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Emperor Suzong of Tang (Li Heng)

Type Figure Region China Time c. 711–762 Also known as Li Heng、Suzong、Emperor Zhida Dasheng Daxuanxiao

Emperor Suzong of Tang (Li Heng, 711–762), third son of Emperor Xuanzong and eighth Tang emperor, took the throne at Lingwu during the An Lushan Rebe…

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  1. c. 711–756Chang'an · Shaanxi ProvinceLi Heng was Xuanzong's third son and was made crown prince in the 28th year of Kaiyuan. During the Tianbao era he fell out with Yang Guozhong; after the An Lushan Rebellion broke out he fled west with Xuanzong, parted from his father after the Mawei post station, and headed north to Lingwu.
  2. 756–757Lingzhou · Ningxia Hui Autonomous RegionHe acceded at Lingwu in the first year of Zhide, changed the era name to Zhide, appointed Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi to lead armies against the rebellion, allied with Uyghur reinforcements to recover Chang'an and Luoyang, and honored Xuanzong as retired emperor.
  3. 758–762Chang'an · Shaanxi ProvinceIn his later years he trusted eunuchs Li Fuguo and Cheng Yuanzhen, executed Empress Zhang and the Prince of Yue's line, and the fragmentation of the regional military governors became hard to contain. He died in the Changsheng Hall of Daming Palace in the fifth month of the first year of Baoying, and his son Yu succeeded him.

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