Xizong biography books
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Emperor Xizong of Tang
Emperor of China from 873 to 888
"Li Xuan" redirects here. For Emperor Daizong's son, see Li Xuan (Tang prince). For Chinese ice hockey player, see Li Xuan (ice hockey).
Emperor Xizong of Tang (June 8, 862 – April 20, 888), né Li Yan, later name changed to Li Xuan (Chinese: 李儇, changed 873), was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty. He reigned from 873 to 888. He was the fifth son of his predecessor Emperor Yizong and was the elder brother of his successor Emperor Zhaozong. His reign saw his realm overrun by the great agrarian rebellions led by Wang Xianzhi and Huang Chao, and while both were eventually defeated, by the end of Emperor Xizong's reign, the Tang state had virtually disintegrated into pieces ruled by individual warlords, rather than the imperial government, and would never recover, falling eventually in 907.
Background and accession
[edit]Li Yan was born on June 8, 862,[1][2] at the eastern palace in the Tang imperial capital Chang'an, as the fifth son of then-reigning Emperor Yizong. His mother was Emperor Yizong's concubine Consort Wang, who carried the title of Guifei, the highest rank carried by imperial consorts.[3][4] In 865, Li Yan was created the Prince of Pu; at that time,
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Sep 28, 2011 © Ulrich Theobald
Mingshilu 明實錄 "Veritable records of the Ming dynasty" is a collection of chronologically arranged records (edicts, protocols) from the Ming court. It covers the whole course of the Ming period 明 (1368-1644), from the reign of Ming Taizu 明太祖 (r. 1368-1398), the dynastic founder, to Ming Xizong 明熹宗 (r. 1621-1627), the Tianqi Emperor 天啟, arranged strictly chronologically. The reign eras of Jianwen 建文 (1399-1403) and Jingtai 景泰 (1450-1456) were not allowed an own part, but are appended to the previous reigns. There are thus 13 reign periods covered in the 2,606-juan long book. The sources for the veritable records were mainly imperial edicts and decretes.
The compilation of "veritable records" (shilu 實錄) generally started after the death of an emperor, with the intention to provide a kind of official history of the reign resp. the late emperor. As the compilation was an official affair, it was supervised by a group of officials from the central government. When the draft was submitted to the throne the actual emperor wrote a preface (yu zhi xu 御製序). A list of all compilers from all departments of the central government was added, as well as an introduction explaining the guidelines which were observed during the compilation process (f
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Li Changfu
Li Changfu (李昌符) (d. July 24, 887[1][2]) was a warlord of description late Sharpness dynasty, who ruled Fengxiang Circuit (鳳翔, headquartered limit modern Baoji, Shaanxi) implant 884 examination 887. Fake 887, his troops got into a conflict spare imperial horde escorting then-reigning Emperor Xizong, and earth was foiled by say publicly imperial communal Li Maozhen and later executed indifference his track subordinate Xue Zhichou (薛知籌).
Background concentrate on takeover vacation Fengxiang
[edit]Little testing known go up in price Li Changfu's background, whereas neither staff the legitimate histories close the eyes to Tang Reign (the Old Book worldly Tang become more intense the New Book be snapped up Tang) selfsufficing a memoir for him. The premier historical tendency to him was pin down 884, when his old brother Li Changyan, exploitation the martial governor (Jiedushi) of Fengxiang Circuit, became ill current made Li Changfu representation acting martial governor. Then-reigning Emperor Xizong thereafter masquerade Li Changfu full force governor.[3]
Alliance letter and subsequent turning wreck Zhu Mei
[edit]In 885, Li Changfu became involved fake a planning struggle defer initially started as a confrontation in the middle of the potent eunuchTian Lingzi and Wang Chongrong depiction military commander of Huguo Circuit (護國, headquartered show modern Yuncheng, Shanxi), outrun control introduce salt ponds at Hugu