Tang Taizu - Li Shimin
Emperor Taizong of Tang (28 January 598 CE [ 23 January 599 ] – 10 July 649 CE), originally from Chengji, Longxi, was the second son of Emperor Gaozu Li Yuan and Empress Dou of Tang, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, and an outstanding politician, strategist, military strategist, and poet.
Li Shimin joined the army as a teenager and went to Yanmen Pass to rescue the Sui Emperor. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's officials Ju Shangshuling and The Great General of the Right Wu Hou were named dukes of the State of Qin, and later Jin was made the King of Qin, and successively led his troops to pacify warlords such as Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong, and made great military achievements in the process of the establishment and unification of the Tang Dynasty.
On July 2, 626 (the fourth day of the first month of June in the ninth year of Wu De), Li Shimin launched the Xuanwumen Rebellion, killing his brother Li Jiancheng, the fourth brother Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, and the two sons, and was made crown prince.
After Li Shimin became emperor, he actively listened to the opinions of his subjects, ruled the world with civility, humbly accepted advice, practiced strict economy, advised the peasants, and persuaded the people to recuperate and recuperate, and the country was peaceful and peaceful, creating the famous rule of Zhenguan in Chinese history. Opened up the territory to the outside world, conquered Xue Yantuo, conquered Gaochang, Guizi, Tuguhun, severely damaged Goguryeo, established the four towns of Anxi, all ethnic groups lived in harmony, and were respected by the people of all ethnic groups as the Heavenly Khan, laying an important foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years.
On July 10, 649 (the day of the 23rd month of Zhenguan), Li Shimin died of illness at the Hanfeng Temple at the age of 52, reigned for 23 years, and was buried in Zhaoling Tomb. Li Shimin loves literature and calligraphy, and has ink treasures passed down through the generations.
Son of Emperor Taizong
Eldest son - Li Chengqian
1. Eldest son Li Chengqian: Li Chengqian (619 – January 5, 645), courtesy name Gaoming, was a native of Chengji, Longxi (present-day Qin'an County, Gansu). He was the eldest son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and empress dowager Li Shimin, and his mother was Empress Wende's eldest grandson.
During the reign of Wu De, as the grandson of the emperor, he was awarded the title of King of Zhongshan County. Feng Zi Qi Ling, Ren Xiao Pure Deep. Emperor Taizong of Tang ascended the throne and was made crown prince, wise and benevolent. Emperor Taizong of Tang loved his son and sent Lu Deming, Kong Yingda, Yu Zhining, Du Zhenglun, and Wei Zheng to carefully assist and teach. I have a foot disease and am not good at walking. When he learned of Li Tai's desire to take a concubine, he became increasingly arrogant and arrogant, and disrespected his master. In the sixteenth year of Zhenguan (642), after a failed attempt to assassinate Li Tai, he joined forces with Li Yuanchang the Prince of Han, Du He, the Duke of Tuoma, and Marquis Junji of Chen, to plot against him, and the matter was revealed. Under the painstaking protection of Tang Taizong, he was deposed as a commoner and exiled to Qianzhou.
After Li Chengqian's death, he was buried with the courtesy of the Duke of Guo. During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, his grandson Li Shizhi became chancellor and posthumously awarded the title of Governor of Jingzhou and the King of Hengshan County, with the courtesy name of Huan (愍), and was buried in Zhaoling.
Second son Li Kuan
2. Second son Li Kuan: Li Kuan (619?) ), King Chu of Tang, the second son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, and the second brother of Emperor Gaozong of Tang. In the third year of Wu De (620), he was passed on to Li Zhiyun, the fifth son of Li Yuan, the Emperor Gaozu of Tang, to inherit the incense and was given the title of Governor of Liangzhou and Situ. In the early years of Zhenguan, he was posthumously crowned king of Chu.
The description of Li Kuan in the New Book of Tang: King Kuan of Chu, Wu De for three years, king of Chu after the birth of the Chu Lai, flea.
For three years, Emperor Wude took Emperor Taizong's son Kuan as his heir, and gave him the title of Governor of Liangzhou and Situ. Kuan Early Wei, The Country Divides.
Description of Li Kuan in the Old Book of Tang: King Kuan of Chu, the second son of Emperor Taizong. He succeeded his uncle Wang Zhiyun of Chu. Early salvia.
In the first year of Wu De,posthumously honored as the King of Chu,谥曰哀. Childless, three years, with Emperor Taizong as his heir. Kuan Xue, Zhenguan 2nd year, restored to the Duke of Jinan Duzi Ling Gui Si Yan.
The third son - Li Ke
3. Third son Li Ke: Li Ke (619-653), nickname unknown, was a native of Di Dao, Longxi (present-day Lintao County, Gansu Province). He was the third son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and his mother was Consort Yang, daughter of the Sui Emperor. [1]
Heroic and courageous, deeply loved. In the third year of Wu De (620), he was crowned the king of Changsha County; in the eighth year of Wu De (625), he was renamed the king of Hanzhong County. In the first year of Zhenguan (627), he was enfeoffed as king of Han. In the second year of Zhenguan (628), he was renamed the King of Shu and granted the title of Governor of Yizhou. In the eleventh year of Zhenguan (637), he was made the King of Wu and the governor of Anzhou. In the first year of Yonghui (650), Bai Sikong was appointed as the governor of Liang Prefecture. In the second year of Yonghui (651), he was given the title of Prince Taishi (太師) and the Governor of Anzhou( 安州都督).
In the fourth year of Yonghui (653), the case of implicating Fang's widow's love rebellion was victimized by the eldest grandson of The Great Wei, and was buried in Gaoyangyuan with the courtesy of the Duke of Wu. In the first year of shenlong (705), he was able to rehabilitate Zhaoxue, posthumously award Sikong, and restore the title of King of Wu.
Fourth son - Li Tai
4. Fourth son Li Tai: Li Tai (620–652), courtesy name Huizhuo, small character Qingque, was a native of Longxi Di Dao (present-day Lintao County, Gansu Province). Tang Dynasty chancellor, fourth son (second son) of Emperor Taizong of Tang, former crown prince, brother of Li Chengqian the Prince of Hengshan, brother of Li Zhi of Tang Gaozong, and biological mother of Empress Wende.
Shi Zai favored the kings and was the favorite son of Emperor Taizong of Tang. According to the custom, when the crown prince became an adult, he was required to go to the fiefdom and was not allowed to stay in Gyeonggi for a long time, but Li Taizong favored it and granted the "official who did not".
Li Tai was talented, brilliant, good and loved literature, gongcao li, collected thousands of books, and was a calligrapher and connoisseur of calligraphy and painting at that time. Emperor Taizong of Tang allowed Li Tai to set up a literary gallery in the mansion and let him call on his own bachelors. In the twelfth year of Zhenguan (638), Li Tai began to edit the famous book "The Chronicle of The Land", which was completed in the fifteenth year of Zhenguan (641).
Because Li Tai was too favored, he was repeatedly consulted by his courtiers. Because of his father's various doting, Li Tai gradually had ideas about the throne. In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), the crown prince Li Chengqian plotted a rebellion, and Li Tai was suspected of plotting against him, and In order to achieve the goal of allowing Li Chengqian, Li Tai, and Li Zhi to coexist, Emperor Taizong of Tang adopted a policy of isolation, demoted the king of Shunyang County, and placed him in Yunxiang County, Junzhou.
In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan (647), he was enfeoffed as the King of Pu. [After Emperor Gaozong ascended the throne, he was given a favorable reward, Yonghui was three years old, and died of illness in Yunxiang, and the imperial court posthumously awarded Taiwei and Yongzhou Mu the title of "Gong".]
King of Qi - Li You
5. Fifth son Li You: Li You (?) –643), courtesy name Fu, was a native of Chengji, Longxi (present-day Qin'an County, Gansu). Tang Dynasty chancellor, fifth son of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, mother of Concubine Yin.
In the eighth year of Wu De, he was crowned the King of Yiyang. After the change of Xuanwu Gate, he was crowned king of Chu. In the second year of Zhenguan, he was appointed the governor of Youzhou and the King of Yan. Zhenguan ten years, Feng qi prefecture governor, Qi king.
In the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), he raised an army to rebel, was defeated and captured, deposed as a shuren, and died in the province of Inner Servants, and was buried with the ceremony of the duke of guo.
Sixth son, Li Yan
6. Sixth son Li Yan: Li Yan (?) –667), the sixth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and his mother Consort Yang of the Sui Dynasty.
He was first enfeoffed as the King of Liang and granted the history of Xiangzhou. During the feudal system, he was renamed the King of Shu and transferred to the governor of YiZhou. In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan (639), he gave ShiShi the title of 800 households and granted the history of qi prefecture.
Li Yan often beat officials for no reason, hunted without relent, and repeatedly illegally violated the law, and was degraded as punishment several times in the Taizong Dynasty and the Gaozong Dynasty.
In the fourth year of Yonghui (653), he was reassigned because of the death of Li Ke, the king of Wu, and his mother and brother, and was deposed as a Shuren and exiled to Bazhou; soon after, he was renamed the King of Fuling. In the second year of Qianfeng (667), he died in exile.
In the first year of Xianheng (670), he posthumously gave the king of Shu and buried Zhaoling.
Seven sons Li Yun
7. Seven sons Li Yun Li Yun (?) – 674), the seventh son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, half-brother of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, and his mother Wang. Tang Dynasty clan and king of the clan.
The year of Li Yun's birth is unknown, but it is speculated that Li Yun should have been born between 621---626, the eighth son of his half-brother Li Zhen (627) and the fourth son Li Tai (李泰), who was born in the third year of Wude (620).
In the fifth year of Zhenguan (631), he was also crowned the Prince of Tan at the same time as his brothers, and in the eighth year of Zhenguan (634), he was appointed as the Assassin of Huan Prefecture.
In the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), he was renamed King Jiang, the governor of Anzhou, and gave him eight hundred households.
In 649, Emperor Gaozong of Tang succeeded to the throne and sealed a thousand households.
In the third year of Yonghui (652), he was appointed as the governor of Liang Prefecture.
When Li Yun was in Anzhou, he used many utensils to play with, and when he was about to leave office, there were four hundred cars delivered. The prefecture and county were overwhelmed, and there were impeachments played by the superiors, and Tang Taizong was particularly lenient and did not ask. Later, he successively served as the history of Suizhou Thorn and the history of Xiangzhou Thorn.
In 674, he transferred the history of Ji Prefecture. Zhang Junche falsely accused Li Yun of plotting rebellion, Gaozong sent emissaries to investigate, and Li Yun committed suicide in fear. After Emperor Gaozong of Tang learned the truth, he beheaded Zhang Junche and posthumously presented Li Yun sikong and the governor of Jingzhou to accompany the burial of Zhaoling.
Eight sons Li Zhen
8. Eighth son Li Zhen:Li Zhen (李贞) (627 – October 12, 688), a native of Di Dao, Longxi (present-day Lintao County, Gansu). Tang Dynasty patriarch and chancellor, the eighth son of Tang Taizong, his mother was Yan Defei.
He is good at riding and shooting, and loves literature and history. During the Zhenguan period, he successively served as the assassin of Anzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Xiangzhou, and Daizhou, and was crowned the King of Yue. After Emperor Gaozong of Tang ascended the throne, he successively served as the Great General of the Left Wei Dynasty, Mian, Xiang, and Cai Prefecture. After Emperor Zhongzong of Tang ascended the throne, he was made crown prince. In the first year of the reign of Emperor Sisheng (684), he was the Prince of Qian, Shaobao, and the Assassin of Yuzhou.
In the second year of the arch, Li Zhen rebelled against Wu Zetian's administration, and the soldiers committed suicide in defeat and gave him the surname of Yu Shi. In the fifth year of the New Century (716), he was reburied in Zhaoling and posthumously presented to the history of Yuzhou with the posthumous title of Jing.
Nine sons Li Zhi
9. Ninth son Li Zhi: Li Zhi (李治) (21 July 628 – 27 December 683), courtesy name Shan, was the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty (reigned 15 July 649 – 27 December 683), the ninth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, li Shimin, whose mother was Empress Wendeshun's eldest son, and his son Li Chengqian (李承乾) the crown prince and Li Tai (李泰) the Prince of Wei.
In June of the second year of Zhenguan (628), Li Zhi was born in the Lizheng Hall of the Eastern Palace. In the fifth year of Zhenguan (631), he was crowned king of Jin, and the later crown prince Li Chengqian and his second son Li Tai the Prince of Wei were deposed one after another, and in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan (643), he was crown prince. In the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649), Emperor Taizong of Tang died, and the crown prince Li Zhi took the throne as Emperor Gaozong of Tang.
At the beginning of His reign, Emperor Gaozong of Tang continued to implement the various political and economic systems formulated by Emperor Taizong, and Li Ji, Changsun Wuji, and Chu Suiliang jointly assisted the government. Because he was diligent in government affairs, he was "the people of Fu'an, and there was a legacy of chastity, which is called "the rule of Yonghui" in history." Emperor Gaozong also insisted on his own views on the issue of deposing the empress, eliminating interference from the Elder Faction. After five years of Xianqing (660), Emperor Gaozong was often dizzy and dizzy, which affected the handling of government affairs. Empress Wu took the opportunity to participate in major national affairs. Emperor Gaozong's health was not good, and the trend of transferring power from Emperor Gaozong to Wu Zetian gradually took shape. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, he destroyed the Western Turks (657), Baekje (660), and Goguryeo (668). During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, the Tang Dynasty was the largest, stretching from the Korean Peninsula in the east, expanding the Aral Sea in the west, encompassing Lake Baikal in the north, and reaching central Vietnam in the south, and lasted for thirty-two years.
In the first year of Hongdao (683), Emperor Gaozong of Tang died at the Zhenguan Temple at the age of fifty-six and was buried in Qianling. The temple name is Gaozong, and the title is Emperor Tiandi. In the eighth year of Tianbao (749), he was added to the title of Emperor Daisei Emperor, and in the thirteenth year of Tianbao (754), he was added to the title of Emperor Daiho of The Great Sage.
Ten sons Li Shen
10. Tenth son Li Shen: Li Shen (628–689), a native of Di Dao, Longxi (present-day Lintao County, Gansu). Tang Dynasty chancellor, the tenth son of Tang Taizong Li Shimin, mother of Wei Guifei.
In the fifth year of Zhenguan (631), he was first enfeoffed as King Shen and served as the governor of Qin Prefecture. In the tenth year of Zhenguan (636), he changed his title to King Ji and served as the Assassin of Xiangzhou. Twenty-three years after Zhenguan, the food was filled with a thousand households. Emperor Gaozong of Tang ascended the throne (650) and was appointed as the General of Zuo Wei and appointed him as the Governor of Xingze Erzhou, the Governor of Jingzhou, and the Governor of Anzhou. Diligent and studious, good at literature and history and observing astrological signs. Empress Wu came to power, granted the title of Prince Taibao and Prince Taishi, and moved to Bei Prefecture to assassinate shi. He supported Li Zhen, the king of Yue, in overthrowing the Wu Zetian regime, and was imprisoned for his crimes and changed to "Yu surname".
In the first year of Yongchang (689), he died in exile at the age of sixty-two. After the Shenlong Revolution (705), he restored his surname and official title and was buried in Zhaoling.
Eleven sons Li Hu
11. Eleventh Son Li Hu: Li Hu (?) ~632), originally from Chengji of Longxi, was the eleventh son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the half-brother of Emperor Gaozong of Tang and the biological mother of Concubine Yan. In 631, he was enfeoffed as the King of Jiang, and died the following year.
Only twenty days after Li Huan's death, Tang Taizong and his ministers held a banquet at Jiucheng Palace, without the slightest regard for Concubine Yan, who was experiencing the pain of losing her son, but when Princess Jinyang died of illness, Tang Taizong was sad that he could not eat well and sleep well for more than a month, which caused the ministers to write to persuade her.
Twelve sons Li Jane
12. Twelve sons Li Jian: Li Jian (?) –631), originally from Chengji of Longxi, the twelfth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, li shimin, and the half-brother of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, whose birth mother is unknown. Li Jianjin died as queen and had no children.
Thirteenth son Li Fu
13. Thirteenth son Li Fu:李福; Li Fu (634 – October 2, 670), courtesy name You, was a native of Longxi Di Dao (present-day Lintao County, Gansu Province). [1] [11] Tang Dynasty chancellor, thirteenth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, Li Shimin, whose mother was Yang Guifei (whether the title of noble concubine was posthumously is to be examined).
In the thirteenth year of Zhenguan (639), he was enfeoffed as the King of Zhao, and succeeded Li Jiancheng, the Prince of Yin. In the eighteenth year of Zhenguan, he served as the governor of Qin Prefecture. When Emperor Taizong of Tang died, he was appointed Grand General of the Right Guard. After Emperor Gaozong of Tang ascended the throne, he successively governed Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Yizhou, and Liangzhou.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang died in Liangzhou on September 13 of the first year (October 2, 670), at the Chinese New Year's Eve of the seventh year, and was given the title of Sikong and the Governor of Jingzhou, with the courtesy name wen, and was buried in Zhaoling.
Fourteenth son Li Ming
14. Fourteenth son Li Ming: Li Ming (?) –682), the fourteenth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and his mother Yang was originally a concubine of Li Yuanji, the King of Qi.
In the twenty-first year of Zhenguan (647), he was crowned king of Cao, and in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (649), he was given the title of King of Cao. After Emperor Gaozong ascended the throne, he filled up a thousand households, and was successively appointed as the governor of Liang Prefecture, and later successively served as the governor of The Three Prefectures of Yu Prefecture, Cai Prefecture, and Suzhou.
In the first year of Yongchong's reign (680), because of his conspiracy with the deposed crown prince Li Xian, he demoted the prince of Lingling Commandery and exiled him to Qianzhou. In the first year of Yongchun (682), at the behest of Empress Wu, he was forced to commit suicide by the governor Xie You.
In the first year of Jing Yun (710), he transported Li Ming's coffin back to The Beijing Division and buried him in Zhaoling, with the courtesy name "Gong".