卯，盧懷慎檢校黃門監。
二月辛酉，赦囚非惡逆、造偽者。
四月庚申，突厥部三姓葛邏祿來附。右羽林軍大將軍薛訥為涼州鎮軍大總管，涼州都督楊執一副之；右衞大將軍郭虔瓘為朔州鎮軍大總管，幷州長史王晙副之：以備突厥。
五月丁未，以旱錄京師囚。戊申，避正殿，減膳。
七月庚辰朔，日有食之。
十月辛酉，巂州蠻寇邊，右驍衞將軍李玄道伐之。壬戌，薛訥為朔方道行軍大總管，太僕卿呂延祚、靈州刺史杜賓客副之。癸亥，如郿，赦所過徒罪以下，賜侍老九十以上及篤疾者物。甲子，如鳳泉湯。戊辰，降大理繫囚罪。
十一月己卯，至自鳳泉湯。乙酉，幸溫湯。丁亥，相州人崔子喦反，伏誅。甲午，至自溫湯。乙未，禁白衣長髮會。
十二月乙丑，降鳳泉湯所過死罪以下。
四年正月戊寅，朝太上皇于西宮。
二月丙辰，幸溫湯。辛酉，吐蕃寇松州，廓州刺史蓋思貴伐之。丁卯，至自溫湯。癸酉，松州都督孫仁獻及吐蕃戰，敗之。
六月甲子，太上皇崩。辛未，京師、華陝二州大風拔木。癸酉，大武軍子將郝靈佺殺突厥默啜。
七月丁丑，吐蕃請和。丁酉，洛水溢。
八月辛未，奚、契丹降。
十月庚午，葬大聖真皇帝于橋陵。
十一月己卯，盧懷慎罷。丁亥，遷中宗于西廟。丙申，尚書左丞源乾曜為黃門侍郎、同紫微黃門平章事。
十二月乙卯，定陵寢殿火。丙辰，幸溫湯。乙丑，至自溫湯。
閏月己亥，姚崇、源乾曜罷。刑部尚書宋璟為吏部尚書兼黃門監，紫微侍郎蘇頲同紫微黃門平章事。
五年正月癸卯，太廟四室壞，遷神主于太極殿，素服避正殿，輟視朝五日。己酉，享于太極殿。辛亥，如東都。戊辰，大霧。
二月甲戌，大赦，賜從官帛，給復河南一年，免河南北蝗、水州今歲租。
三月丙寅，吐蕃請和。
四月甲申，毀拜洛受圖壇。己丑，子嗣一卒。
五月丙辰，詔公侯子孫襲封。
七月壬寅，隴右節度使郭知運及吐蕃戰，敗之。
九月壬寅，復紫微省為中書省，黃門省為門下省，監為侍中。
十月戊寅，祔神主于太廟。甲申，命史官月奏所行事。
六年正月辛丑，突厥請和。
二月壬辰，朔方道行軍大總管王晙伐突厥。
六月甲申，瀍水溢。
八月庚辰，以旱慮囚。
十月癸亥，賜河南府、懷汝鄭三州父老帛。
十一月辛卯，至自東都。丙申，享于太廟。元皇帝以上三祖枝孫失官者授五品京官，皇祖妣家子孫在選者甄擇之。免知頓及旁州供承者一歲租稅。乙巳，改傳國璽曰「寶」。是月，突厥執單于副都護張知運。
七年五月己丑朔，日有食之，素服，徹樂，減膳，中書門下慮囚。
六月戊辰，吐蕃請和。
閏七月辛巳，以旱避正殿，徹樂，減膳。甲申，慮囚。八月丙戌，慮囚。
九月甲戌，徙封宋王憲為寧王。
十月，作義宗廟于東都。辛卯，幸溫湯。癸卯，至自溫湯。
十一月乙亥，皇太子入學齒冑，賜陪位官及學生帛。
八年正月辛巳，宋璟、蘇頲罷。京兆尹源乾曜為黃門侍郎，幷州大都督府長史張嘉貞為中書侍郎：同中書門下平章事。
二月戊戌，子敏卒。
三月甲子，免水旱州逋負，給復四鎮行人家一年。
五月丁卯，源乾曜為侍中，張嘉貞為中書令。
六月庚寅，洛、瀍、穀水溢。
九月，突厥寇甘、涼，涼州都督楊敬述及突厥戰，敗績。丙寅，降京城囚罪，杖以下原之。壬申，契丹寇邊，王晙檢校幽州都督、節度河北諸軍大使，黃門侍郎韋抗為朔方道行軍大總管，以伐之。甲戌，中書門下慮囚。
十月辛巳，如長春宮。壬午，獵于下邽。庚寅，幸溫湯。十一月乙卯，至自溫湯。
九年正月，括田。丙寅，幸溫湯。乙亥，至自溫湯。
二月丙戌，突厥請和。丁亥，免天下七年以前逋負。
四月庚寅，蘭池胡康待賓寇邊。
五月庚午，原見囚死、流罪隨軍効力、徒以下未發者。
七月己酉，王晙執康待賓。
八月，蘭池胡康願子寇邊。
九月乙巳朔，日有食之。癸亥，天兵軍節度大使張說為兵部尚書、同中書門下三品。
十一月庚午，大赦，賜文武官階、爵，唐隆、先天實封功臣坐事免若死者加贈，賜民酺三日。
十二月乙酉，幸溫湯。壬辰，至自溫湯。
是冬，無雪。
十年正月丁巳，如東都。
二月丁丑，次望春頓，賜從官帛。
四月己亥，張說持節朔方軍節度大使。
五月戊午，突厥請和。辛酉，伊、汝水溢。
閏月壬申，張說巡邊。
六月丁巳，河決博、棣二州。
七月庚辰，給復遭水州。丙戌，安南人梅叔鸞反，伏誅。
九月，張說敗康願子于木盤山，執之。己卯，京兆人權梁山反，伏誅。癸未，吐蕃攻小勃律，北庭節度使張孝嵩敗之。
十月甲寅，如興泰宮，獵于上宜川。庚申，如東都。
十二月，突厥請和。
十一年正月丁卯，降東都囚罪，杖以下原之。己巳，如幷州，降囚罪，徒以下原之。賜侍老物。庚辰，次潞州，赦囚，給復五年，以故第為飛龍宮。辛卯，次幷州，改幷州為北都。癸巳，赦太原府，給復一年，下戶三年，元從家五年。版授侍老八十以上上縣令，婦人縣君；九十以上上州長史，婦人郡君；百歲以上上州刺史，婦人郡夫人。
二月己酉，貶張嘉貞為豳州刺史。壬子，如汾陰，祠后土，賜文武官階、勳、爵、帛。癸亥，張說兼中書令。
三月辛未，至自汾陰，免所過今歲稅，赦京城。
四月甲子，張說為中書令。吏部尚書王晙為兵部尚書、同中書門下三品。
五月乙丑，復中宗于太廟。己丑，王晙持節朔方軍節度大使。辛卯，遣使分巡天下。
六月，王晙巡邊。
八月戊申，追號宣皇帝曰獻祖，光皇帝曰懿祖。
十月丁酉，幸溫湯，作溫泉宮。甲寅，至自溫湯。
十一月戊寅，有事于南郊，大赦。賜奉祠官階、勳、爵，親王公主一子官，高年粟帛，孝子順孫終身勿事。天下酺三日，京城五日。
十二月甲午，如鳳泉湯。戊申，至自鳳泉湯。庚申，貶王晙為蘄州刺史。
十二年四月壬寅，詔傍繼國王禮當廢而屬近者封郡王。
七月己卯，廢皇后王氏為庶人。十月，庶人王氏卒。
十一月庚午，如東都。庚辰，溪州首領覃行章反，伏誅。辛巳，申王撝薨。
閏十二月丙辰朔，日有食之。
十三年正月戊子，降死罪，流以下原之。遣使宣慰天下。壬子，葬朔方隴右河西戰亡者。
三月甲午，徙封郯王潭為慶王，陝王浚忠王，鄫王洽棣王，鄄王滉榮王。封子涺為光王，濰儀王，澐潁王，澤永王，清壽王，洄延王，沐盛王，溢濟王。
九月丙戌，罷奏祥瑞。
十月辛酉，如兗州。庚午，次濮州，賜河南、北五百里內父老帛。
十一月庚寅，封于泰山。辛卯，禪于社首。壬辰，大赦。賜文武官階、勳、爵，致仕官一季祿，公主、嗣王、郡縣主一子官，諸蕃酋長來會者一官。免所過一歲、兗州二歲租。賜天下酺七日。丙申，幸孔子宅，遣使以太牢祭其墓，給復近墓五戶。丁酉，賜徐、曹、亳、許、仙、豫六州父老帛。
十二月己巳，如東都。
十四年二月，邕州獠梁大海反，伏誅。
四月丁巳，戶部侍郎李元紘為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。庚申，張說罷。丁卯，岐王範薨。
六月戊午，東都大風拔木。壬戌，詔州縣長官言事。
七月癸未，瀍水溢。
八月丙午，河決魏州。
九月己丑，磧西節度使杜暹檢校黃門侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
十月甲寅，太白晝見。庚申，如廣成湯。己巳，如東都。
十二月丁巳，獵于方秀川。
十五年正月辛丑，河西、隴右節度使王君㚟及吐蕃戰于青海，敗之。
七月甲戌，震興教門觀，災。庚寅，洛水溢。己亥，降都城囚罪，徒以下原之。
八月，澗、穀溢，毀澠池縣。己巳，降天下死罪、嶺南邊州流人，徒以下原之。
九月丙子，吐蕃寇瓜州，執刺史田元獻。
閏月庚子，寇安西，副大都護趙頤貞敗之。庚申，回紇襲甘州，王君㚟死之。
十月己卯，至自東都。
十一月丁卯，獵于城南。
十二月乙亥，幸溫泉宮。丙戌，至自溫泉宮。
十六年正月壬寅，趙頤貞及吐蕃戰于曲子城，敗之。乙卯，瀧州首領陳行範反，伏誅。庚申，許徒以下囚保任營農。三月辛丑，免營農囚罪。
七月，吐蕃寇瓜州，刺史張守珪敗之。乙巳，隴右節度使張志亮、河西節度使蕭嵩克吐蕃大莫門城。八月辛卯，及吐蕃戰于祁連城，敗之。
九月丙午，以久雨降囚罪，徒以下原之。
十月己卯，幸溫泉宮。己丑，至自溫泉宮。
十一月癸巳，蕭嵩為兵部尚書、同中書門下平章事。甲辰，弛陂澤禁。戊申，幸寧王憲第。庚戌，至自寧王憲第。
十二月丁卯，幸溫泉宮。丁丑，至自溫泉宮。
十七年二月丁卯，巂州都督張審素克雲南昆明城、鹽城。
三月戊戌，張守珪及吐蕃戰于大同軍，敗之。
四月癸亥，降死罪，流以下原之。乙亥，大風，震，藍田山崩。
六月甲戌，源乾曜、杜暹、李元紘罷。蕭嵩兼中書令。戶部侍郎宇文融為黃門侍郎，兵部侍郎裴光庭為中書侍郎：同中書門下平章事。
九月壬子，貶宇文融為汝州刺史。
十月戊午朔，日有食之。
十一月庚寅，享于太廟。丙申，拜橋陵，赦奉先縣。戊戌，拜定陵。己亥，拜獻陵。壬寅，拜昭陵。乙巳，拜乾陵。戊申，至自乾陵，大赦。免今歲稅之半。賜文武官階、爵，侍老帛。旌表孝子順孫、義夫節婦，終身勿事。唐隆兩營立功三品以上予一子官。免供頓縣今歲稅。賜諸軍行人勳兩轉。
十二月辛酉，幸溫泉宮。壬申，至自溫泉宮。
是冬，無雪。
十八年正月辛卯，裴光庭為侍中。
二月丙寅，大雨，雷震左飛龍廄，災。辛未，免囚罪杖以下。
四月乙卯，築京師外郭。
五月己酉，奚、契丹附于突厥。
六月甲子，有彗星出于五車。癸酉，有星孛于畢、昴。乙亥，瀍水溢。丙子，忠王浚為河北道行軍元帥。壬午，洛水溢。
九月丁巳，忠王浚兼河東道諸軍元帥。
十月戊子，吐蕃請和。庚寅，如鳳泉湯。癸卯，至自鳳泉湯。
十一月丁卯，幸溫泉宮。丁丑，至自溫泉宮。
十九年正月，殺瀼州別駕王毛仲。丙子，耕于興慶宮。己卯，禁捕鯉魚。
四月壬午，降死罪以下。丙申，立太公廟。
六月乙酉，大風拔木。
七月癸丑，吐蕃請和。
八月辛巳，以千秋節降死罪，流以下原之。
十月丙申，如東都。十一月乙卯，次洛城南，賜從官帛。
是歲，揚州穭稻生。
二十年正月乙卯，信安郡王禕為河東、河北道行軍副元帥，以伐奚、契丹。
二月甲戌朔，日有食之。壬午，降囚罪，徒以下原之。
三月己巳，信安郡王禕及奚、契丹戰于薊州，敗之。
五月戊申，忠王浚俘奚、契丹以獻。
六月丁丑，浚為司徒。
八月辛未朔，日有食之。
九月乙巳，渤海靺鞨寇登州，刺史韋俊死之，左領軍衞將軍蓋福慎伐之。戊辰，以宋、滑、兗、鄆四州水，免今歲稅。
十月壬午，如潞州。丙戌，中書門下慮巡幸所過囚。辛卯，赦潞州，給復三年，賜高年粟帛。
十一月辛丑，如北都。癸丑，赦北都，給復三年。庚申，如汾陰，祠后土，大赦。免供頓州今歲稅。賜文武官階、勳、爵，諸州侍老帛，武德以來功臣後及唐隆功臣三品以上一子官。民酺三日。
十二月辛未，至自汾陰。
二十一年正月丁巳，幸溫泉宮。二月丁亥，至自溫泉宮。
三月乙巳，裴光庭薨。甲寅，尚書右丞韓休為黃門侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
閏月癸酉，幽州副總管郭英傑及契丹戰于都山，英傑死之。
四月乙卯，遣宣慰使黜陟官吏，決繫囚。丁巳，寧王憲為太尉，薛王業為司徒。
五月戊子，以皇太子納妃，降死罪，流以下原之。
七月乙丑朔，日有食之。
九月壬午，封子沔為信王，泚義王，漼陳王，澄豐王，潓恆王，漩涼王，滔深王。
十月庚戌，幸溫泉宮。己未，至自溫泉宮。
十二月丁巳，蕭嵩、韓休罷。京兆尹裴耀卿為黃門侍郎，中書侍郎張九齡：同中書門下平章事。
二十二年正月己巳，如東都。
二月壬寅，秦州地震，給復壓死者家一年，三人者三年。
四月甲辰，降死罪以下。甲寅，北庭都護劉渙謀反，伏誅。
五月戊子，裴耀卿為侍中，張九齡為中書令，黃門侍郎李林甫為禮部尚書、同中書門下三品。是日，大風拔木。
六月壬辰，幽州節度使張守珪俘奚、契丹以獻。
七月己巳，薛王業薨。
十一月甲戌，免關內、河南八等以下戶田不百畝者今歲租。
十二月戊子朔，日有食之。乙巳，張守珪及契丹戰，敗之，殺其王屈烈。
二十三年正月乙亥，耕藉田。大赦。侍老百歲以上版授上州刺史，九十以上中州刺史，八十以上上州司馬。賜陪位官勳、爵。征防兵父母年七十者遣還。民酺三日。
八月戊子，免鰥寡惸獨今歲稅米。
十月戊申，突騎施寇邊。
閏十一月壬午朔，日有食之。
是冬，東都人劉普會反，伏誅。
二十四年正月丙午，北庭都護蓋嘉運及突騎施戰，敗之。
四月丁丑，降死罪以下。
五月丙午，醴泉人劉志誠反，伏誅。
八月甲寅，突騎施請和。乙亥，汴王璥薨。
十月戊申，京師地震。甲子，次華州，免供頓州今歲稅，賜刺史、縣令中上考。降兩京死罪，流以下原之。丁卯，至自東都。
十一月辛丑，東都地震。壬寅，裴耀卿、張九齡罷。李林甫兼中書令，朔方軍節度副大使牛仙客為工部尚書、同中書門下三品。
十二月戊申，慶王琮為司徒。
二十五年三月乙酉，張守珪及契丹戰于捺祿山，敗之。辛卯，河西節度副大使崔希逸及吐蕃戰于青海，敗之。
四月辛酉，殺監察御史周子諒。乙丑，廢皇太子瑛及鄂王瑤、光王琚為庶人，皆殺之。
十一月壬申，幸溫泉宮。乙酉，至自溫泉宮。
十二月丙午，惠妃武氏薨。丁巳，追冊為皇后。
二十六年正月甲戌，潮州刺史陳思挺謀反，伏誅。乙亥，牛仙客為侍中。丁丑，迎氣于東郊。降死罪，流以下原之，以京兆稻田給貧民，禁王公獻珍物，賜文武官帛。壬辰，李林甫兼隴右節度副大使。
二月乙卯，牛仙客兼河東節度副大使。
三月丙子，有星孛于紫微。癸巳，京師地震。吐蕃寇河西，崔希逸敗之，鄯州都督杜希望克其新城。
四月己亥，有司讀時令。降死罪，流以下原之。
五月乙酉，李林甫兼河西節度副大使。
六月庚子，立忠王璵為皇太子。
七月己巳，大赦。賜文武九品以上及五品以上子為父後者勳一轉，侍老粟帛，加版授。免京畿下戶今歲租之半。賜民酺三日。
九月丙申朔，日有食之。庚子，益州長史王昱及吐蕃戰于安戎城，敗績。
十月戊寅，幸溫泉宮。壬辰，至自溫泉宮。
二十七年正月壬寅，榮王琬巡按隴右。
二月己巳，羣臣上尊號曰開元聖文神武皇帝，大赦。免今歲稅。賜文武官階、爵。版授侍老百歲以上下州刺史，婦人郡君；九十以上上州司馬，婦人縣君；八十以上縣令，婦人鄉君。賜民酺五日。
八月乙亥，磧西節度使蓋嘉運敗突騎施于賀邏嶺，執其可汗吐火仙。壬午，吐蕃寇邊，河西、隴右節度使蕭炅敗之。
十月丙戌，幸溫泉宮。十一月辛丑，至自溫泉宮。
二十八年正月癸巳，幸溫泉宮。庚子，至自溫泉宮。
三月丁亥朔，日有食之。壬子，益州司馬章仇兼瓊敗吐蕃，克安戎城。
五月癸卯，吐蕃寇安戎城，兼瓊又敗之。
十月甲子，幸溫泉宮。以壽王妃楊氏為道士，號太真。戊辰，以徐、泗二州無蠶，免今歲稅。辛巳，至自溫泉宮。
十一月，牛仙客罷朔方、河東節度副大使。
二十九年正月癸巳，幸溫泉宮。丁酉，立玄元皇帝廟，禁厚葬。庚子，至自溫泉宮。
五月庚戌，求明道德經及莊、列、文子者。降死罪，流以下原之。
七月乙亥，伊、洛溢。
九月丁卯，大雨雪。
十月丙申，幸溫泉宮。戊戌，遣使黜陟官吏。
十一月庚戌，邠王守禮薨。辛酉，至自溫泉宮。己巳，雨木冰。辛未，寧王憲薨，追冊為皇帝，及其妃元氏為皇后。
十二月癸未，吐蕃陷石堡城。
天寶元年正月丁未，大赦，改元。詔京文武官材堪刺史者自舉。賜侍老八十以上粟帛，九品以上勳兩轉。甲寅，陳王府參軍田同秀言：「玄元皇帝降于丹鳳門通衢。」
二月丁亥，羣臣上尊號曰開元天寶聖文神武皇帝。辛卯，享玄元皇帝于新廟。甲午，享于太廟。丙申，合祭天地于南郊，大赦。侍老加版授，賜文武官階、爵。改侍中為左相，中書令為右相，東都為東京，北都為北京，州為郡，刺史為太守。
七月癸卯朔，日有食之。辛未，牛仙客薨。
八月丁丑，刑部尚書李適之為左相。
十月丁酉，幸溫泉宮。十一月己巳，至自溫泉宮。
十二月戊戌，隴右節度使皇甫惟明及吐蕃戰于青海，敗之。庚子，河西節度使王倕克吐蕃漁海、遊弈軍。朔方軍節度使王忠嗣及奚戰于紫乾河，敗之，遂伐突厥。
是冬，無冰。
二年正月乙卯，作昇仙宮。丙辰，加號玄元皇帝曰大聖祖。
三月壬子，享于玄元宮，追號大聖祖父周上御大夫敬曰先天太皇，咎繇曰德明皇帝，涼武昭王曰興聖皇帝。改西京玄元宮曰太清宮，東京曰太微宮。
四月己卯，皇甫惟明克吐蕃洪濟城。
六月甲戌，震東京應天門觀，災。
十月戊寅，幸溫泉宮。十一月乙卯，至自溫泉宮。
十二月壬午，海賊吳令光寇永嘉郡。
是冬，無雪。
三載正月丙申，改年為載。降死罪，流以下原之。辛丑，幸溫泉宮。辛亥，有星隕于東南。
二月庚午，至自溫泉宮。丁丑，河南尹裴敦復、晉陵郡太守劉同昇、南海郡太守劉巨鱗討吳令光。閏月，令光伏誅。
三月壬申，降死罪，流以下原之。
八月丙午，拔悉蜜攻突厥，殺烏蘇米施可汗，來獻其首。
十月甲午，幸溫泉宮。十一月丁卯，至自溫泉宮。
十二月癸丑，祠九宮貴神于東郊，大赦。詔天下家藏孝經。賜文武官階、爵，侍老粟帛，民酺三日。
四載正月丙戌，王忠嗣及突厥戰于薩河內山，敗之。
三月壬申，以外孫獨孤氏女為靜樂公主，嫁于契丹松漠都督李懷節；楊氏女為宜芳公主，嫁于奚饒樂都督李延寵。
八月壬寅，立太真為貴妃。
九月，契丹、奚皆殺其公主以叛。甲申，皇甫惟明及吐蕃戰于石堡城，副將褚誗赮之。
十月戊戌，幸溫泉宮。十二月戊戌，至自溫泉宮。
五載正月乙亥，停六品以下員外官。
三月丙子，遣使黜陟官吏。
四月庚寅，李適之罷。丁酉，門下侍郎陳希烈同中書門下平章事。
五月壬子朔，日有食之。
七月，殺括蒼郡太守韋堅、播川郡太守皇甫惟明。
十月戊戌，幸溫泉宮。十一月乙巳，至自溫泉宮。
十二月甲戌，殺贊善大夫杜有鄰、著作郎王曾、左驍衞兵曹參軍柳勣、左司禦率府倉曹參軍王脩己、右武衞司戈盧寧、左威衞參軍徐徵。
六載正月辛巳，殺北海郡太守李邕、淄川郡太守裴敦復。丁亥，享于太廟。戊子，有事于南郊，大赦，流人老者許致仕，停立仗鋜。賜文武官階、爵，侍老粟帛，民酺三日。
三月甲辰，陳希烈為左相。
七月乙酉，以旱降死罪，流以下原之。
十月戊申，幸華清宮。
十一月丁酉，殺戶部侍郎楊慎矜及其弟少府少監慎餘、洛陽令慎名。
十二月癸丑，至自華清宮。
是歲，安西副都護高仙芝及小勃律國戰，敗之。
七載五月壬午，羣臣上尊號曰開元天寶聖文神武應道皇帝，大赦，免來載租、庸。以魏、周、隋為三恪。賜京城父老物人十段。七十以上版授本縣令，婦人縣君；六十以上縣丞。天下侍老百歲以上上郡太守，婦人郡君；九十以上上郡司馬，婦人縣君；八十以上縣令，婦人鄉君。賜文武官勳兩轉，民酺三日。
十月庚戌，幸華清宮。十二月辛酉，至自華清宮。
八載四月，殺咸寧郡太守趙奉璋。
六月乙卯，隴右節度使哥舒翰及吐蕃戰于石堡城，敗之。
閏月丙寅，謁太清宮，加上玄元皇帝號曰聖祖大道玄元皇帝，增祖宗帝后謚。羣臣上尊號曰開元天地大寶聖文神武應道皇帝，大赦，男子七十、婦人七十五以上皆給一子侍，賜文武官階、爵，民為戶者古爵，酺三日。
十月乙丑，幸華清宮。是月，特進何履光率十道兵以伐雲南。
十一月丁巳，幸御史中丞楊釗莊。
九載正月己亥，至自華清宮。丁巳，詔以十一月封華嶽。
三月辛亥，華嶽廟災，關內旱，乃停封。
五月庚寅，慮囚。
九月辛卯，以商、周、漢為三恪。
十月庚申，幸華清宮。太白山人王玄翼言：「玄元皇帝降于寶仙洞。」
十二月乙亥，至自華清宮。
是歲，雲南蠻陷雲南郡，都督張虔陀死之。
十載正月壬辰，朝獻于太清宮。癸巳，朝享于太廟。甲午，有事于南郊，大赦，賜侍老粟帛，酺三日。丁酉，李林甫兼朔方軍節度副大使、安北副大都護。己亥，改傳國寶為「承天大寶」。戊申，安西四鎮節度使高仙芝執突騎施可汗及石國王。
四月壬午，劍南節度使鮮于仲通及雲南蠻戰于西洱河，大敗績，大將王天運死之，陷雲南都護府。
七月，高仙芝及大食戰于恆邏斯城，敗績。
八月，范陽節度副大使安祿山及契丹戰于吐護真河，敗績。乙卯，廣陵海溢。丙辰，武庫災。
十月壬子，幸華清宮。
十一月乙未，幸楊國忠第。
十一載正月丁亥，至自華清宮。
二月庚午，突厥部落阿布思寇邊。
三月乙巳，改尚書省八部名。
四月乙酉，戶部郎中王銲、京兆人邢縡謀反，伏誅。丙戌，殺御史大夫王鉷。李林甫罷安北副大都護。
五月戊申，慶王琮薨。甲子，東京大風拔木。
六月壬午，御史大夫兼劍南節度使楊國忠敗吐蕃于雲南，克故洪城。
十月戊寅，幸華清宮。
十一月乙卯，李林甫薨。庚申，楊國忠為右相。
十二月丁亥，至自華清宮。
十二載五月己酉，復魏、周、隋為三恪。
六月，阿布思部落降。
八月，中書門下慮囚。
九月甲寅，葛邏祿葉護執阿布思。
十月戊寅，幸華清宮。
十三載正月丙午，至自華清宮。
二月壬申，朝獻于太清宮，加上玄元皇帝號曰大聖祖高上大道金闕玄元天皇大帝。癸酉，朝享于太廟，增祖宗謚。甲戌，羣臣上尊號曰開元天地大寶聖文神武證道孝德皇帝，大赦，左降官遭父母喪者聽歸。賜孝義旌表者勳兩轉。侍老百歲以上版授本郡太守，婦人郡夫人；九十以上郡長史，婦人郡君；八十以上縣令，婦人縣君。太守加賜爵一級，縣令勳兩轉，民酺三日。丁丑，楊國忠為司空。是日，雨土。
三月，隴右、河西節度使哥舒翰敗吐蕃，復河源九曲。辛酉，大風拔木。
五月壬戌，觀酺于勤政樓，北庭都護程千里俘阿布思以獻。
六月乙丑朔，日有食之。劍南節度留後李宓及雲南蠻戰于西洱河，死之。
八月丙戌，陳希烈罷。文部侍郎韋見素為武部尚書、同中書門下平章事。
是秋，瀍、洛水溢。
十月乙酉，幸華清宮。十二月戊午，至自華清宮。
十四載三月壬午，安祿山及契丹戰于潢水，敗之。
五月，天有聲于浙西。
八月辛卯，降死罪，流以下原之。免今載租、庸半。賜侍老米。
十月庚寅，幸華清宮。
十一月，安祿山反，陷河北諸郡。范陽將何千年殺河東節度使楊光翽。壬申，伊西節度使封常清為范陽、平盧節度使，以討安祿山。丙子，至自華清宮。九原郡太守郭子儀為朔方軍節度副大使，右羽林軍大將軍王承業為太原尹，衞尉卿張介然為河南節度採訪使，右金吾大將軍程千里為上黨郡長史，以討安祿山。丁丑，榮王琬為東討元帥，高仙芝副之。
十二月丁亥，安祿山陷靈昌郡。辛卯，陷陳留郡，執太守郭納，張介然死之。癸巳，安祿山陷滎陽郡，太守崔無詖死之。丙申，封常清及安祿山戰于甖子谷，敗績。丁酉，陷東京，留守李憕、御史中丞盧弈、判官蔣清死之。河南尹達奚珣叛降于安祿山。
己亥，恆山郡太守顏杲卿敗何千年，執之，克趙、鉅鹿、廣平、清河、河間、景城、樂安、博平、博陵、上谷、文安、信都、魏、鄴十四郡。
癸卯，封常清、高仙芝伏誅。哥舒翰持節統領處置太子先鋒兵馬副元帥，守潼關。甲辰，郭子儀及安祿山將高秀巖戰于河曲，敗之。戊申，榮王琬薨。壬子，濟南郡太守李隨、單父尉賈賁、濮陽人尚衡以兵討安祿山。是月，平原郡太守顏真卿、饒陽郡太守盧全誠、司馬李正以兵討安祿山。
十五載正月乙卯，東平郡太守嗣吳王祗以兵討安祿山。丙辰，李隨為河南節度使，以討祿山。壬戌，祿山陷恆山郡，執顏杲卿、袁履謙，陷鄴、廣平、鉅鹿、趙、上谷、博陵、文安、魏、信都九郡。癸亥，朔方軍節度副使李光弼為河東節度副大使，以討祿山。甲子，南陽郡太守魯炅為南陽節度使，率嶺南、黔中、山南東道兵屯于葉縣。乙丑，安慶緒寇潼關，哥舒翰敗之。丁丑，真源令張巡以兵討安祿山。
二月己亥，嗣吳王祗及祿山將謝元同戰于陳留，敗之。李光弼克常山郡，郭子儀出井陘會光弼，及安祿山將史思明戰，敗之。庚子，賈賁戰于雍丘，死之。
三月，顏真卿克魏郡。史思明寇饒陽、平原。乙卯，張巡及安祿山將令狐潮戰于雍丘，敗之。丙辰，殺戶部尚書安思順、太僕卿安元貞。乙丑，李光弼克趙郡。
四月乙酉，北海郡太守賀蘭進明以兵救平原。丙午，太子左贊善大夫來瑱為潁川郡太守、兼招討使。
五月丁巳，魯炅及安祿山戰于滍水，敗績，奔于南陽。戊辰，嗣虢王巨為河南節度使。
六月癸未，顏真卿及安祿山將袁知泰戰于堂邑，敗之。賀蘭進明克信都。丙戌，哥舒翰及安祿山戰于靈寶西原，敗績。是日，郭子儀、李光弼及史思明戰于嘉山，敗之。辛卯，蕃將火拔歸仁執哥舒翰叛降于安祿山，遂陷潼關、上洛郡。
甲午，詔親征。京兆尹崔光遠為西京留守、招討處置使。丙申，行在望賢宮。丁酉，次馬嵬，左龍武大將軍陳玄禮殺楊國忠及御史大夫魏方進、太常卿楊暄。賜貴妃楊氏死。是日，張巡及安祿山將翟伯玉戰于白沙堝，敗之。己亥，祿山陷京師。辛丑，次陳倉。閑廄使任沙門叛降于祿山。丙午，次河池郡。劍南節度使崔圓為中書侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
七月甲子，次普安郡。憲部侍郎房琯為文部尚書、同中書門下平章事。丁卯，皇太子為天下兵馬元帥，都統朔方、河東、河北、平盧節度使，御史中丞裴冕、隴西郡司馬劉秩副之。江陵大都督永王璘為山南東路黔中江南西路節度使，盛王琦為廣陵郡都督、江南東路淮南道節度使，豐王珙為武威郡都督、河西隴右安西北庭節度使。庚午，次巴西郡。以太守崔渙為門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事，韋見素為左相。庚辰，次蜀郡。
八月壬午，大赦，賜文武官階、爵，為安祿山脅從能自歸者原之。癸巳，皇太子即皇帝位于靈武，以聞。庚子，上皇天帝誥遣韋見素、房琯、崔渙奉皇帝冊于靈武。
十一月甲寅，憲部尚書李麟同中書門下平章事。
十二月甲辰，永王璘反，廢為庶人。
至德二載正月庚戌，誥求天下孝悌可旌者。甲子，劍南健兒賈秀反，伏誅。三月庚午，通化郡言玄元皇帝降。五月庚申，誥追冊貴嬪楊氏為皇后。七月庚戌，行營健兒李季反，伏誅。庚午，劍南健兒郭千仞反，伏誅。十月丁巳，皇帝復京師，以聞。誥降劍南囚罪，流以下原之。
十二月丁未，至自蜀郡，居于興慶宮。三載，上號曰太上至道聖皇天帝。上元元年，徙居于西內甘露殿。元年建巳月，崩于神龍殿，年七十八。
贊曰：睿宗因其子之功，而在位不久，固無可稱者。嗚呼，女子之禍於人者甚矣！自高祖至于中宗，數十年間，再罹女禍，唐祚既絕而復續，中宗不免其身，韋氏遂以滅族。玄宗親平其亂，可以鑒矣，而又敗以女子。方其勵精政事，開元之際，幾致太平，何其盛也！及侈心一動，窮天下之欲不足為其樂，而溺其所甚愛，忘其所可戒，至於竄身失國而不悔。考其始終之異，其性習之相遠也至於如此。可不慎哉！可不慎哉！
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涼州 衲、十行、汲本作「源川」，殿、局本作「源州」。據本書卷一一一薛訥傳、卷二一五上突厥傳及通鑑卷二一一改。
突厥寇甘涼涼州都督楊敬述及突厥戰敗績 上「涼」字各本原作「源」。按通鑑卷二一二載：開元八年，突厥掠涼州，都督楊敬述使裨將將兵邀擊，大敗。本書卷二一五下及舊書卷一九四上突厥傳略同。「源」為「涼」之誤甚明，據改。
On the guisi day of the eighth month, Liu Youqiu was made Right Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and put in charge of great affairs of the army and state. On renyin Chengqi, Prince of Song, was made Grand Commandant, Chengyi, Prince of Shen, Grand Minister of Education, and Shouli, Prince of Bin, Grand Minister of Works. Edit
On the bingyin day of the ninth month, Chengqi, Prince of Song, was dismissed. On gengwu Liu Youqiu was made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery, and Zhang Yue Director of the Secretariat. Edit
In the tenth month the Man tribes of Yao and Sui raided Yao Prefecture, and its Area Commander-in-chief Li Meng died fighting them. On jihai the Emperor went to the hot springs. On guimao he held military exercises at Mount Li. Guo Yuanzhen was banished to Xin Prefecture, and the Supervising Secretary Tang Shao was put to death. Xinfeng was excused the next year's taxes, and the officials in attendance were given silk. On jiachen he hunted on the Wei River plain. The Prefect of Tongzhou, Yao Yuanzhi, was made Minister of War and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On yisi he returned from the Wei River plain. Edit
On the yichou day of the eleventh month, Liu Youqiu was made concurrently Director of the Chancellery. On wuzi the officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Shenwu Huangdi. Edit
On the gengyin day of the twelfth month there was a general amnesty, the era name was changed, and officials in and outside the capital were given merit ranks. The Secretariat was renamed the Ziwei Department, the Chancellery the Huangmen Department, and the title Director of the Chancellery became Director [of the Huangmen Department]. On jiawu Tibet asked for peace. On jihai the Sprinkling Cold Water game of the Hu people was forbidden. On renyin Yao Chong was made concurrently Director of the Ziwei Department. On guichou Liu Youqiu was dismissed. Zhang Yue was demoted to Prefect of Xiangzhou. On jiayin the Vice Director of the Huangmen Department, Lu Huaishen, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Ziwei and Huangmen Departments. Edit
On the renwu day of the first month of the second year, because of drought within the Pass, the Emperor sought frank remonstrance, halted work that was not urgent, eased the confinement of prisoners, sacrificed to the famous mountains and great rivers, and had exposed bones buried. On jiashen the Military Commissioner-in-chief of Bing Prefecture, Xue Ne, was made Jointly of the Third Rank with the Ziwei and Huangmen Departments, to campaign against the Khitan. Edit
On the renchen day of the second month, the Emperor withdrew from the main hall, reduced his meals and stopped music. The Turks raided Beiting, and the Protector Guo Qianguan defeated them. On jiyou the Emperor reviewed the cases of prisoners. Edit
On the jihai day of the third month, the Military Commissioner of Qixi, Ashina Xian, captured Dudan of the Western Turks. Edit
On the xinwei day of the fourth month, the hawks and hounds kept as offerings at the imperial tombs were discontinued. Edit
On the xinhai day of the fifth month, Wei Zhigu was dismissed. Edit
In the sixth month a great wind in the capital uprooted trees. On jiazi, because the Retired Emperor was escaping the summer heat, the Emperor moved his residence to the Daming Palace. Edit
On the yiwei day of the seventh month, brocades, embroideries, pearls and jade were burned in front of the hall. On wuxu the gathering of pearls and jade was forbidden, as was the making of carved trinkets and of garments trimmed with strings of pearls and braid, and the Brocade Workshop was abolished. On gengzi Xue Ne fought the Xi and Khitan at the Luan River and was defeated. On dingwei Chongmao, Prince of Xiang, died and was posthumously invested as Emperor. Edit
On the renxu day of the eighth month, female musicians were forbidden. On yihai Tibet raided the border. Xue Ne was made acting General of the Left Palace Army and Defense Commissioner-in-chief of Longyou, with the General of the Right Courageous Guard, Guo Zhiyun, as his deputy, to campaign against them. Edit
On the gengyin day of the ninth month, work began on the Xingqing Palace. On dingyou the Emperor gave a banquet for the aged of the capital in the courtyard of the Hanyuan Hall, granting those over ninety armrests and staffs and those over eighty dove-headed staffs; women were treated the same, the gifts being sent to their homes. On wushen he went to the hot springs. Edit
On the wuwu day of the tenth month he returned from the hot springs. On jiazi Xue Ne fought Tibet at Wujie and defeated them. Edit
On the yichou day of the twelfth month, his sons were enfeoffed: Sizhen as Prince of Zeng, Sichu as Prince of E, and Sixuan as Prince of Juan. Edit
On the dinghai day of the first month of the third year, Siqian, Prince of Ying, was made Heir Apparent. Death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Three days of feasting were granted. On guimao Lu Huaishen was made Acting Director of the Huangmen Department. Edit
On the xinyou day of the second month, prisoners were pardoned except those guilty of heinous crimes against kin or of forgery. Edit
On the gengshen day of the fourth month, the Three Clans of the Karluks of the Turkish tribes came to submit. The Grand General of the Right Palace Army, Xue Ne, was made Grand Area Commander of the Liangzhou Garrison Army, with the Area Commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, Yang Zhiyi, as his deputy; the Grand General of the Right Guard, Guo Qianguan, was made Grand Area Commander of the Shuozhou Garrison Army, with the Administrator of Bing Prefecture, Wang Jun, as his deputy: to guard against the Turks. Edit
On the dingwei day of the fifth month, because of drought, the prisoners of the capital were reviewed. On wushen the Emperor withdrew from the main hall and reduced his meals. Edit
On gengchen, the first day of the seventh month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
On the xinyou day of the tenth month, the Man of Sui Prefecture raided the border, and the General of the Right Courageous Guard, Li Xuandao, campaigned against them. On renxu Xue Ne was made Grand Area Commander on Campaign for the Shuofang Circuit, with the Chief Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud, Lü Yanzuo, and the Prefect of Lingzhou, Du Binke, as his deputies. On guihai the Emperor went to Mei, pardoning those along his route guilty of crimes punishable by penal servitude or less, and granting gifts to the aged over ninety and the gravely ill. On jiazi he went to the Fengquan hot springs. On wuchen the sentences of prisoners held by the Court of Judicial Review were reduced. Edit
On the jimao day of the eleventh month he returned from the Fengquan hot springs. On yiyou he went to the hot springs. On dinghai Cui Ziyan of Xiang Prefecture rebelled and was put to death. On jiawu he returned from the hot springs. On yiwei gatherings of men in white clothes with long hair were forbidden. Edit
On the yichou day of the twelfth month, sentences of death and below were reduced in the places he had passed through on the way to the Fengquan hot springs. Edit
On the wuyin day of the first month of the fourth year, the Emperor paid court to the Retired Emperor in the Western Palace. Edit
On the bingchen day of the second month he went to the hot springs. On xinyou Tibet raided Song Prefecture, and the Prefect of Kuozhou, Gai Sigui, campaigned against them. On dingmao he returned from the hot springs. On guiyou the Area Commander-in-chief of Songzhou, Sun Renxian, fought Tibet and defeated them. Edit
On the jiazi day of the sixth month, the Retired Emperor died. On xinwei a great wind in the capital and in Hua and Shan Prefectures uprooted trees. On guiyou Hao Lingquan, a junior officer of the Dawu Army, killed Qapaghan of the Turks. Edit
On the dingchou day of the seventh month, Tibet asked for peace. On dingyou the Luo River flooded. Edit
On the xinwei day of the eighth month, the Xi and Khitan surrendered. Edit
On the gengwu day of the tenth month, the Dasheng Zhen Emperor was buried in the Qiao Mausoleum. Edit
On the jimao day of the eleventh month, Lu Huaishen was dismissed. On dinghai Zhongzong's tablet was moved to the Western Temple. On bingshen the Left Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs, Yuan Qianyao, was made Vice Director of the Huangmen Department and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Ziwei and Huangmen Departments. Edit
On the yimao day of the twelfth month, the sleeping hall of the Ding Mausoleum caught fire. On bingchen the Emperor went to the hot springs. On yichou he returned from the hot springs. Edit
On the jihai day of the intercalary month, Yao Chong and Yuan Qianyao were dismissed. The Minister of Justice, Song Jing, was made Minister of Personnel and concurrently Director of the Huangmen Department, and the Vice Director of the Ziwei Department, Su Ting, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Ziwei and Huangmen Departments. Edit
On the guimao day of the first month of the fifth year, four chambers of the Imperial Ancestral Temple collapsed. The spirit tablets were moved to the Taiji Hall, and the Emperor wore plain clothes, withdrew from the main hall, and suspended court audiences for five days. On jiyou he sacrificed at the Taiji Hall. On xinhai he went to the Eastern Capital. On wuchen there was a heavy fog. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the second month there was a general amnesty. The officials in attendance were given silk, Henan was excused labor service for a year, and the prefectures of Henan and Hebei struck by locusts and floods were excused this year's land tax. Edit
On the bingyin day of the third month, Tibet asked for peace. Edit
On the jiashen day of the fourth month, the Altar for Worshipping the Luo and Receiving the Chart was destroyed. On jichou his son Siyi died. Edit
On the bingchen day of the fifth month, an edict let the descendants of dukes and marquises inherit their fiefs. Edit
On the renyin day of the seventh month, the Military Commissioner of Longyou, Guo Zhiyun, fought Tibet and defeated them. Edit
On the renyin day of the ninth month, the Ziwei Department became the Secretariat again, the Huangmen Department the Chancellery, and the Director became the Director of the Chancellery. Edit
On the wuyin day of the tenth month, the spirit tablets were placed in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On jiashen the historians were ordered to report each month the things that had been done. Edit
On the xinchou day of the first month of the sixth year, the Turks asked for peace. Edit
On the renchen day of the second month, the Grand Area Commander on Campaign for the Shuofang Circuit, Wang Jun, campaigned against the Turks. Edit
On the jiashen day of the sixth month, the Chan River flooded. Edit
On the gengchen day of the eighth month, because of drought, the cases of prisoners were reviewed. Edit
On the guihai day of the tenth month, the elders of Henan Superior Prefecture and of Huai, Ru and Zheng Prefectures were given silk. Edit
On the xinmao day of the eleventh month, the Emperor returned from the Eastern Capital. On bingshen he sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Collateral descendants of the three ancestors from the Yuan Emperor upward who had lost office were given capital posts of the fifth rank, and descendants of the family of the imperial grandmother who were awaiting selection were examined and chosen. Those in charge of the halting places, and those of neighboring prefectures who supplied them, were excused a year's taxes. On yisi the Seal that Passes Down the State was renamed the "Treasure". In this month the Turks captured the Deputy Protector of Chanyu, Zhang Zhiyun. Edit
On jichou, the first day of the fifth month of the seventh year, there was an eclipse of the sun. The Emperor wore plain clothes, stopped music and reduced his meals, and the Secretariat and Chancellery reviewed the cases of prisoners. Edit
On the wuchen day of the sixth month, Tibet asked for peace. Edit
On the xinsi day of the intercalary seventh month, because of drought, the Emperor withdrew from the main hall, stopped music and reduced his meals. On jiashen he reviewed the cases of prisoners. On the bingxu day of the eighth month he reviewed the cases of prisoners. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the ninth month, Xian, Prince of Song, was moved to the fief of Prince of Ning. Edit
In the tenth month a temple to Yizong was built in the Eastern Capital. On xinmao the Emperor went to the hot springs. On guimao he returned from the hot springs. Edit
On the yihai day of the eleventh month, the Heir Apparent entered the school and performed the rite of taking his place by age among the students, and the officials attending and the students were given silk. Edit
On the xinsi day of the first month of the eighth year, Song Jing and Su Ting were dismissed. The Governor of Jingzhao, Yuan Qianyao, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery, and the Administrator of the Bingzhou Grand Area Command, Zhang Jiazhen, Vice Director of the Secretariat: both Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the wuxu day of the second month, his son Min died. Edit
On the jiazi day of the third month, the prefectures struck by flood and drought were excused their arrears, and the families of men serving in the Four Garrisons were excused labor service for a year. Edit
On the dingmao day of the fifth month, Yuan Qianyao was made Director of the Chancellery and Zhang Jiazhen Director of the Secretariat. Edit
In the sixth month, on gengyin, the Luo, Chan and Gu Rivers flooded. Edit
In the ninth month the Turks raided Gan and Liang Prefectures, and the Area Commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, Yang Jingshu, fought the Turks and was defeated. On bingyin the sentences of prisoners in the capital were reduced, and those punishable by beating or less were pardoned. On renshen the Khitan raided the border. Wang Jun was made Acting Area Commander-in-chief of Youzhou and Military Commissioner-in-chief of the armies of Hebei, and the Vice Director of the Chancellery, Wei Kang, was made Grand Area Commander on Campaign for the Shuofang Circuit, to campaign against them. On jiaxu the Secretariat and Chancellery reviewed the cases of prisoners. Edit
On the xinsi day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Changchun Palace. On renwu he hunted at Xiagui. On gengyin he went to the hot springs. On the yimao day of the eleventh month he returned from the hot springs. Edit
In the first month of the ninth year, land was surveyed. On bingyin the Emperor went to the hot springs. On yihai he returned from the hot springs. Edit
On the bingxu day of the second month, the Turks asked for peace. On dinghai arrears in the empire from before the seventh year were remitted. Edit
On the gengyin day of the fourth month, Kang Daibin, of the Hu of Lanchi, raided the border. Edit
On the gengwu day of the fifth month, prisoners now held were pardoned: those under sentence of death or banishment were to serve with the army, and those under sentence of penal servitude or less not yet sent off were released. Edit
On the jiyou day of the seventh month, Wang Jun captured Kang Daibin. Edit
In the eighth month Kang Yuanzi, of the Hu of Lanchi, raided the border. Edit
On yisi, the first day of the ninth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On guihai the Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Tianbing Army, Zhang Yue, was made Minister of War and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the gengwu day of the eleventh month there was a general amnesty. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles; meritorious officials of the Tanglong and Xiantian years holding real fiefs who had been dismissed for some offense or had died were given posthumous honors; and the people were granted three days of feasting. Edit
On the yiyou day of the twelfth month the Emperor went to the hot springs. On renchen he returned from the hot springs. Edit
That winter there was no snow. Edit
On the dingsi day of the first month of the tenth year, the Emperor went to the Eastern Capital. Edit
On the dingchou day of the second month he halted at the Wangchun stopping place and gave the officials in attendance silk. Edit
On the jihai day of the fourth month, Zhang Yue was given the tally as Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Shuofang Army. Edit
On the wuwu day of the fifth month, the Turks asked for peace. On xinyou the Yi and Ru Rivers flooded. Edit
On the renshen day of the intercalary month, Zhang Yue toured the border. Edit
On the dingsi day of the sixth month, the Yellow River burst its banks in Bo and Di Prefectures. Edit
On the gengchen day of the seventh month, the prefectures hit by floods were excused labor service. On bingxu Mei Shuluan of Annan rebelled and was put to death. Edit
In the ninth month Zhang Yue defeated Kang Yuanzi at Mount Mupan and captured him. On jimao Quan Liangshan of Jingzhao rebelled and was put to death. On guiwei Tibet attacked Little Bolü, and the Military Commissioner of Beiting, Zhang Xiaosong, defeated them. Edit
On the jiayin day of the tenth month the Emperor went to the Xingtai Palace and hunted on the Shangyi River plain. On gengshen he went to the Eastern Capital. Edit
In the twelfth month the Turks asked for peace. Edit
On the dingmao day of the first month of the eleventh year, the sentences of prisoners in the Eastern Capital were reduced, and those punishable by beating or less were pardoned. On jisi the Emperor went to Bing Prefecture; sentences of prisoners were reduced, those punishable by penal servitude or less were pardoned, and the aged were given gifts. On gengchen he halted at Lu Prefecture, pardoned its prisoners, excused it labor service for five years, and made his old residence there the Feilong Palace. On xinmao he halted at Bing Prefecture and renamed it the Northern Capital. On guisi Taiyuan Superior Prefecture was granted an amnesty and excused labor service for one year, its lower households for three years, and the families of those who had followed the founder from the start for five years. Honorary appointments were conferred on the aged: those over eighty were made Magistrates of upper counties, and their women County Ladies; those over ninety Administrators of upper prefectures, and their women Commandery Ladies; those over a hundred Prefects of upper prefectures, and their women Commandery Madams. Edit
On the jiyou day of the second month, Zhang Jiazhen was demoted to Prefect of Binzhou. On renzi the Emperor went to Fenyin and sacrificed to Sovereign Earth, and civil and military officials were granted rank, merit ranks, noble titles and silk. On guihai Zhang Yue was made concurrently Director of the Secretariat. Edit
On the xinwei day of the third month he returned from Fenyin, excused the places he had passed through this year's taxes, and granted an amnesty to the capital. Edit
On the jiazi day of the fourth month, Zhang Yue was made Director of the Secretariat. The Minister of Personnel, Wang Jun, was made Minister of War and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the yichou day of the fifth month, Zhongzong was restored to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On jichou Wang Jun was given the tally as Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Shuofang Army. On xinmao envoys were sent to tour the empire, each to a part of it. Edit
In the sixth month Wang Jun toured the border. Edit
On the wushen day of the eighth month, the Xuan Emperor was given the posthumous temple name Xianzu, and the Guang Emperor the name Yizu. Edit
On the dingyou day of the tenth month the Emperor went to the hot springs, and the Hot Springs Palace was built. On jiayin he returned from the hot springs. Edit
On the wuyin day of the eleventh month he performed the sacrifice at the southern suburb and proclaimed a general amnesty. The officials who took part in the sacrifice were granted rank, merit ranks and noble titles; one son each of imperial princes and princesses was given office; the aged were given grain and silk; and filial sons and obedient grandsons were excused service for life. The empire was granted three days of feasting, and the capital five. Edit
On the jiawu day of the twelfth month he went to the Fengquan hot springs. On wushen he returned from the Fengquan hot springs. On gengshen Wang Jun was demoted to Prefect of Qizhou. Edit
On the renyin day of the fourth month of the twelfth year, an edict ordered that princes of states who had succeeded by a collateral line, whose titles by the rites ought to lapse, be enfeoffed as commandery princes if they were close kin. Edit
On the jimao day of the seventh month, the Empress, of the Wang clan, was deposed and made a commoner. In the tenth month the commoner Wang died. Edit
On the gengwu day of the eleventh month the Emperor went to the Eastern Capital. On gengchen Tan Xingzhang, a chieftain of Xi Prefecture, rebelled and was put to death. On xinsi Hui, Prince of Shen, died. Edit
On bingchen, the first day of the intercalary twelfth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
On the wuzi day of the first month of the thirteenth year, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Envoys were sent to proclaim the Emperor's comfort throughout the empire. On renzi those who had died in battle in Shuofang, Longyou and Hexi were buried. Edit
On the jiawu day of the third month, Tan, Prince of Tan, was moved to the fief of Prince of Qing; Jun, Prince of Shan, to Prince of Zhong; Qia, Prince of Zeng, to Prince of Di; and Huang, Prince of Juan, to Prince of Rong. His sons were enfeoffed: Ju as Prince of Guang, Wei as Prince of Yi, Yun as Prince of Ying, Ze as Prince of Yong, Qing as Prince of Shou, Hui as Prince of Yan, Mu as Prince of Sheng, and Yi as Prince of Ji. Edit
On the bingxu day of the ninth month, the reporting of auspicious omens was stopped. Edit
On the xinyou day of the tenth month the Emperor went to Yan Prefecture. On gengwu he halted at Pu Prefecture and gave silk to the elders of Henan and Hebei within five hundred li. Edit
On the gengyin day of the eleventh month he performed the feng sacrifice on Mount Tai. On xinmao he performed the shan sacrifice at Sheshou. On renchen there was a general amnesty. Civil and military officials were granted rank, merit ranks and noble titles; retired officials were given a season's salary; one son each of princesses, Princes by Succession, and commandery and county princesses was given office; and the chieftains of the foreign peoples who had come to the gathering were each given an office. The places he had passed through were excused a year's land tax, and Yan Prefecture two years'. The empire was granted seven days of feasting. On bingshen he visited the house of Confucius and sent an envoy to sacrifice at his tomb with the Grand Offering, and five households near the tomb were excused labor service. On dingyou the elders of the six prefectures of Xu, Cao, Bo, Xu, Xian and Yu were given silk. Edit
On the jisi day of the twelfth month he went to the Eastern Capital. Edit
In the second month of the fourteenth year, Liang Dahai, of the Lao of Yong Prefecture, rebelled and was put to death. Edit
On the dingsi day of the fourth month, the Vice Minister of Revenue, Li Yuanhong, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On gengshen Zhang Yue was dismissed. On dingmao Fan, Prince of Qi, died. Edit
On the wuwu day of the sixth month, a great wind in the Eastern Capital uprooted trees. On renxu an edict ordered the chief officials of prefectures and counties to submit their views on affairs. Edit
On the guiwei day of the seventh month, the Chan River flooded. Edit
On the bingwu day of the eighth month, the Yellow River burst its banks in Wei Prefecture. Edit
On the jichou day of the ninth month, the Military Commissioner of Qixi, Du Xian, was made Acting Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the jiayin day of the tenth month, Venus was seen in daylight. On gengshen the Emperor went to the Guangcheng hot springs. On jisi he went to the Eastern Capital. Edit
On the dingsi day of the twelfth month he hunted on the Fangxiu River plain. Edit
On the xinchou day of the first month of the fifteenth year, the Military Commissioner of Hexi and Longyou, Wang Junchuo, fought Tibet at Qinghai and defeated them. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the seventh month, lightning struck the tower of the Xingjiao Gate and it caught fire. On gengyin the Luo River flooded. On jihai the sentences of prisoners in the capital city were reduced, and those punishable by penal servitude or less were pardoned. Edit
In the eighth month the Jian and Gu Rivers flooded and destroyed Mianchi County. On jisi death sentences throughout the empire were reduced, and the exiles in the border prefectures of Lingnan and those punishable by penal servitude or less were pardoned. Edit
On the bingzi day of the ninth month, Tibet raided Gua Prefecture and captured its Prefect, Tian Yuanxian. Edit
On the gengzi day of the intercalary month they raided Anxi, and the Deputy Grand Protector Zhao Yizhen defeated them. On gengshen the Uighurs made a surprise attack on Gan Prefecture, and Wang Junchuo died fighting them. Edit
On the jimao day of the tenth month the Emperor returned from the Eastern Capital. Edit
On the dingmao day of the eleventh month he hunted south of the city. Edit
On the yihai day of the twelfth month he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On bingxu he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the renyin day of the first month of the sixteenth year, Zhao Yizhen fought Tibet at Quzi Fort and defeated them. On yimao Chen Xingfan, a chieftain of Shuang Prefecture, rebelled and was put to death. On gengshen prisoners punishable by penal servitude or less were allowed out on surety to farm. On the xinchou day of the third month the farming prisoners' sentences were remitted. Edit
In the seventh month Tibet raided Gua Prefecture, and its Prefect, Zhang Shougui, defeated them. On yisi the Military Commissioner of Longyou, Zhang Zhiliang, and the Military Commissioner of Hexi, Xiao Song, took the Tibetan fort of Damomen. On the xinmao day of the eighth month they fought Tibet at Qilian Fort and defeated them. Edit
On the bingwu day of the ninth month, because of prolonged rain, the sentences of prisoners were reduced, and those punishable by penal servitude or less were pardoned. Edit
On the jimao day of the tenth month the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On jichou he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the guisi day of the eleventh month, Xiao Song was made Minister of War and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On jiachen the bans on ponds and marshes were relaxed. On wushen the Emperor visited the residence of Xian, Prince of Ning. On gengxu he returned from the residence of Xian, Prince of Ning. Edit
On the dingmao day of the twelfth month he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On dingchou he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the dingmao day of the second month of the seventeenth year, the Area Commander-in-chief of Suizhou, Zhang Shensu, took the forts of Kunming and Yancheng in Yunnan. Edit
On the wuxu day of the third month, Zhang Shougui fought Tibet at the Datong Army and defeated them. Edit
On the guihai day of the fourth month, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. On yihai there was a great wind and thunder, and the mountain at Lantian collapsed. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the sixth month, Yuan Qianyao, Du Xian and Li Yuanhong were dismissed. Xiao Song was made concurrently Director of the Secretariat. The Vice Minister of Revenue, Yuwen Rong, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery, and the Vice Minister of War, Pei Guangting, Vice Director of the Secretariat: both Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the renzi day of the ninth month, Yuwen Rong was demoted to Prefect of Ruzhou. Edit
On wuwu, the first day of the tenth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
On the gengyin day of the eleventh month the Emperor sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On bingshen he paid homage at the Qiao Mausoleum and granted an amnesty to Fengxian County. On wuxu he paid homage at the Ding Mausoleum; on jihai at the Xian Mausoleum; on renyin at the Zhao Mausoleum; on yisi at the Qian Mausoleum. On wushen he returned from the Qian Mausoleum and proclaimed a general amnesty. Half of this year's taxes were remitted. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, and the aged silk. Filial sons and obedient grandsons, righteous husbands and chaste wives were honored and excused service for life. Those of the two Tanglong battalions who had won merit and held the third rank or above were given office for one son. The counties that supplied the halting places were excused this year's taxes. The men on campaign in the armies were each granted two grades of merit rank. Edit
On the xinyou day of the twelfth month he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On renshen he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
That winter there was no snow. Edit
On the xinmao day of the first month of the eighteenth year, Pei Guangting was made Director of the Chancellery. Edit
On the bingyin day of the second month there was heavy rain, and lightning struck the Left Feilong Stables, which caught fire. On xinwei prisoners' sentences of beating or less were remitted. Edit
On the yimao day of the fourth month, the outer wall of the capital was built. Edit
On the jiyou day of the fifth month, the Xi and Khitan went over to the Turks. Edit
On the jiazi day of the sixth month, a comet appeared in the Five Chariots. On guiyou a bushy star appeared in the Net and the Pleiades. On yihai the Chan River flooded. On bingzi Jun, Prince of Zhong, was made Marshal on Campaign for the Hebei Circuit. On renwu the Luo River flooded. Edit
On the dingsi day of the ninth month, Jun, Prince of Zhong, was made concurrently Marshal of the armies of the Hedong Circuit. Edit
On the wuzi day of the tenth month, Tibet asked for peace. On gengyin the Emperor went to the Fengquan hot springs. On guimao he returned from the Fengquan hot springs. Edit
On the dingmao day of the eleventh month he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On dingchou he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
In the first month of the nineteenth year, the Administrative Aide of Rangzhou, Wang Maozhong, was put to death. On bingzi the Emperor ploughed at the Xingqing Palace. On jimao the catching of carp was forbidden. Edit
On the renwu day of the fourth month, sentences of death and below were reduced. On bingshen a temple to the Grand Duke [Jiang Taigong] was established. Edit
On the yiyou day of the sixth month, a great wind uprooted trees. Edit
On the guichou day of the seventh month, Tibet asked for peace. Edit
On the xinsi day of the eighth month, for the Qianqiu Festival, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the bingshen day of the tenth month the Emperor went to the Eastern Capital. On the yimao day of the eleventh month he halted south of the city of Luo and gave the officials in attendance silk. Edit
This year self-sown rice grew in Yang Prefecture. Edit
On the yimao day of the first month of the twentieth year, Yi, Prince of Xin'an Commandery, was made Vice Marshal on Campaign for the Hedong and Hebei Circuits, to campaign against the Xi and Khitan. Edit
On jiaxu, the first day of the second month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On renwu the sentences of prisoners were reduced, and those punishable by penal servitude or less were pardoned. Edit
On the jisi day of the third month, Yi, Prince of Xin'an Commandery, fought the Xi and Khitan at Ji Prefecture and defeated them. Edit
On the wushen day of the fifth month, Jun, Prince of Zhong, presented Xi and Khitan captives. Edit
On the dingchou day of the sixth month, Jun was made Grand Minister of Education. Edit
On xinwei, the first day of the eighth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
On the yisi day of the ninth month, the Mohe of Bohai raided Deng Prefecture, and its Prefect, Wei Jun, died fighting them; the General of the Left Army Guard, Gai Fushen, campaigned against them. On wuchen, because of floods in the four prefectures of Song, Hua, Yan and Yun, this year's taxes were remitted. Edit
On the renwu day of the tenth month the Emperor went to Lu Prefecture. On bingxu the Secretariat and Chancellery reviewed the cases of prisoners in the places passed through on the tour. On xinmao Lu Prefecture was granted an amnesty and excused labor service for three years, and the aged were given grain and silk. Edit
On the xinchou day of the eleventh month he went to the Northern Capital. On guichou the Northern Capital was granted an amnesty and excused labor service for three years. On gengshen he went to Fenyin, sacrificed to Sovereign Earth, and proclaimed a general amnesty. The prefectures that supplied the halting places were excused this year's taxes. Civil and military officials were granted rank, merit ranks and noble titles; the aged of the prefectures were given silk; and descendants of meritorious officials since Wude, and meritorious officials of Tanglong of the third rank and above, were given office for one son. The people were granted three days of feasting. Edit
On the xinwei day of the twelfth month he returned from Fenyin. Edit
On the dingsi day of the first month of the twenty-first year he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the dinghai day of the second month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the yisi day of the third month, Pei Guangting died. On jiayin the Right Assistant Director of the Department of State Affairs, Han Xiu, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the guiyou day of the intercalary month, the Vice Area Commander of Youzhou, Guo Yingjie, fought the Khitan at Mount Du, and Yingjie died fighting. Edit
On the yimao day of the fourth month, Commissioners of Proclamation and Comfort were sent to demote and promote officials and to decide the cases of prisoners. On dingsi Xian, Prince of Ning, was made Grand Commandant, and Ye, Prince of Xue, Grand Minister of Education. Edit
On the wuzi day of the fifth month, because the Heir Apparent took a consort, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On yichou, the first day of the seventh month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
On the renwu day of the ninth month, his sons were enfeoffed: Mian as Prince of Xin, Ci as Prince of Yi, Cui as Prince of Chen, Cheng as Prince of Feng, Hui as Prince of Heng, Xuan as Prince of Liang, and Tao as Prince of Shen. Edit
On the gengxu day of the tenth month he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On jiwei he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the dingsi day of the twelfth month, Xiao Song and Han Xiu were dismissed. The Governor of Jingzhao, Pei Yaoqing, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery, and he and the Vice Director of the Secretariat, Zhang Jiuling, were made Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the jisi day of the first month of the twenty-second year, the Emperor went to the Eastern Capital. Edit
On the renyin day of the second month there was an earthquake in Qin Prefecture. The families of those crushed to death were excused labor service for a year, and those who lost three people for three years. Edit
On the jiachen day of the fourth month, sentences of death and below were reduced. On jiayin the Protector of Beiting, Liu Huan, plotted rebellion and was put to death. Edit
On the wuzi day of the fifth month, Pei Yaoqing was made Director of the Chancellery and Zhang Jiuling Director of the Secretariat, and the Vice Director of the Chancellery, Li Linfu, was made Minister of Rites and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. That day a great wind uprooted trees. Edit
On the renchen day of the sixth month, the Military Commissioner of Youzhou, Zhang Shougui, presented Xi and Khitan captives. Edit
On the jisi day of the seventh month, Ye, Prince of Xue, died. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the eleventh month, households of the eighth grade and below in Guannei and Henan with less than a hundred mu of land were excused this year's land tax. Edit
On wuzi, the first day of the twelfth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On yisi Zhang Shougui fought the Khitan, defeated them, and killed their king, Qulie. Edit
On the yihai day of the first month of the twenty-third year, the Emperor ploughed the sacred field and proclaimed a general amnesty. Honorary appointments were conferred on the aged: those over a hundred as Prefects of upper prefectures, those over ninety as Prefects of middle prefectures, and those over eighty as Marshals of upper prefectures. The officials in attendance were granted merit ranks and noble titles. Soldiers on campaign or garrison duty whose parents were seventy were sent home. The people were granted three days of feasting. Edit
On the wuzi day of the eighth month, widowers, widows, orphans and the childless were excused this year's tax grain. Edit
On the wushen day of the tenth month, the Türgesh raided the border. Edit
On renwu, the first day of the intercalary eleventh month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
That winter Liu Puhui of the Eastern Capital rebelled and was put to death. Edit
On the bingwu day of the first month of the twenty-fourth year, the Protector of Beiting, Gai Jiayun, fought the Türgesh and defeated them. Edit
On the dingchou day of the fourth month, sentences of death and below were reduced. Edit
On the bingwu day of the fifth month, Liu Zhicheng of Liquan rebelled and was put to death. Edit
On the jiayin day of the eighth month, the Türgesh asked for peace. On yihai Jing, Prince of Bian, died. Edit
On the wushen day of the tenth month there was an earthquake in the capital. On jiazi the Emperor halted at Hua Prefecture. The prefectures that supplied the halting places were excused this year's taxes, and their Prefects and county Magistrates were given a middle-upper grade in their evaluations. Death sentences in the two capitals were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. On dingmao he returned from the Eastern Capital. Edit
On the xinchou day of the eleventh month there was an earthquake in the Eastern Capital. On renyin Pei Yaoqing and Zhang Jiuling were dismissed. Li Linfu was made concurrently Director of the Secretariat, and the Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Shuofang Army, Niu Xianke, was made Minister of Works and Jointly of the Third Rank with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the wushen day of the twelfth month, Cong, Prince of Qing, was made Grand Minister of Education. Edit
On the yiyou day of the third month of the twenty-fifth year, Zhang Shougui fought the Khitan at Mount Nalu and defeated them. On xinmao the Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Hexi, Cui Xiyi, fought Tibet at Qinghai and defeated them. Edit
On the xinyou day of the fourth month, the Investigating Censor Zhou Ziliang was put to death. On yichou the Heir Apparent Ying, Yao, Prince of E, and Ju, Prince of Guang, were deposed and made commoners, and all were put to death. Edit
On the renshen day of the eleventh month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On yiyou he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the bingwu day of the twelfth month, the Gracious Consort, of the Wu clan, died. On dingsi she was posthumously invested as Empress. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the first month of the twenty-sixth year, the Prefect of Chaozhou, Chen Siting, plotted rebellion and was put to death. On yihai Niu Xianke was made Director of the Chancellery. On dingchou the Emperor welcomed the breath of spring in the eastern suburb. Death sentences were reduced and those of banishment and below were pardoned; the rice fields of Jingzhao were given to the poor; princes and dukes were forbidden to present rare objects; and civil and military officials were given silk. On renchen Li Linfu was made concurrently Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Longyou. Edit
On the yimao day of the second month, Niu Xianke was made concurrently Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Hedong. Edit
On the bingzi day of the third month, a bushy star appeared in the Purple Palace. On guisi there was an earthquake in the capital. Tibet raided Hexi, and Cui Xiyi defeated them; the Area Commander-in-chief of Shanzhou, Du Xiwang, took their New Fort. Edit
On the jihai day of the fourth month, the officials concerned read out the ordinances of the season. Death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the yiyou day of the fifth month, Li Linfu was made concurrently Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Hexi. Edit
On the gengzi day of the sixth month, Yu, Prince of Zhong, was made Heir Apparent. Edit
On the jisi day of the seventh month there was a general amnesty. Civil and military officials of the ninth rank and above, and the sons who were their fathers' heirs among those of the fifth rank and above, were granted one grade of merit rank; the aged were given grain and silk and further honorary appointments. Lower households of the capital region were excused half of this year's land tax. The people were granted three days of feasting. Edit
On bingshen, the first day of the ninth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On gengzi the Administrator of Yizhou, Wang Yu, fought Tibet at Anrong Fort and was defeated. Edit
On the wuyin day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On renchen he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the renyin day of the first month of the twenty-seventh year, Wan, Prince of Rong, made a tour of inspection of Longyou. Edit
On the jisi day of the second month, the officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Shengwen Shenwu Huangdi, and there was a general amnesty. This year's taxes were remitted. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles. Honorary appointments were conferred on the aged: those over a hundred as Prefects of lower prefectures, and their women Commandery Ladies; those over ninety as Marshals of upper prefectures, and their women County Ladies; those over eighty as county Magistrates, and their women Township Ladies. The people were granted five days of feasting. Edit
On the yihai day of the eighth month, the Military Commissioner of Qixi, Gai Jiayun, defeated the Türgesh at Heluo Ridge and captured their khagan, Tuhuoxian. On renwu Tibet raided the border, and the Military Commissioner of Hexi and Longyou, Xiao Jiong, defeated them. Edit
On the bingxu day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the xinchou day of the eleventh month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the guisi day of the first month of the twenty-eighth year, he went to the Hot Springs Palace. On gengzi he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On dinghai, the first day of the third month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On renzi the Marshal of Yizhou, Zhangchou Jianqiong, defeated Tibet and took Anrong Fort. Edit
On the guimao day of the fifth month, Tibet raided Anrong Fort, and Jianqiong defeated them again. Edit
On the jiazi day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. The consort of the Prince of Shou, of the Yang clan, was made a Daoist priestess with the name Taizhen. On wuchen, because Xu and Si Prefectures had no silkworm harvest, this year's taxes were remitted. On xinsi he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
In the eleventh month Niu Xianke was relieved of the posts of Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Shuofang and Hedong. Edit
On the guisi day of the first month of the twenty-ninth year, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On dingyou temples to the Xuanyuan Emperor were established, and lavish burials were forbidden. On gengzi he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the gengxu day of the fifth month, a search was made for men versed in the Daodejing and in the Zhuangzi, Liezi and Wenzi. Death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the yihai day of the seventh month, the Yi and Luo Rivers flooded. Edit
On the dingmao day of the ninth month there was heavy rain and snow. Edit
On the bingshen day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On wuxu envoys were sent to demote and promote officials. Edit
On the gengxu day of the eleventh month, Shouli, Prince of Bin, died. On xinyou the Emperor returned from the Hot Springs Palace. On jisi rain froze on the trees. On xinwei Xian, Prince of Ning, died; he was posthumously invested as Emperor, and his consort, of the Yuan clan, as Empress. Edit
On the guiwei day of the twelfth month, Tibet took Shibao Fort. Edit
On the dingwei day of the first month of the first year of Tianbao there was a general amnesty, and the era name was changed. An edict invited civil and military officials in the capital with ability fit for a Prefect to recommend themselves. The aged over eighty were given grain and silk, and officials of the ninth rank and above two grades of merit rank. On jiayin Tian Tongxiu, Adjutant in the household of the Prince of Chen, said: "The Xuanyuan Emperor has come down in the thoroughfare by the Danfeng Gate." Edit
On the dinghai day of the second month, the officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Tianbao Shengwen Shenwu Huangdi. On xinmao the Emperor sacrificed to the Xuanyuan Emperor in his new temple. On jiawu he sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On bingshen he sacrificed jointly to Heaven and Earth at the southern suburb and proclaimed a general amnesty. The aged were given further honorary appointments, and civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles. The Director of the Chancellery was renamed Chancellor of the Left, the Director of the Secretariat Chancellor of the Right, the Eastern Capital became Dongjing, the Northern Capital Beijing, prefectures became commanderies, and Prefects became Governors. Edit
On guimao, the first day of the seventh month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On xinwei Niu Xianke died. Edit
On the dingchou day of the eighth month, the Minister of Justice, Li Shizhi, was made Chancellor of the Left. Edit
On the dingyou day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the jisi day of the eleventh month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the wuxu day of the twelfth month, the Military Commissioner of Longyou, Huangfu Weiming, fought Tibet at Qinghai and defeated them. On gengzi the Military Commissioner of Hexi, Wang Chui, took the Tibetan Yuhai and Youyi Armies. The Military Commissioner of the Shuofang Army, Wang Zhongsi, fought the Xi at the Ziqian River and defeated them, and then campaigned against the Turks. Edit
That winter there was no ice. Edit
On the yimao day of the first month of the second year, work began on the Shengxian Palace. On bingchen the Xuanyuan Emperor was given the added title Great Sage Ancestor. Edit
On the renzi day of the third month, the Emperor sacrificed at the Xuanyuan Palace. The father of the Great Sage Ancestor, Jing, Upper Grand Master of Zhou, was posthumously titled Xiantian Supreme Emperor; Gaoyao, Emperor Deming; and King Wuzhao of Liang, Emperor Xingsheng. The Xuanyuan Palace of the Western Capital was renamed the Taiqing Palace, and that of Dongjing the Taiwei Palace. Edit
On the jimao day of the fourth month, Huangfu Weiming took the Tibetan fort of Hongji. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the sixth month, lightning struck the tower of the Yingtian Gate in Dongjing and it caught fire. Edit
On the wuyin day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the yimao day of the eleventh month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the renwu day of the twelfth month, the sea pirate Wu Lingguang raided Yongjia Commandery. Edit
That winter there was no snow. Edit
On the bingshen day of the first month of the third zai, the word for year was changed from nian to zai. Death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. On xinchou the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On xinhai a star fell in the southeast. Edit
On the gengwu day of the second month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. On dingchou the Governor of Henan, Pei Dunfu, the Governor of Jinling Commandery, Liu Tongsheng, and the Governor of Nanhai Commandery, Liu Julin, campaigned against Wu Lingguang. In the intercalary month Lingguang was put to death. Edit
On the renshen day of the third month, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the bingwu day of the eighth month, the Basmyl attacked the Turks, killed the Wusumishi Khagan, and came to present his head. Edit
On the jiawu day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the dingmao day of the eleventh month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the guichou day of the twelfth month he sacrificed to the Noble Spirits of the Nine Palaces in the eastern suburb and proclaimed a general amnesty. An edict ordered every household in the empire to keep a copy of the Classic of Filial Piety. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, the aged grain and silk, and the people three days of feasting. Edit
On the bingxu day of the first month of the fourth zai, Wang Zhongsi fought the Turks at Mount Neishan on the Sa River and defeated them. Edit
On the renshen day of the third month, the daughter of the Dugu family, a granddaughter through a daughter, was made Princess Jingle and married to the Area Commander-in-chief of Songmo of the Khitan, Li Huaijie; and a daughter of the Yang family was made Princess Yifang and married to the Area Commander-in-chief of Raole of the Xi, Li Yanchong. Edit
On the renyin day of the eighth month, Taizhen was made Precious Consort. Edit
In the ninth month the Khitan and the Xi both killed their princesses and rebelled. On jiashen Huangfu Weiming fought Tibet at Shibao Fort, and his deputy general Chu Xu died in the fighting. Edit
On the wuxu day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the wuxu day of the twelfth month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the yihai day of the first month of the fifth zai, supernumerary officials of the sixth rank and below were abolished. Edit
On the bingzi day of the third month, envoys were sent to demote and promote officials. Edit
On the gengyin day of the fourth month, Li Shizhi was dismissed. On dingyou the Vice Director of the Chancellery, Chen Xilie, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On renzi, the first day of the fifth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit
In the seventh month the Governor of Kuocang Commandery, Wei Jian, and the Governor of Bochuan Commandery, Huangfu Weiming, were put to death. Edit
On the wuxu day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Hot Springs Palace. On the yisi day of the eleventh month he returned from the Hot Springs Palace. Edit
On the jiaxu day of the twelfth month, the following were put to death: the Admonisher of the Heir Apparent Du Youlin; the Editorial Director Wang Zeng; the Military Section Adjutant of the Left Courageous Guard, Liu Ji; the Granary Section Adjutant of the Left Guard Command of the Heir Apparent, Wang Xiuji; the Halberdier of the Right Martial Guard, Lu Ning; and the Adjutant of the Left Awesome Guard, Xu Zheng. Edit
On the xinsi day of the first month of the sixth zai, the Governor of Beihai Commandery, Li Yong, and the Governor of Zichuan Commandery, Pei Dunfu, were put to death. On dinghai the Emperor sacrificed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On wuzi he performed the sacrifice at the southern suburb and proclaimed a general amnesty. Aged exiles were allowed to retire from office, and the shackles of the standing guard were abolished. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, the aged grain and silk, and the people three days of feasting. Edit
On the jiachen day of the third month, Chen Xilie was made Chancellor of the Left. Edit
On the yiyou day of the seventh month, because of drought, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the wushen day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the dingyou day of the eleventh month, the Vice Minister of Revenue, Yang Shenjin, was put to death, with his younger brothers the Vice Director of the Directorate for Imperial Manufactories, Shenyu, and the Magistrate of Luoyang, Shenming. Edit
On the guichou day of the twelfth month, the Emperor returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
This year the Deputy Protector of Anxi, Gao Xianzhi, fought the state of Little Bolü and defeated it. Edit
On the renwu day of the fifth month of the seventh zai, the officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Tianbao Shengwen Shenwu Yingdao Huangdi. There was a general amnesty, and the next zai's land tax and labor tax were remitted. Wei, Zhou and Sui were made the Three Honored Lines. The elders of the capital were given gifts of ten lengths of cloth each. Those over seventy were given honorary appointments as Magistrates of their own counties, and their women County Ladies; those over sixty as county Assistant Magistrates. Of the aged throughout the empire, those over a hundred were made Governors of upper commanderies, and their women Commandery Ladies; those over ninety Marshals of upper commanderies, and their women County Ladies; those over eighty county Magistrates, and their women Township Ladies. Civil and military officials were granted two grades of merit rank, and the people three days of feasting. Edit
On the gengxu day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. On the xinyou day of the twelfth month he returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
In the fourth month of the eighth zai, the Governor of Xianning Commandery, Zhao Fengzhang, was put to death. Edit
On the yimao day of the sixth month, the Military Commissioner of Longyou, Geshu Han, fought Tibet at Shibao Fort and defeated them. Edit
On the bingyin day of the intercalary month, the Emperor paid homage at the Taiqing Palace. The Xuanyuan Emperor's title was raised to Shengzu Dadao Xuanyuan Huangdi, and the posthumous titles of the ancestral emperors and empresses were lengthened. The officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Tiandi Dabao Shengwen Shenwu Yingdao Huangdi, and there was a general amnesty. Men over seventy and women over seventy-five were each given one son to wait on them. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, the heads of households among the people the ancient noble ranks, and three days of feasting. Edit
On the yichou day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. In this month the Specially Advanced He Lüguang led the troops of ten circuits to campaign against Yunnan. Edit
On the dingsi day of the eleventh month, the Emperor visited the estate of the Vice Censor-in-Chief Yang Zhao. Edit
On the jihai day of the first month of the ninth zai, he returned from the Huaqing Palace. On dingsi an edict set the feng sacrifice on Mount Hua for the eleventh month. Edit
On the xinhai day of the third month, the temple of Mount Hua caught fire, and there was drought within the Pass, so the feng sacrifice was called off. Edit
On the gengyin day of the fifth month, the cases of prisoners were reviewed. Edit
On the xinmao day of the ninth month, Shang, Zhou and Han were made the Three Honored Lines. Edit
On the gengshen day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Wang Xuanyi, a recluse of Mount Taibai, said: "The Xuanyuan Emperor has come down in the Baoxian Cave." Edit
On the yihai day of the twelfth month, he returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
This year the Man of Yunnan took Yunnan Commandery, and the Area Commander-in-chief Zhang Qiantuo died there. Edit
On the renchen day of the first month of the tenth zai, the Emperor made offerings at the Taiqing Palace. On guisi he made offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On jiawu he performed the sacrifice at the southern suburb and proclaimed a general amnesty; the aged were given grain and silk, and there were three days of feasting. On dingyou Li Linfu was made concurrently Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Shuofang Army and Vice Grand Protector of Anbei. On jihai the Treasure That Passes Down the State was renamed the "Great Treasure Received from Heaven". On wushen the Military Commissioner of the Four Garrisons of Anxi, Gao Xianzhi, captured the khagan of the Türgesh and the king of Shi. Edit
On the renwu day of the fourth month, the Military Commissioner of Jiannan, Xianyu Zhongtong, fought the Man of Yunnan at the Xi'er River and was heavily defeated; the general Wang Tianyun died fighting, and the Yunnan Protectorate fell. Edit
In the seventh month Gao Xianzhi fought the Arabs at the city of Talas and was defeated. Edit
In the eighth month the Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Fanyang, An Lushan, fought the Khitan at the Tuhuzhen River and was defeated. On yimao the sea flooded at Guangling. On bingchen the arsenal caught fire. Edit
On the renzi day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the yiwei day of the eleventh month, he visited the residence of Yang Guozhong. Edit
On the dinghai day of the first month of the eleventh zai, he returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the gengwu day of the second month, Abusi, of the Turkish tribes, raided the border. Edit
On the yisi day of the third month, the names of the eight ministries of the Department of State Affairs were changed. Edit
On the yiyou day of the fourth month, the Director in the Ministry of Revenue, Wang Han, and Xing Zai of Jingzhao plotted rebellion and were put to death. On bingxu the Censor-in-Chief Wang Hong was put to death. Li Linfu was relieved of the post of Vice Grand Protector of Anbei. Edit
On the wushen day of the fifth month, Cong, Prince of Qing, died. On jiazi a great wind in Dongjing uprooted trees. Edit
On the renwu day of the sixth month, the Censor-in-Chief and concurrently Military Commissioner of Jiannan, Yang Guozhong, defeated Tibet in Yunnan and took the old fort of Hong. Edit
On the wuyin day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the yimao day of the eleventh month, Li Linfu died. On gengshen Yang Guozhong was made Chancellor of the Right. Edit
On the dinghai day of the twelfth month, the Emperor returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the jiyou day of the fifth month of the twelfth zai, Wei, Zhou and Sui were again made the Three Honored Lines. Edit
In the sixth month the tribe of Abusi surrendered. Edit
In the eighth month the Secretariat and Chancellery reviewed the cases of prisoners. Edit
On the jiayin day of the ninth month, the yabghu of the Karluks captured Abusi. Edit
On the wuyin day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the bingwu day of the first month of the thirteenth zai, he returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the renshen day of the second month, he made offerings at the Taiqing Palace and raised the title of the Xuanyuan Emperor to Dashengzu Gaoshang Dadao Jinque Xuanyuan Tianhuang Dadi. On guiyou he made offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple and lengthened the posthumous titles of the ancestors. On jiaxu the officials offered the honorific title Kaiyuan Tiandi Dabao Shengwen Shenwu Zhengdao Xiaode Huangdi, and there was a general amnesty; demoted officials who had lost a father or mother were allowed to go home. Those honored for filial piety and righteousness were granted two grades of merit rank. Honorary appointments were conferred on the aged: those over a hundred as Governors of their own commanderies, and their women Commandery Madams; those over ninety as Administrators of commanderies, and their women Commandery Ladies; those over eighty as county Magistrates, and their women County Ladies. Governors were granted one more degree of noble rank, county Magistrates two grades of merit rank, and the people three days of feasting. On dingchou Yang Guozhong was made Grand Minister of Works. That day it rained earth. Edit
In the third month the Military Commissioner of Longyou and Hexi, Geshu Han, defeated Tibet and recovered the Nine Bends of Heyuan. On xinyou a great wind uprooted trees. Edit
On the renxu day of the fifth month, the Emperor watched the feasting from the Qinzheng Tower, and the Protector of Beiting, Cheng Qianli, presented Abusi as a captive. Edit
On yichou, the first day of the sixth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. The Acting Military Commissioner of Jiannan, Li Mi, fought the Man of Yunnan at the Xi'er River and died. Edit
On the bingxu day of the eighth month, Chen Xilie was dismissed. The Vice Minister of Personnel, Wei Jiansu, was made Minister of War and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
That autumn the Chan and Luo Rivers flooded. Edit
On the yiyou day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. On the wuwu day of the twelfth month he returned from the Huaqing Palace. Edit
On the renwu day of the third month of the fourteenth zai, An Lushan fought the Khitan at the Huang River and defeated them. Edit
In the fifth month a sound came from the sky in Zhexi. Edit
On the xinmao day of the eighth month, death sentences were reduced, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Half of this zai's land tax and labor tax was remitted. The aged were given rice. Edit
On the gengyin day of the tenth month, the Emperor went to the Huaqing Palace. Edit
In the eleventh month An Lushan rebelled and took the commanderies of Hebei. He Qiannian, a general of Fanyang, killed the Military Commissioner of Hedong, Yang Guanghui. On renshen the Military Commissioner of Yixi, Feng Changqing, was made Military Commissioner of Fanyang and Pinglu, to campaign against An Lushan. On bingzi the Emperor returned from the Huaqing Palace. The Governor of Jiuyuan Commandery, Guo Ziyi, was made Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of the Shuofang Army; the Grand General of the Right Palace Army, Wang Chengye, Governor of Taiyuan; the Chief Minister of the Court of the Imperial Regalia, Zhang Jieran, Military and Investigation Commissioner of Henan; and the General-in-Chief of the Right Imperial Insignia Guard, Cheng Qianli, Administrator of Shangdang Commandery: to campaign against An Lushan. On dingchou Wan, Prince of Rong, was made Marshal of the Eastern Campaign, with Gao Xianzhi as his deputy. Edit
On the dinghai day of the twelfth month, An Lushan took Lingchang Commandery. On xinmao he took Chenliu Commandery and captured its Governor, Guo Na, and Zhang Jieran died fighting. On guisi An Lushan took Xingyang Commandery, and its Governor, Cui Wubi, died fighting. On bingshen Feng Changqing fought An Lushan at Yingzi Valley and was defeated. On dingyou An Lushan took Dongjing, and its Regent Li Cheng, the Vice Censor-in-Chief Lu Yi and the Administrative Assistant Jiang Qing died there. The Governor of Henan, Daxi Xun, turned traitor and surrendered to An Lushan. Edit
On jihai the Governor of Hengshan Commandery, Yan Gaoqing, defeated He Qiannian and captured him, and took the fourteen commanderies of Zhao, Julu, Guangping, Qinghe, Hejian, Jingcheng, Le'an, Boping, Boling, Shanggu, Wen'an, Xindu, Wei and Ye. Edit
On guimao Feng Changqing and Gao Xianzhi were put to death. Geshu Han, holding the tally, was made Vice Marshal of the Vanguard Forces of the Heir Apparent, with full powers of command and decision, and held Tong Pass. On jiachen Guo Ziyi fought An Lushan's general Gao Xiuyan at Hequ and defeated him. On wushen Wan, Prince of Rong, died. On renzi the Governor of Jinan Commandery, Li Sui, the Sheriff of Shanfu, Jia Ben, and Shang Heng of Puyang raised troops against An Lushan. In this month the Governor of Pingyuan Commandery, Yan Zhenqing, the Governor of Raoyang Commandery, Lu Quancheng, and its Marshal, Li Zheng, raised troops against An Lushan. Edit
On the yimao day of the first month of the fifteenth zai, the Governor of Dongping Commandery, Zhi, Prince of Wu by Succession, raised troops against An Lushan. On bingchen Li Sui was made Military Commissioner of Henan, to campaign against Lushan. On renxu Lushan took Hengshan Commandery and captured Yan Gaoqing and Yuan Lüqian, and took the nine commanderies of Ye, Guangping, Julu, Zhao, Shanggu, Boling, Wen'an, Wei and Xindu. On guihai the Vice Military Commissioner of the Shuofang Army, Li Guangbi, was made Vice Military Commissioner-in-chief of Hedong, to campaign against Lushan. On jiazi the Governor of Nanyang Commandery, Lu Jiong, was made Military Commissioner of Nanyang, and led the troops of Lingnan, Qianzhong and the Eastern Shannan Circuit to encamp at Ye County. On yichou An Qingxu attacked Tong Pass, and Geshu Han defeated him. On dingchou the Magistrate of Zhenyuan, Zhang Xun, raised troops against An Lushan. Edit
On the jihai day of the second month, Zhi, Prince of Wu by Succession, fought Lushan's general Xie Yuantong at Chenliu and defeated him. Li Guangbi took Changshan Commandery, and Guo Ziyi came out through Jingxing to join Guangbi; they fought An Lushan's general Shi Siming and defeated him. On gengzi Jia Ben fought at Yongqiu and died. Edit
In the third month Yan Zhenqing took Wei Commandery. Shi Siming attacked Raoyang and Pingyuan. On yimao Zhang Xun fought An Lushan's general Linghu Chao at Yongqiu and defeated him. On bingchen the Minister of Revenue, An Sishun, and the Chief Minister of the Court of the Imperial Stud, An Yuanzhen, were put to death. On yichou Li Guangbi took Zhao Commandery. Edit
On the yiyou day of the fourth month, the Governor of Beihai Commandery, Helan Jinming, led troops to relieve Pingyuan. On bingwu the Left Admonisher of the Heir Apparent, Lai Tian, was made Governor of Yingchuan Commandery and concurrently Commissioner for Pacification. Edit
On the dingsi day of the fifth month, Lu Jiong fought An Lushan at the Zhi River, was defeated, and fled to Nanyang. On wuchen Ju, Prince of Guo by Succession, was made Military Commissioner of Henan. Edit
On the guiwei day of the sixth month, Yan Zhenqing fought An Lushan's general Yuan Zhitai at Tangyi and defeated him. Helan Jinming took Xindu. On bingxu Geshu Han fought An Lushan on the western plain of Lingbao and was defeated. That day Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi fought Shi Siming at Jiashan and defeated him. On xinmao the foreign general Huoba Guiren seized Geshu Han and went over to An Lushan, and Lushan then took Tong Pass and Shangluo Commandery. Edit
On jiawu an edict announced that the Emperor would lead the campaign in person. The Governor of Jingzhao, Cui Guangyuan, was made Regent of the Western Capital and Commissioner for Pacification with full powers. On bingshen the Emperor's traveling court was at the Wangxian Palace. On dingyou he halted at Mawei, where the Grand General of the Left Dragon Militant Army, Chen Xuanli, killed Yang Guozhong, the Censor-in-Chief Wei Fangjin and the Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices Yang Xuan. The Precious Consort, of the Yang clan, was ordered to die. That day Zhang Xun fought An Lushan's general Zhai Boyu at Baishaguo and defeated him. On jihai Lushan took the capital. On xinchou the Emperor halted at Chencang. The Commissioner of the Stables, Ren Shamen, turned traitor and surrendered to Lushan. On bingwu the Emperor halted at Hechi Commandery. The Military Commissioner of Jiannan, Cui Yuan, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the jiazi day of the seventh month, he halted at Pu'an Commandery. The Vice Minister of Justice, Fang Guan, was made Minister of Personnel and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On dingmao the Heir Apparent was made Marshal of the Armies of the Empire, in overall command of the Military Commissioners of Shuofang, Hedong, Hebei and Pinglu, with the Vice Censor-in-Chief Pei Mian and the Marshal of Longxi Commandery, Liu Zhi, as his deputies. The Grand Area Commander-in-chief of Jiangling, Lin, Prince of Yong, was made Military Commissioner of the Eastern Shannan Route, Qianzhong and the Western Jiangnan Route; Qi, Prince of Sheng, was made Area Commander-in-chief of Guangling Commandery and Military Commissioner of the Eastern Jiangnan Route and the Huainan Circuit; and Gong, Prince of Feng, was made Area Commander-in-chief of Wuwei Commandery and Military Commissioner of Hexi, Longyou, Anxi and Beiting. On gengwu he halted at Baxi Commandery. Its Governor, Cui Huan, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery, and Wei Jiansu Chancellor of the Left. On gengchen he halted at Shu Commandery. Edit
On the renwu day of the eighth month there was a general amnesty. Civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, and those who had been forced to follow An Lushan and could return of their own accord were pardoned. On guisi the Heir Apparent took the imperial throne at Lingwu and reported it. On gengzi the Retired Heavenly Emperor sent, by rescript, Wei Jiansu, Fang Guan and Cui Huan to carry the Emperor's patent of investiture to Lingwu. Edit
On the jiayin day of the eleventh month, the Minister of Justice, Li Lin, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the jiachen day of the twelfth month, Lin, Prince of Yong, rebelled and was deposed and made a commoner. Edit
On the gengxu day of the first month of the second zai of Zhide, a rescript sought out men in the empire whose filial piety and brotherly respect deserved honor. On jiazi Jia Xiu, a soldier of Jiannan, rebelled and was put to death. On the gengwu day of the third month, Tonghua Commandery reported that the Xuanyuan Emperor had come down. On the gengshen day of the fifth month, a rescript posthumously invested the Noble Lady, of the Yang clan, as Empress. On the gengxu day of the seventh month, Li Ji, a soldier of the field army, rebelled and was put to death. On gengwu Guo Qianren, a soldier of Jiannan, rebelled and was put to death. On the dingsi day of the tenth month, the Emperor recovered the capital and reported it. A rescript reduced the sentences of prisoners in Jiannan, and those of banishment and below were pardoned. Edit
On the dingwei day of the twelfth month, he returned from Shu Commandery and lived in the Xingqing Palace. In the third zai he was given the title Taishang Zhidao Shenghuang Tiandi. In the first year of Shangyuan he moved to live in the Ganlu Hall of the Western Palace. In the Jiansi month of the first year he died in the Shenlong Hall, aged seventy-eight. Edit
The appraisal says: Ruizong came to the throne through his son's merit and did not reign long, so there is indeed nothing in him to praise. Alas, how great is the harm that women do to men! From Gaozu to Zhongzong, within a few decades, the dynasty twice suffered disaster through women; the line of Tang was cut off and then restored, Zhongzong himself did not escape, and the Wei clan was then wiped out. Xuanzong put down that disorder himself and might have taken warning from it, yet he too was ruined by a woman. When he applied himself to government in the Kaiyuan years, he came close to bringing about great peace: how splendid that was! But once the impulse to extravagance stirred, all the desires of the empire were not enough for his pleasure; he drowned in the one he loved most and forgot what he should have guarded against, until he fled, lost his state, and still did not repent. When we examine how different his beginning and his end were, we see how far apart a man's nature and his habits can grow. How can one not be careful! How can one not be careful! Edit
Collation notes
Liangzhou: The Bona, ten-column and Ji editions read "Yuanchuan", and the Palace and Bureau editions "Yuanzhou". Corrected on the basis of the biography of Xue Ne in chapter 111 of this book, the account of the Turks in chapter 215A, and the Comprehensive Mirror, chapter 211. Edit
"The Turks raided Gan and Liang, and the Area Commander-in-chief of Liangzhou, Yang Jingshu, fought the Turks and was defeated": the first "Liang" reads "Yuan" in all editions. The Comprehensive Mirror, chapter 212, records that in the eighth year of Kaiyuan the Turks plundered Liangzhou, and the Area Commander-in-chief Yang Jingshu sent a subordinate general with troops to intercept them and was heavily defeated. The accounts of the Turks in chapter 215B of this book and in chapter 194A of the Old Book are much the same. "Yuan" is plainly a mistake for "Liang", and the text has been corrected accordingly. Edit
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- [Source] 新唐书 卷五 本纪第五 睿宗 玄宗 New Book of Tang, juan 5, Annals 5: Ruizong, Xuanzong
- [Collation note] 本纪：「玄宗至道大聖大明孝皇帝諱隆基，睿宗第三子也。」 The annals: “Xuanzong (posthumous title: Zhidao Dasheng Daming Xiao Huangdi), personal name Lóngjī, was the third son of Ruizong.”