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Li Ye
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, who tried to restore imperial authority, was held captive in turn by warlords and eunuchs, and was murdered on Zhu Quanzhong's orders
In a side chamber of a palace, a yellow ceremonial robe embroidered with a dragon hangs on a wooden stand, its hem worked with waves and rocks, before a carved folding screen, while a black lacquer chest sits on a low table by a lattice window and no person is in view.
Also known as Tang Zhaozong · Li Jie · Shou Wang
- Roles
- Monarch / Emperor
Li Ye, Emperor Zhaozong of Tang, was the seventh son of Emperor Yizong, first named Li Jie, Prince of Shou. When Emperor Xizong lay dying in 888 the eunuch Yang Fugong had him named heir, and he reigned under seven era names from Longji to Tianyou. In 890 he sent the chief minister Zhang Jun against Li Keyong, and it was routed; in 896 Li Maozhen marched on Chang'an and the emperor fled to Huazhou, where Han Jian held him for nearly three years. In 900 the eunuch Liu Jishu locked him in the Shaoyang Hall, and soon after his restoration the eunuch Han Quanhui carried him off to Fengxiang until Zhu Quanzhong's siege forced his release. In 904 Zhu made him move the capital to Luoyang and that autumn had Jiang Xuanhui and others kill him, aged thirty-eight; his temple name is Zhaozong. The Complete Tang Poems (Quan Tang shi) keeps his verse, including a Pusaman lyric that gazes from a tower toward the palaces of Qin.
Life and times
Dates 867 CE–904 CE