漼 Cuǐ
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懿宗
懿宗昭聖恭惠孝皇帝諱漼，宣宗長子也。母曰元昭皇太后鼂氏。始封鄆王。宣宗愛夔王滋，欲立為皇太子，而鄆王長，故久不決。
大中十三年八月，宣宗疾大漸，以夔王屬內樞密使王歸長馬公儒、宣徽南院使王居方等。而左神策護軍中尉王宗實、副使丌元實矯詔立鄆王為皇太子。癸巳，即皇帝位于柩前。王宗實殺王歸長、馬公儒、王居方。庚子，始聽政。癸卯，令狐綯為司空。尊皇太后曰太皇太后。
九月庚申，追尊母為皇太后。
十月辛卯，大赦。賜文武官階、勳、爵，耆老粟帛。
十一月戊午，蕭鄴罷。
十二月甲申，翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎杜審權同中書門下平章事。丁酉，令狐綯罷。荊南節度使白敏中為司徒，兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
是歲，雲南蠻陷播州。
咸通元年正月，浙東人仇甫反，安南經略使王式為浙江東道觀察使以討之。
二月丙申，葬聖武獻文孝皇帝于貞陵。
五月，京師地震。袁王紳薨。
七月，封叔𢗔為信王。
八月，衞王灌薨。己卯，仇甫伏誅。
九月戊申，白敏中為中書令。
十月，安南都護李鄠克播州。己亥，夏侯孜罷。戶部尚書、判度支畢諴為禮部尚書、同中書門下平章事。
閏月乙亥，朝獻于太清宮。
十一月丙子，朝享于太廟。丁丑，有事于南郊，大赦，改元。是月，慶王沂薨。
十二月戊申，雲南蠻寇安南。癸亥，福王綰為司空。
二年二月，白敏中罷。尚書左僕射、判度支杜悰兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。福王綰薨。
六月，鹽州刺史王寬為安南經略招討使。
八月，雲南蠻寇邕州。九月，寇巂州。
三年正月庚午，羣臣上尊號曰睿文明聖孝德皇帝。大赦。是月，蔣伸罷。
Yizong
Yizong (posthumous title: Zhaosheng Gonghui Xiao Huangdi), whose personal name was Cui, was the eldest son of Xuanzong. His mother was Empress Dowager Yuanzhao, of the Chao clan. He was first enfeoffed as Prince of Yun. Xuanzong loved Zi, Prince of Kui, and wished to make him Crown Prince, but the Prince of Yun was the elder, and so for a long time nothing was decided. Edit
In the eighth month of the thirteenth year of Dazhong, when Xuanzong's illness became grave, he entrusted the Prince of Kui to the Inner Commissioners of Military Affairs Wang Guichang and Ma Gongru, the Commissioner of the Southern Court of Palace Affairs Wang Jufang, and others. But Wang Zongshi, Palace Commandant-protector of the Left Divine Strategy Army, and the Vice Commissioner Qi Yuanshi forged an edict and made the Prince of Yun Crown Prince. On the guisi day he took the imperial throne before the coffin. Wang Zongshi killed Wang Guichang, Ma Gongru and Wang Jufang. On the gengzi day the Emperor began to attend to government. On the guimao day Linghu Tao was made Grand Minister of Works. The Empress Dowager was honored as Grand Empress Dowager. Edit
On the gengshen day of the ninth month, the Emperor posthumously honored his mother as Empress Dowager. Edit
On the xinmao day of the tenth month, there was a general amnesty. Civil and military officials were granted rank, merit rank and noble titles, and the elderly were given grain and silk. Edit
On the wuwu day of the eleventh month, Xiao Ye was dismissed. Edit
On the jiashen day of the twelfth month, Du Shenquan, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the dingyou day Linghu Tao was dismissed. Bai Minzhong, Military Commissioner of Jingnan, was made Grand Minister of Education and concurrently Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In this year the Yunnan Man took Bo Prefecture. Edit
In the first month of the first year of Xiantong, Qiu Fu, a man of Zhedong, rebelled, and Wang Shi, Pacification Commissioner of Annam, was made Surveillance Commissioner of Zhejiang East Circuit to campaign against him. Edit
On the bingshen day of the second month, the Emperor Shengwu Xianwen Xiao was buried at the Zhen Mausoleum. Edit
In the fifth month, there was an earthquake in the capital. Shen, Prince of Yuan, died. Edit
In the seventh month, the Emperor enfeoffed his uncle Tan as Prince of Xin. Edit
In the eighth month, Guan, Prince of Wei, died. On the jimao day Qiu Fu was executed. Edit
On the wushen day of the ninth month, Bai Minzhong was made Director of the Secretariat. Edit
In the tenth month, Li Hu, Protector-General of Annam, took Bo Prefecture. On the jihai day Xiahou Zi was dismissed. Bi Xian, Minister of Revenue in charge of the Public Revenue Section, was made Minister of Rites and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the yihai day of the intercalary month, the Emperor made offerings at the Taiqing Palace. Edit
On the bingzi day of the eleventh month, he made offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the dingchou day he sacrificed at the Southern Suburb; there was a general amnesty and the era name was changed. In this month Yi, Prince of Qing, died. Edit
On the wushen day of the twelfth month, the Yunnan Man raided Annam. On the guihai day Wan, Prince of Fu, was made Grand Minister of Works. Edit
In the second month of the second year, Bai Minzhong was dismissed. Du Cong, Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs in charge of the Public Revenue Section, was concurrently made Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Wan, Prince of Fu, died. Edit
In the sixth month, Wang Kuan, Prefect of Yanzhou, was made Pacification and Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of Annam. Edit
In the eighth month, the Yunnan Man raided Yong Prefecture. In the ninth month they raided Xi Prefecture. Edit
On the gengwu day of the first month of the third year, the assembled officials offered the honorific title "Emperor Ruiwen Mingsheng Xiaode." There was a general amnesty. In this month Jiang Shen was dismissed. Edit
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二月庚子，杜悰為司空。是月，棣王惴薨。湖南觀察使蔡襲為安南經略招討使。
三月戊寅，歸義軍節度使張義潮克涼州。
七月，武寧軍亂，逐其節度使溫璋。劍南西川節度使夏侯孜為尚書左僕射，兼門下侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
九月，嶺南西道軍亂，逐其節度使蔡京。
十月丙申，封子佾為魏王，侹涼王，佶蜀王。杜悰為司徒。
十一月，封叔祖緝為蘄王，叔㥽榮王。雲南蠻寇安南。丙寅，降囚罪，免徐州秋稅。
十二月，翼王繟薨。
四年正月戊辰，朝獻于太清宮。己巳，朝享于太廟。庚午，有事于南郊，大赦。雲南蠻陷安南，蔡襲死之。庚辰，撫王紘為司空。
二月，拜十六陵。秦州經略使高駢為安南經略招討使。
四月，畢諴罷。
五月己巳，翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎楊收同中書門下平章事。戊子，杜審權罷。
閏六月，杜悰罷。兵部侍郎、判度支曹確同中書門下平章事。
七月辛卯朔，日有食之。免安南戶稅、丁錢二歲，弛廉州珠池禁。
八月，夔王滋薨。
十二月乙酉，昭義軍亂，殺其節度使沈詢。
五年正月丙午，雲南蠻寇巂州。三月，寇邕州。
四月，兵部侍郎、判戶部蕭寘同中書門下平章事。
五月丁酉，瘞邕、巂州死事者。己亥，有彗星出于婁。
八月丁卯，夏侯孜為司空。
十月，貞陵隧陷。
十一月戊戌，夏侯孜罷。壬寅，翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎路巖同中書門下平章事。
六年三月，蕭寘薨。
四月，劍南東川節度使高璩為兵部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
五月，高駢及雲南蠻戰于邕州，敗之。
六月，高璩薨。御史大夫徐商為兵部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。
七月，封子侃為郢王。
十二月，晉、絳二州地震。壬子，太皇太后崩。
七年二月戊申，免河南府、同華陝虢四州一歲稅，湖南及桂邕容三管、岳州夏秋稅之半。
三月，成德軍節度使王紹懿卒，其兄子景崇自稱留後。
閏月，吐蕃寇邠、寧。
五月甲辰，葬孝明太皇太后于景陵之園。
六月，魏博節度使何弘敬卒，其子全皥自稱留後。
八月辛卯，晝晦。
十月壬申，楊收罷。是月，高駢克安南。
十一月辛亥，大赦，免咸通三年以前逋負，賜文武官階、勳、爵。
八年正月丁未，河中府、晉絳二州地震。
五月丙辰，以不豫降囚罪，出宮人五百，縱神策、五坊、飛龍鷹鷂，禁延慶、端午節獻女口。
七月，雨湯于下邳。壬寅，蘄王緝薨。乙巳，懷州民亂，逐其刺史劉仁規。甲子，兵部侍郎、諸道鹽鐵轉運使于琮同中書門下平章事。
十一月辛丑，疾愈，避正殿，賜民年七十而痼疾及軍士戰傷者帛。
十二月，信王𢗔薨。
九年正月，有彗星出于婁、胃。
七月，武寧軍節度糧料判官龐勛反于桂州。十月庚午，陷宿州。丁丑，陷徐州，觀察使崔彥曾死之。十一月，陷濠州，刺史盧望回死之。右金吾衞大將軍康承訓為徐泗行營兵馬都招討使，神武大將軍王晏權為北面招討使，羽林將軍戴可師為南面招討使。
十二月，龐勛陷和、滁二州，滁州刺史高錫望死之。壬申，戴可師及龐勛戰于都梁山，死之。是月，前天雄軍節度使馬舉為南面招討使，泰寧軍節度使曹翔為北面招討使。
十年二月，殺驩州流人楊收。
三月，徙封侃為威王。
四月，殺鎮南軍節度使嚴譔。康承訓及龐勛戰于柳子，敗之。
六月，神策軍將軍宋威為西北面招討使。戊戌，以蝗旱理囚。癸卯，徐商罷。翰林學士承旨、戶部侍郎劉瞻同中書門下平章事。
八月，有彗星出于大陵。
九月癸酉，龐勛伏誅。
十月戊戌，免徐、宿、濠、泗四州三歲稅役。
十二月壬子，雲南蠻寇嘉州。
十一年正月甲寅，羣臣上尊號曰睿文英武明德至仁大聖廣孝皇帝。大赦。雲南蠻寇黎、雅二州，及成都。
二月甲申，劍南西川節度副使王建立及雲南蠻戰于城北，死之。甲午，劍南東川節度使顏慶復及雲南蠻戰于新都，敗之。
三月，曹確罷。
四月丙午，翰林學士承旨、兵部侍郎韋保衡同中書門下平章事。
八月，殺醫待詔韓宗紹。魏博軍亂，殺其節度使何全皥，其將韓君雄自稱留後。
九月丙辰，劉瞻罷。
十一月辛亥，禮部尚書、判度支王鐸同中書門下平章事。
十二年四月癸卯，路巖罷。
五月庚申，理囚。
十月，兵部侍郎、諸道鹽鐵轉運使劉鄴為禮部尚書、同中書門下平章事。
十三年二月丁巳，于琮罷。刑部侍郎、判戶部趙隱為戶部侍郎、同中書門下平章事。幽州盧龍軍節度使張允伸卒，其子簡會自稱留後。
三月癸酉，平州刺史張公素逐簡會，自稱留後。
四月庚子，浙江東西道地震。封子保為吉王，傑壽王，倚睦王。
五月乙亥，殺國子司業韋殷裕。
十一月，王鐸為司徒，韋保衡為司空。
十四年正月，沙陀寇代北。
三月，迎佛骨于鳳翔。癸巳，雨土。
四月，幷州民產子二頭四手。壬寅，大赦。
六月，不豫。王鐸罷。
七月辛巳，皇帝崩于咸寧殿，年四十一。
贊
贊曰：唐自穆宗以來八世，而為宦官所立者七君。然則唐之衰亡，豈止方鎮之患？蓋朝廷天下之本也，人君者朝廷之本也，始即位者人君之本也。其本始不正，欲以正天下，其可得乎？懿、僖當唐政之始衰，而以昏庸相繼；乾符之際，歲大旱蝗，民愁盜起，其亂遂不可復支，蓋亦天人之會歟！
校勘記
浙東人仇甫反 「仇甫」，本書卷五八藝文志及通鑑卷二四九均作「裘甫」。
On the gengzi day of the second month, Du Cong was made Grand Minister of Works. In this month Zhui, Prince of Di, died. Cai Xi, Surveillance Commissioner of Hunan, was made Pacification and Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of Annam. Edit
On the wuyin day of the third month, Zhang Yichao, Military Commissioner of the Guiyi Army, took Liang Prefecture. Edit
In the seventh month, the Wuning Army mutinied and drove out its Military Commissioner, Wen Zhang. Xiahou Zi, Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Chuan, was made Left Vice Director of the Department of State Affairs and concurrently Vice Director of the Chancellery and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the ninth month, the army of Lingnan West Circuit mutinied and drove out its Military Commissioner, Cai Jing. Edit
On the bingshen day of the tenth month, the Emperor enfeoffed his sons: Yi as Prince of Wei, Ting as Prince of Liang, and Ji as Prince of Shu. Du Cong was made Grand Minister of Education. Edit
In the eleventh month, he enfeoffed his great-uncle Ji as Prince of Qi and his uncle Kui as Prince of Rong. The Yunnan Man raided Annam. On the bingyin day the sentences of prisoners were reduced, and the autumn tax of Xu Prefecture was remitted. Edit
In the twelfth month, Chan, Prince of Yi, died. Edit
On the wuchen day of the first month of the fourth year, the Emperor made offerings at the Taiqing Palace. On the jisi day he made offerings at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the gengwu day he sacrificed at the Southern Suburb, and there was a general amnesty. The Yunnan Man took Annam, and Cai Xi died in its defense. On the gengchen day Hong, Prince of Fu, was made Grand Minister of Works. Edit
In the second month, the Emperor paid homage at the sixteen mausoleums. Gao Pian, Pacification Commissioner of Qin Prefecture, was made Pacification and Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of Annam. Edit
In the fourth month, Bi Xian was dismissed. Edit
On the jisi day of the fifth month, Yang Shou, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. On the wuzi day Du Shenquan was dismissed. Edit
In the intercalary sixth month, Du Cong was dismissed. Cao Que, Vice Minister of War in charge of the Public Revenue Section, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the xinmao day, the first of the seventh month, there was an eclipse of the sun. The household tax and poll cash of Annam were remitted for two years, and the ban on the pearl pools of Lian Prefecture was relaxed. Edit
In the eighth month, Zi, Prince of Kui, died. Edit
On the yiyou day of the twelfth month, the Zhaoyi Army mutinied and killed its Military Commissioner, Shen Xun. Edit
On the bingwu day of the first month of the fifth year, the Yunnan Man raided Xi Prefecture. In the third month they raided Yong Prefecture. Edit
In the fourth month, Xiao Zhi, Vice Minister of War in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the dingyou day of the fifth month, those who had died in the service of the state at Yong and Xi Prefectures were buried. On the jihai day a comet appeared in the Lou lunar lodge. Edit
On the dingmao day of the eighth month, Xiahou Zi was made Grand Minister of Works. Edit
In the tenth month, the tomb passage of the Zhen Mausoleum caved in. Edit
On the wuxu day of the eleventh month, Xiahou Zi was dismissed. On the renyin day Lu Yan, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the third month of the sixth year, Xiao Zhi died. Edit
In the fourth month, Gao Qu, Military Commissioner of Jiannan East Chuan, was made Vice Minister of War and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the fifth month, Gao Pian fought the Yunnan Man at Yong Prefecture and defeated them. Edit
In the sixth month, Gao Qu died. Xu Shang, Censor-in-chief, was made Vice Minister of War and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the seventh month, the Emperor enfeoffed his son Kan as Prince of Ying. Edit
In the twelfth month, there were earthquakes in the two prefectures of Jin and Jiang. On the renzi day the Grand Empress Dowager died. Edit
On the wushen day of the second month of the seventh year, one year's taxes were remitted for Henan Superior Prefecture and the four prefectures of Tong, Hua, Shan and Guo, and half the summer and autumn taxes for Hunan, the three commands of Gui, Yong and Rong, and Yue Prefecture. Edit
In the third month, Wang Shaoyi, Military Commissioner of the Chengde Army, died, and his elder brother's son Jingchong named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
In the intercalary month, the Tibetans raided Bin and Ning. Edit
On the jiachen day of the fifth month, the Grand Empress Dowager Xiaoming was buried in the grounds of the Jing Mausoleum. Edit
In the sixth month, He Hongjing, Military Commissioner of Weibo, died, and his son Quanhao named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
On the xinmao day of the eighth month, it grew dark in the daytime. Edit
On the renshen day of the tenth month, Yang Shou was dismissed. In this month Gao Pian took Annam. Edit
On the xinhai day of the eleventh month, there was a general amnesty; arrears from before the third year of Xiantong were remitted, and civil and military officials were granted rank, merit rank and noble titles. Edit
On the dingwei day of the first month of the eighth year, there were earthquakes in Hezhong Superior Prefecture and the two prefectures of Jin and Jiang. Edit
On the bingchen day of the fifth month, because the Emperor was unwell, the sentences of prisoners were reduced; five hundred palace women were released; the hawks and falcons of the Divine Strategy Army, the Five Workshops and the Flying Dragon Stables were set free; and the presentation of girls at the Yanqing festival and the Double Fifth festival was forbidden. Edit
In the seventh month, hot water rained at Xiapi. On the renyin day Ji, Prince of Qi, died. On the yisi day the people of Huai Prefecture rioted and drove out their Prefect, Liu Rengui. On the jiazi day Yu Cong, Vice Minister of War and Salt and Iron and Transport Commissioner of all circuits, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the xinchou day of the eleventh month, the Emperor recovered from his illness; he withdrew from the main hall, and granted silk to people aged seventy with chronic illness and to soldiers wounded in battle. Edit
In the twelfth month, Tan, Prince of Xin, died. Edit
In the first month of the ninth year, a comet appeared in the Lou and Wei lunar lodges. Edit
In the seventh month, Pang Xun, Provisions Administrative Assistant of the Military Commission of the Wuning Army, rebelled at Gui Prefecture. On the gengwu day of the tenth month he took Su Prefecture. On the dingchou day he took Xu Prefecture, and the Surveillance Commissioner, Cui Yanceng, died there. In the eleventh month he took Hao Prefecture, and its Prefect, Lu Wanghui, died in its defense. Kang Chengxun, General-in-Chief of the Right Imperial Insignia Guard, was made Chief Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Xu-Si Field Army; Wang Yanquan, General-in-Chief of the Shenwu Army, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Northern Front; and Dai Keshi, General of the Yulin Guard, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Southern Front. Edit
In the twelfth month, Pang Xun took the two prefectures of He and Chu, and Gao Xiwang, Prefect of Chuzhou, died in its defense. On the renshen day Dai Keshi fought Pang Xun at Mount Duliang and was killed. In this month Ma Ju, former Military Commissioner of the Tianxiong Army, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Southern Front, and Cao Xiang, Military Commissioner of the Taining Army, Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Northern Front. Edit
In the second month of the tenth year, Yang Shou, an exile at Huan Prefecture, was put to death. Edit
In the third month, Kan was moved to Prince of Wei. Edit
In the fourth month, Yan Zhuan, Military Commissioner of the Zhennan Army, was put to death. Kang Chengxun fought Pang Xun at Liuzi and defeated him. Edit
In the sixth month, Song Wei, General of the Divine Strategy Army, was made Bandit-Suppression Commissioner of the Northwestern Front. On the wuxu day, because of locusts and drought, the cases of prisoners were reviewed. On the guimao day Xu Shang was dismissed. Liu Zhan, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of Revenue, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the eighth month, a comet appeared in the Daling asterism. Edit
On the guiyou day of the ninth month, Pang Xun was executed. Edit
On the wuxu day of the tenth month, three years' taxes and labor service were remitted for the four prefectures of Xu, Su, Hao and Si. Edit
On the renzi day of the twelfth month, the Yunnan Man raided Jia Prefecture. Edit
On the jiayin day of the first month of the eleventh year, the assembled officials offered the honorific title "Emperor Ruiwen Yingwu Mingde Zhiren Dasheng Guangxiao." There was a general amnesty. The Yunnan Man raided the two prefectures of Li and Ya, and Chengdu. Edit
On the jiashen day of the second month, Wang Jianli, Vice Military Commissioner of Jiannan West Chuan, fought the Yunnan Man north of the city and was killed. On the jiawu day Yan Qingfu, Military Commissioner of Jiannan East Chuan, fought the Yunnan Man at Xindu and defeated them. Edit
In the third month, Cao Que was dismissed. Edit
On the bingwu day of the fourth month, Wei Baoheng, Recipient of Edicts of the Hanlin Academy and Vice Minister of War, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
In the eighth month, Han Zongshao, Physician in Attendance, was put to death. The Weibo army mutinied and killed its Military Commissioner, He Quanhao, and its general Han Junxiong named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
On the bingchen day of the ninth month, Liu Zhan was dismissed. Edit
On the xinhai day of the eleventh month, Wang Duo, Minister of Rites in charge of the Public Revenue Section, was made Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the guimao day of the fourth month of the twelfth year, Lu Yan was dismissed. Edit
On the gengshen day of the fifth month, the cases of prisoners were reviewed. Edit
In the tenth month, Liu Ye, Vice Minister of War and Salt and Iron and Transport Commissioner of all circuits, was made Minister of Rites and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Edit
On the dingsi day of the second month of the thirteenth year, Yu Cong was dismissed. Zhao Yin, Vice Minister of Justice in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, was made Vice Minister of Revenue and Joint Manager of Affairs with the Secretariat-Chancellery. Zhang Yunshen, Military Commissioner of the Lulong Army of You Prefecture, died, and his son Jianhui named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
On the guiyou day of the third month, Zhang Gongsu, Prefect of Ping Prefecture, drove out Jianhui and named himself Acting Military Commissioner. Edit
On the gengzi day of the fourth month, there was an earthquake in Zhejiang East and West Circuits. The Emperor enfeoffed his sons: Bao as Prince of Ji, Jie as Prince of Shou, and Yi as Prince of Mu. Edit
On the yihai day of the fifth month, Wei Yinyu, Director of Studies of the Directorate of Education, was put to death. Edit
In the eleventh month, Wang Duo was made Grand Minister of Education and Wei Baoheng Grand Minister of Works. Edit
In the first month of the fourteenth year, the Shatuo raided the region north of Dai. Edit
In the third month, the Buddha's bone was received from Fengxiang. On the guisi day it rained earth. Edit
In the fourth month, a woman of Bing Prefecture gave birth to a child with two heads and four hands. On the renyin day there was a general amnesty. Edit
In the sixth month, the Emperor was unwell. Wang Duo was dismissed. Edit
On the xinsi day of the seventh month, the Emperor died in the Xianning Hall, at the age of forty-one. Edit
Appraisal
The appraisal says: In the eight reigns of Tang from Muzong on, seven rulers were set up by eunuchs. That being so, was the decline and fall of Tang due only to the trouble of the regional garrisons? The court is the root of the realm, the ruler is the root of the court, and the way he comes to the throne is the root of the ruler. When the root is crooked from the start, and one wishes with it to set the realm straight, how can it be done? Yizong and Xizong came just as Tang government began to decline, and they followed one another in benighted mediocrity; in the Qianfu years there were great droughts and locusts year after year, the people were wretched and bandits rose, and the disorder could no longer be held back. Perhaps it was also a meeting of Heaven's will and human affairs! Edit
Collation notes
"Qiu Fu, a man of Zhedong, rebelled": "Qiu Fu" is written with a different character for Qiu, meaning "fur," both in this book's juan 58, the Treatise on Literature, and in the Comprehensive Mirror, juan 249. Edit
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Source: 新唐书 卷九 本纪第九 懿宗 僖宗 (New Book of Tang, juan 9, Annals 9: Yizong, Xizong)
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Source
From the historical record: the notes below say where · tang-zongshi-00042
Notes (2)
- [Source] 新唐书 卷九 本纪第九 懿宗 僖宗 New Book of Tang, juan 9, Annals 9: Yizong, Xizong
- [Collation note] 本纪：「懿宗昭聖恭惠孝皇帝諱漼，宣宗長子也。」 The annals: “Yizong (posthumous title: Zhaosheng Gonghui Xiao Huangdi), personal name Cuǐ, was the eldest son of Xuanzong.”