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On the renwu day of the fifth month, Li Fuguo was made Grand Minister of Works. On the gengyin day the Emperor posthumously honored his mother as Empress Dowager. On the bingshen day Li Guangbi fought Shi Chaoyi at Song Prefecture and defeated him. On the dingyou day there was a general amnesty. Prefects were each granted office for one son; civil and military officials were granted rank and noble titles, and sons who were their fathers' heirs were raised one grade in merit rank. The people's arrears of tax and old debts were remitted. His sons Miao, Prince of Yichang Commandery, was advanced to Prince of Zheng, and Jiong, Prince of Yanqing Commandery, to Prince of Han. The commoner of the Wang clan was posthumously restored as Empress, and Ying, Yao and Ju all had their titles restored. Edit

On the xinhai day of the sixth month, the Empress of the Zhang clan, Xi, Prince of Yue, and Xian, Prince of Yan, were all posthumously deposed and made commoners. Edit

On the yiyou day of the seventh month, Pei Rong, Military Commissioner of Shannan East Circuit, was put to death. On the guisi day Xu Zhidao, Military Commander of Jiannan West Chuan, rebelled. Edit

On the jiwei day of the eighth month, Zhidao was executed. On the xinwei day Yuan Chao, a man of Tai Prefecture, rebelled. On the yihai day Kuo was moved to Prince of Yong. Edit

On the wuzi day of the ninth month, Lü Rijiang, Prefect of Fengzhou, fought the Dangxiang Qiang at Sanjie Valley and defeated them. On the bingshen day the Uighurs asked to help in the fighting. On the renyin day there was a grand review of troops. On the guimao day Yuan Chao took Xin Prefecture. Edit

On the yimao day of the tenth month, he took the two prefectures of Wen and Ming. An edict said that because of floods and drought in Zhejiang the people were in great hardship, prefectures and counties must not levy extra exactions at will, and those of the people who died of epidemic and could not be buried were to be buried by the authorities. On the xinyou day Kuo, Prince of Yong, campaigned against Shi Chaoyi. On the renxu day a bandit killed Li Fuguo. On the guiyou day Kuo, Prince of Yong, took Huai Prefecture. On the jiaxu day he defeated Shi Chaoyi at Hengshui and took Heyang and the Eastern Capital, and Shi Chaoyi's general Zhang Xiancheng surrendered with Bian Prefecture. Edit

On the dinghai day of the eleventh month, Chaoyi's general Xue Song surrendered with the four prefectures of Xiang, Wei, Ming and Xing. On the dingyou day Chaoyi's general Zhang Zhongzhi surrendered with the five prefectures of Zhao, Ding, Shen, Heng and Yi. On the jihai day Pugu Huai'en, Field Army Military Commissioner of Shuofang, was made Vice Grand Marshal of Shuofang and Hebei. Edit

On the jiyou day of the twelfth month, the Left Storehouse of the Court of the Imperial Treasury caught fire. On the wuchen day the exposed bones inside and outside the capital were buried. On the jiaxu day Li Guangbi fought Yuan Chao at Qu Prefecture and defeated him. Edit

In this year Yang Zhao, a man of Shu Prefecture, rebelled and killed its Prefect, Liu Qiuzi. The Xiyuan Man rebelled. The Tibetans raided the three prefectures of Qin, Cheng and Wei. Edit

On the guiwei day of the first month of the first year of Guangde, Liu Yan, Governor of Jingzhao, was made Minister of Personnel and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the jiashen day Shi Chaoyi killed himself; his general Li Huaixian surrendered with You Prefecture, and Tian Chengsi surrendered with Wei Prefecture. On the renyin day Lai Tian, Commissioner of the Imperial Tombs and Military Commissioner of Shannan East Circuit, was found guilty and executed. Edit

On the jiachen day of the third month, Liang Chongyi, Military Commander of Shannan East Circuit, entered Xiang Prefecture from Nanyang. On the dingwei day Li Guangbi fought Yuan Chao and defeated him. On the xinyou day the Emperor Zhidao Dasheng Daming Xiao was buried at the Tai Mausoleum. On the jiazi day the Dangxiang Qiang raided Tong Prefecture, and Guo Ziyi defeated them at Mount Huangdui. On the gengwu day the Emperor Wenming Wude Dasheng Daxuan Xiao was buried at the Jian Mausoleum. Edit

In the sixth month, Li Huairang, Military Commissioner of Tong and Hua, killed himself. Edit

On the renyin day of the seventh month, the assembled officials offered the honorific title "Emperor Baoying Yuansheng Wenwu Xiao." On the renzi day there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. The people's arrears were remitted; households with three adult males were excused the labor tax and cloth tax of one of them; Hebei was granted three years' exemption from taxes and labor; and places through which the Uighur field army had passed were excused this year's land tax. Officials inside and outside the capital were granted rank, merit rank and noble titles. Meritorious officials were given iron tallies, their names stored in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, and their portraits painted in the Lingyan Pavilion. The Tibetans took the prefectures of Longyou. Edit

In the eighth month, Pugu Huai'en rebelled. Edit

On the renyin day of the ninth month, Pei Zunqing went to Fen Prefecture to pacify and soothe Pugu Huai'en. On the yichou day Gao Hui, Prefect of Jing Prefecture, rebelled and went over to the Tibetans. Edit

On the gengwu day of the tenth month, the Tibetans took Bin Prefecture. On the xinwei day they raided Fengtian and Wugong, and the capital was put under martial law. On the renshen day Kuo, Prince of Yong, was made Grand Marshal of the Armies of Guannei, with Guo Ziyi as his deputy. On the guiyou day Lü Rijiang, Field Army Military Commander of Weibei, fought the Tibetans at Zhouzhi and defeated them. On the yihai day they fought again at Zhouzhi and were defeated. On the bingzi day the Emperor went to Shan Prefecture. On the dingchou day he halted at Huayin. Gong, Prince of Feng, was found guilty and executed. On the wuyin day the Tibetans took the capital and set up Chenghong, Prince of Guangwu Commandery, as emperor. On the xinsi day the Emperor halted at Shan Prefecture. On the guisi day the Tibetans broke and fled, and Guo Ziyi recovered the capital. Gao Yu, a man of the Five Valleys of the Southern Mountains, rebelled. Edit

On the renyin day of the eleventh month, Lü Taiyi, Commissioner for Maritime Trade at Guang Prefecture, rebelled and drove out his Military Commissioner, Zhang Xiu. Edit

On the xinwei day of the twelfth month, Liu Yan went to the Upper Capital to pacify and soothe it. On the jiawu day the Emperor arrived from Shan Prefecture. On the yiwei day Miao Jinqing and Pei Zunqing were dismissed. Li Xian, Acting Minister of Rites, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the bingshen day Chenghong was banished to Hua Prefecture. The Tibetans took the two prefectures of Song and Wei. The Xiyuan Man took Dao Prefecture. Edit

On the bingwu day of the first month of the second year, an edict called for the recommendation of men fit to be censors, remonstrance officials, prefects and county magistrates. On the yimao day Kuo, Prince of Yong, was made Crown Prince. On the guihai day Liu Yan and Li Xian were dismissed. Wang Jin, Right Cavalier Attendant-in-ordinary, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery, and Du Hongjian, Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was made Vice Minister of War: both Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Guo Ziyi was concurrently made Vice Grand Marshal of Hedong. Edit

On the xinwei day of the second month, Pugu Huai'en killed Hun Shizhi, Acting Military Commissioner of the Shuofang Army. On the guiyou day the Emperor made offerings at the Taiqing Palace. On the jiaxu day he made offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the yihai day he sacrificed at the Southern Suburb. On the jichou day there was a general amnesty. Officials inside and outside the capital were granted rank and noble titles; one of the sons or grandsons of the meritorious officials of Wude was given office; those of the third rank and above who had followed the Emperor from the start at Chengdu and Lingwu were granted one further degree of noble title, and the rest one grade of rank; meritorious officials of Baoying of the third rank and above were given office for one son and granted one degree of noble title, the rest were raised in rank and two grades in merit rank, and sons of men of the fifth rank and above who were their fathers' heirs were raised two grades in merit rank. Edit

On the xinchou day of the third month, Henan Superior Prefecture was granted two years' exemption from taxes and labor. On the jiazi day Qi, Prince of Sheng, died. Edit

On the jiawu day of the fourth month, inlaid work in pearls and kingfisher feathers was forbidden. Edit

In the fifth month, the Luo River flooded. Edit

On the dingmao day of the sixth month, a star fell at Fen Prefecture. Edit

On the gengzi day of the seventh month, the tax on green sprouts was levied for the first time. On the jiyou day Li Guangbi died. Edit

On the bingyin day of the eighth month, Wang Jin was made Director of the Chancellery and put in overall command of the field armies of the military commissions of Henan, Huainan and Shannan East Circuit. On the renshen day Wang Jin was relieved as Director of the Chancellery. On the guisi day the Tibetans raided Bin Prefecture, and Bai Xiaode, Military Commissioner of Binning, defeated them at Yilu. Edit

On the jiwei day of the ninth month, Yan Wu, Military Commissioner of Jiannan, fought the Tibetans at Danggou City and defeated them. Edit

That autumn there were yu [water demons]. Edit

On the bingyin day of the tenth month, the Tibetans raided Bin Prefecture. On the dingmao day they raided Fengtian, and the capital was put under martial law. On the gengwu day Yan Wu took the Tibetan city of Yanchuan. On the xinwei day Guo Xi, Military Commander of Shuofang, fought the Tibetans west of Bin and defeated them. In this month the Turks raided Feng Prefecture, and its commander Ma Wang died in its defense. Edit

On the yiwei day of the eleventh month, the Tibetan army broke and fled, and martial law was lifted in the capital. Yang Zhilie, Military Commissioner of Hexi, fought Pugu Huai'en at Ling Prefecture and was defeated. On the guichou day Yuan Chao was executed. Half of this year's land tax of Yue Prefecture was remitted, and the three prefectures of Wen, Tai and Ming were granted one year's exemption from taxes and labor. Edit

On the yichou day of the twelfth month, Gao Yu was executed. On the bingyin day many stars fell. Edit

In this year the Xiyuan Man took Shao Prefecture. Edit

On the guisi day of the first month of the first year of Yongtai, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. In this month the people of She Prefecture killed their Prefect, Pang Jun. Edit

On the wuyin day of the second month, the Dangxiang Qiang raided Fuping. On the gengchen day Sui, Prince of Yi, died. Edit

On the gengzi day of the third month, rain froze on the trees. On the gengxu day the Tibetans asked for peace. On the xinhai day a great wind uprooted trees. Edit

On the jisi day of the fourth month, it rained, after no rain since the spring. Edit

That summer, self-sown wheat grew at Zhouzhi. Edit

On the xinmao day of the seventh month, Li Huaiyu, Military Commander of Pinglu and Ziqing, drove out his Military Commissioner, Hou Xiyi. Edit

On the gengchen day of the eighth month, Wang Jin was made Vice Grand Marshal of Henan. Pugu Huai'en, with the Tibetans, the Uighurs, the Dangxiang Qiang, the Hun and the Nuci, raided the frontier. Edit

On the gengyin day of the ninth month, the hundred officials were ordered to view Buddhist images at the Guangshun Gate. On the xinmao day Venus crossed the sky by day. On the jiachen day the Tibetans raided Liquan and Fengtian, the Dangxiang Qiang raided Tong Prefecture, and the Hun and Nuci raided Zhouzhi, and the capital was put under martial law. On the jiyou day the Emperor camped in the imperial park, and Guo Ziyi camped at Jingyang. On the dingsi day Zhou Zhiguang, Military Commissioner of Tong and Hua, fought the Tibetans at Chengcheng and defeated them. Zhiguang entered Fu Prefecture, killed its Prefect, Zhang Lin, and then burned Fang Prefecture. Edit

In the tenth month, the Shatuo killed Yang Zhilie. On the jiwei day the Tibetans reached Bin Prefecture and, with the Uighurs, raided the frontier. On the xinyou day they raided Fengtian. On the guihai day they raided Tong Prefecture. On the yichou day they raided Xingping. On the dingmao day the Uighurs and the Dangxiang Qiang asked to surrender. On the guiyou day Guo Ziyi fought the Tibetans at Lingtai and defeated them. Martial law was lifted in the capital. Edit

On the xinmao day of the intercalary month, Li Huaiguang, Deputy General of Shuofang, took Ling Prefecture. On the xinhai day Cui Gan, Military Commander of the Western Mountains of Jiannan, rebelled and attacked Chengdu; the Military Commissioner, Guo Yingyi, fled to Lingchi, where Han Cheng, Prefect of Pu Prefecture, killed him. On the guichou day goods were levied from the people to provide offerings for the Buddha. Edit

In the second month of the first year of Dali, the Tibetans sent envoys to court. On the renzi day Du Hongjian was made Vice Grand Marshal of the circuits of Shannan West, Jiannan East and West Chuan, Qiongnan, the Western Mountains and others. Edit

On the guiwei day of the third month, Zhang Xiancheng, Military Commissioner of Jiannan East Chuan, fought Cui Gan at Zi Prefecture and was defeated. Edit

On the guiyou day of the seventh month, the Luo River flooded. Edit

On the xinsi day of the ninth month, the Tibetans took Yuan Prefecture. Edit

On the jiazi day of the eleventh month, there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed, and displaced people who returned to their livelihoods were granted three years' exemption from taxes and labor. Edit

On the jihai day of the twelfth month, a comet appeared in the Gourd asterism. On the guimao day Zhou Zhiguang rebelled and killed Pang Chong, Prefect of Guozhou. Edit

That winter there was no snow. Miao, Prince of Zheng, was made Grand Marshal of the Armies of the Realm. Edit

On the dingsi day of the first month of the second year, Guo Ziyi campaigned against Zhou Zhiguang. On the jiwei day Li Hanhui, a general of Tong and Hua, surrendered with Tong Prefecture. On the jiazi day Zhou Zhiguang was executed. Li Zhongchen, Military Commissioner of Huaixi, entered Hua Prefecture. On the wuyin day the two prefectures of Tong and Hua were granted two years' exemption from taxes and labor. Edit

On the renyin day of the eighth month, Jiang Qingchu, Commandant-escort and imperial son-in-law, was put to death. Edit

On the jiayin day of the ninth month, the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture. On the yimao day they raided Bin Prefecture. Guo Ziyi camped at Jingyang, and the capital was put under martial law. On the yichou day a meteor passed to the south in daytime. Edit

That autumn the mountain Lao of Gui Prefecture rebelled. Edit

On the wuyin day of the tenth month, Lu Sigong, Military Commissioner of the Shuofang Army, fought the Tibetans at Ling Prefecture and defeated them. Martial law was lifted in the capital. Edit

On the xinwei day of the eleventh month, rain froze on the trees. On the renshen day there was an earthquake in the capital. Edit

On the guisi day of the second month of the third year, Liu Qia, Military Commander of Shang Prefecture, killed his Prefect, Yin Zhongqing. Edit

On the yisi day, the first of the third month, there was an eclipse of the sun. Edit

On the yimao day of the fifth month, Tan, Prince of Qi, was posthumously given the title of emperor, and the daughter of Princess Xingxin, of the Zhang clan, the title of empress. On the guihai day there was an earthquake. Edit

On the renyin day of the sixth month, Zhu Xicai, Military Commander of You Prefecture, killed his Military Commissioner, Li Huaixian, and named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit

On the gengwu day of the intercalary month, Wang Jin was concurrently made Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture. Edit

On the renshen day of the seventh month, Yang Zilin, Prefect of Lu Prefecture, rebelled and took Chengdu; Cui Kuan, Acting Military Commissioner of Jiannan, defeated him and recovered Chengdu. Zilin killed Zhang Zhong, Administrative Aide of Kui Prefecture. On the wuyin day the Tibetans sent envoys to court. Edit

On the jiyou day of the eighth month, the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture. On the dingmao day they raided Bin Prefecture, and the capital was put under martial law. On the wuchen day Ma Lin, Military Commissioner of Binning, fought the Tibetans and defeated them. On the gengwu day Wang Jin was concurrently made Military Commissioner of Hedong. Edit

On the dingchou day of the ninth month, Huan, Prince of Ji, died. On the renwu day the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture, and the Shuofang general Bai Yuanguang defeated them. On the renchen day he defeated them again at Lingwu. On the wuxu day martial law was lifted in the capital. Edit

On the xinyou day of the twelfth month, Wang Tongzhi, Military Commander of Jingyuan, plotted rebellion and was executed. Edit

On the jiaxu day of the first month of the fourth year, Li Hu, Prefect of Ying Prefecture, was put to death. Edit

On the yimao day of the second month, Du Hongjian was relieved as Vice Grand Marshal. On the bingchen day there was an earthquake in the capital. Edit

In the third month, censors were sent to levy a tax in cash on merchants. On the jiaxu day this year's taxes of Jingzhao were remitted. Edit

On the bingxu day of the fifth month, there was an earthquake in the capital. Edit

On the wushen day of the sixth month, Wang Jin was relieved as Vice Grand Marshal and Commander-in-chief. Edit

On the guiwei day of the seventh month, sentences of death were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. Edit

On the dingsi day of the tenth month, there was a heavy fog. Edit

On the xinwei day of the eleventh month, hunting with arrows within the capital region was forbidden. On the renshen day Du Hongjian was dismissed. On the guiyou day Yuan Zai was made acting head of the affairs of the Chancellery. On the jiaxu day the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture, and Chang Qianguang, Acting Military Commissioner of the Shuofang Army, defeated them. On the bingzi day Pei Mian, Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the guisi day Pei Mian was concurrently made Vice Grand Marshal of Henan, Huaixi and Shannan East Circuit. Edit

On the wuxu day of the twelfth month, Pei Mian died. Edit

In this year Feng Chongdao, a man of Guang Prefecture, and Zhu Jishi, a man of Gui Prefecture, rebelled, and Wang Hong, Pacification Commissioner of Rongguan, defeated them. Edit

On the xinmao day of the first month of the fifth year, Li Baoyu, Military Commissioner of Fengxiang, was made Vice Grand Marshal of Hexi, Longyou and Shannan West Circuit. Edit

On the guiyou day of the third month, Yu Chao'en, Director of Palace Attendants, was found guilty and killed himself. On the bingxu day, because light had appeared in the burial chamber of the Zhao Mausoleum, an amnesty was granted to Jingzhao and the region within the passes. Edit

On the gengzi day of the fourth month, Zang Jie, Military Commander of Hunan, killed his Militia Commissioner, Cui Guan. On the jiwei day a comet appeared in the Five Chariots asterism. Edit

On the jimao day of the fifth month, a comet appeared in the north. On the jiwei day of the sixth month, because the comet had vanished, sentences of death were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. The descendants of Wei Zheng, Wang Gui, Li Jing, Li Ji, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui were taken into office. Edit

In this year the Hunan general Wang Guoliang rebelled and, with the Xiyuan Man, raided prefectures and counties. Edit

On the renyin day of the second month of the sixth year, Li Baoyu was relieved as Vice Grand Marshal of Shannan West Circuit. Edit

In the third month, Wang Hong defeated Liang Chongqian at old Rong Prefecture. Edit

On the wuyin day of the fourth month, the ground sank at Xiyuan in Lantian. The making of great-pattern silk, jiezao six-break brocade, and patterned gauze and Wu damask woven with dragons, phoenixes, qilin, heavenly horses and bixie beasts was forbidden. Edit

On the wushen day of the fifth month, Lu Ting, Palace Censor, Li Shaoliang, Administrative Supervisor of Chengdu Prefecture, and Wei Song, Judicial Inspector of the Court of Judicial Review, were put to death. Edit

On the gengwu day of the second month of the seventh year, the Yangtze flooded at Jiang Prefecture. Edit

On the yiyou day of the fifth month, there was heavy hail, and a great wind uprooted trees. On the yiwei day, because of drought, there was a general amnesty; the Emperor reduced his meals and stopped music. Edit

That autumn Li Huaiyuan, a general of Lulong of You Prefecture, killed his Military Commissioner, Zhu Xicai, and Zhu Ci, Vice Commissioner of the Jinglüe Army, named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit

On the yihai day of the tenth month, because of drought in Huainan, two thirds of the land tax and labor tax were remitted. Edit

On the gengchen day of the eleventh month, two years' land tax and labor tax were remitted for the eight prefectures of Ba, Peng, Qu, Ji, Bi, Chong, Tong and Kai. Edit

On the bingyin day of the twelfth month, it rained earth, and a long star appeared in the Shen asterism. Edit

On the jiachen day of the first month of the eighth year, an edict ordered capital officials of the third rank and above, together with the department gentlemen and censors, each to recommend one man a year for prefect or county magistrate. Edit

On the xinmao day of the fifth month, Miao, Prince of Zheng, died. On the renchen day there was an amnesty in the capital. On the guimao day sentences of death were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. Edit

On the jiwei day of the eighth month, the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture, and Guo Ziyi defeated them at the Qiji Canal. On the jiazi day the military farms of Hua Prefecture were abolished and given to the poor. Edit

On the renwu day of the ninth month, Geshu Huang, Prefect of Xun Prefecture, rebelled and killed Lü Chongben, Military Commissioner of Lingnan. On the wuzi day an edict called on capital officials of the fifth rank and above, the attendant officials of the two Departments, the department gentlemen and the censors to speak out on affairs of state. Edit

On the gengshen day of the tenth month, the Tibetans raided Jing and Bin. On the bingyin day Hun Zhen, Military Commander of Shuofang, fought the Tibetans at Yilu and was defeated. Ma Lin, Military Commissioner of Jingyuan, fought the Tibetans at Panyuan and defeated them. Edit

On the xinwei day of the second month of the ninth year, the troops of Xu Prefecture mutinied and drove out their Prefect, Liang Cheng. Edit

On the renchen day of the fourth month, there was a general amnesty. Edit

On the renshen day of the tenth month, Huang, Prince of Xin, died. On the yihai day Xuan, Prince of Liang, died. On the renchen day sentences of death in the capital were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. Edit

On the dingyou day of the first month of the tenth year, Pei Zhiqing, Military Commander of the Zhaoyi Army, drove out his Military Commissioner, Xue E, and rebelled, going over to Tian Chengsi. On the renyin day Mao, Prince of Shou, died. On the wushen day Tian Chengsi rebelled. On the guichou day Chengsi took Ming Prefecture. On the yimao day Cui Ning, Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Chuan, fought the Tibetans in the Western Mountains and defeated them. Edit

On the yichou day of the second month, Tian Chengsi took Wei Prefecture, and its Prefect, Xue Xiong, died in its defense. On the xinwei day the Emperor enfeoffed his sons: Shu as Prince of Mu, Yu as Prince of Chen, Lian as Prince of En, Gou as Prince of Fu, Zao as Prince of Xin, Xian as Prince of Shao, Yun as Prince of Jia, Yu as Prince of Duan, Yu as Prince of Xun, Tong as Prince of Gong, Kui as Prince of Yuan, and Yi as Prince of Ya. On the bingzi day the Heyang army mutinied and drove out Chang Xiuming, Commissioner of the Three Cities. Edit

On the jiawu day of the third month, the army of Shan Prefecture mutinied and drove out its Surveillance Commissioner, Li Guoqing. Edit

On the guiwei day of the fourth month, Xue Jianxun, Military Commissioner of Hedong, and others campaigned against Tian Chengsi. The five prefectures of Zhaoyi were granted two years' exemption from taxes and labor. On the jiashen day there was heavy hail, and a great wind uprooted trees. Edit

On the yiwei day of the fifth month, the Weibo general Huo Rongguo surrendered with Ci Prefecture. On the jiayin day there was heavy hail, a great wind uprooted trees, and lightning struck the palace gate. Edit

On the jiaxu day of the sixth month, Li Baochen, Military Commissioner of the Chengde Army, fought Tian Chengsi at Ji Prefecture and defeated him. Edit

On the jiwei day of the seventh month, the sea flooded at Hang Prefecture. Edit

On the jichou day of the eighth month, Tian Chengsi raided Ci Prefecture. Edit

On the renyin day of the ninth month, sentences of death in the capital were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. On the renzi day the Tibetans raided Linjing. On the guichou day they raided Long Prefecture. On the bingchen day Li Baoyu defeated them at Yining. On the dingsi day Ma Lin defeated them again at Baili City. Edit

On the xinyou day, the first of the tenth month, there was an eclipse of the sun. On the jiazi day Li Chengzhao, Military Commissioner of the Zhaoyi Army, fought Tian Chengsi at Qingshui and defeated him. On the bingyin day the Honored Consort, of the Dugu clan, died. On the dingmao day she was posthumously invested as Empress. Edit

On the dingyou day of the eleventh month, the Weibo general Wu Xiguang surrendered with Ying Prefecture. On the dingwei day Lu Sigong, Military Commissioner of Lingnan, took Guang Prefecture, and Geshu Huang was executed. Edit

On the gengyin day of the first month of the eleventh year, Tian Chengsi surrendered. On the xinhai day Cui Ning fought the Tibetans and defeated them. Edit

In the fifth month, Li Lingyao, Chief Inspector of Bian and Song, rebelled and killed Meng Jian, Prefect of Pu Prefecture. Edit

On the gengyin day of the seventh month, Tian Chengsi raided Hua Prefecture, and Li Mian, Military Commissioner of the Yongping Army, was defeated. Edit

On the jiashen day of the eighth month, Li Zhongchen, Military Commissioner of Huaixi, Ma Sui, Commissioner of the Three Cities of Heyang, and Li Mian campaigned against Li Lingyao. Edit

On the dingyou day of the intercalary month, Venus was seen in daytime. Edit

On the yichou day of the ninth month, Li Zhongchen and Ma Sui fought Li Lingyao at Zheng Prefecture and were defeated. Edit

On the yiyou day of the tenth month, they fought at Zhongmou and defeated him. On the renchen day Zhongchen defeated him again at Xiliang'gu. On the renyin day Chen Shaoyou, Military Commissioner of Huainan, fought Li Lingyao at Bian Prefecture and defeated him. On the bingwu day Tian Chengsi sent troops to aid Lingyao, and Li Zhongchen defeated them at Kuangcheng. On the jiayin day Lingyao was executed. Edit

On the gengwu day of the third month of the twelfth year, Tian Chengsi was pardoned. On the xinsi day Yuan Zai was found guilty and executed. Wang Jin was demoted to Prefect of Kuo Prefecture. Edit

On the renwu day of the fourth month, Yang Wan, Chief Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, was made Vice Director of the Secretariat, and Chang Gun, Vice Minister of Rites, was made Vice Director of the Chancellery: both Joint Managers of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the guisi day an edict ordered that remonstrance officials might present sealed memorials at any time, that those who discussed affairs at the side gate might report in person following their written statements, and that officials of the sixth rank and above who submitted their views through the petition box need not attach a copy. On the dingyou day the Tibetans raided the two prefectures of Li and Ya, and Cui Ning defeated them. In this month Zhuo Yinglin, a man of Jin Prefecture, rebelled. Edit

On the yisi day of the sixth month, Yinglin was executed. Jin Prefecture was granted two years' exemption from taxes and labor. On the dingwei day, because of drought, sentences of death in the capital were reduced, and those of exile and below were pardoned. Edit

On the jisi day of the seventh month, Yang Wan died. On the bingzi day an edict ordered the ministers, the Censor-in-chief, the Left and Right Assistant Directors and the vice ministers to recommend men fit to be prefects. Edit

On the gengwu day of the ninth month, the Tibetans raided Fang Prefecture. Edit

That autumn the Yellow River flooded. Edit

On the renzi day of the eleventh month, Zhang Xiangong, Military Commissioner of Shannan West Circuit, fought the Tibetans at Min Prefecture and defeated them. Edit

On the dinghai day of the twelfth month, Cui Ning fought the Tibetans in the Western Mountains and defeated them. Edit

In this year there were earthquakes in the three prefectures of Heng, Ding and Zhao. In the winter there was no snow. Edit

On the wuchen day of the first month of the thirteenth year, the Uighurs raided Bing Prefecture. On the guiyou day Bao Fang, Acting Military Commissioner of Hedong, fought the Uighurs at Yangqu and was defeated. Edit

On the gengchen day of the second month, Zhang Guangsheng, Prefect of Dai Prefecture, fought the Uighurs at Yanghu Valley and defeated them. Edit

On the jiachen day of the fourth month, the Tibetans raided Ling Prefecture, and Chang Qianguang defeated them. Edit

On the jichou day of the tenth month, carrying weapons to hunt in the capital region was forbidden. Edit

In this year Mount Huangqin in Chen Prefecture collapsed. Edit

On the guiwei day of the second month of the fourteenth year, Tian Chengsi, Military Commissioner of Weibo, died, and his elder brother's son Yue named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit

On the dingwei day of the third month, Li Xilie, a general of Bian and Song, drove out his Military Commissioner, Li Zhongchen, and named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit

On the xinyou day of the fifth month, the Emperor was unwell and issued an edict for the Crown Prince to act as regent. That evening the Emperor died in the inner hall of the Zichen Palace, at the age of fifty-three. Edit

Appraisal

The appraisal says: In the disorder of Tianbao, a great bandit suddenly rose up and the Son of Heaven fled. At that time Suzong, as Crown Prince, took command of the troops to fight the rebels, and this was truly his proper duty! Yet in Xizong's time, when the majesty and virtue of Tang still held men's hearts and the bonds of order were not yet broken, how did things compare with the days of Tianbao? And while Xizong was in Shu, the troops of the various garrisons joined forces and worked together, and so they crushed Huang Chao and recovered the capital. Seen this way, even if Suzong had not taken the throne at once, he could still have crushed the rebels. Since Gaozu, the throne has three times been yielded to a son, and only Ruizong did so out of awe of Heaven's warnings and from a sincere heart; as for Gaozu and Xuanzong, was it ever their wish! In Daizong's time remnants of the rebellion still survived; he put down disorder and preserved what had been built, and he was, it seems, a ruler of middling talent! Edit