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  1. #OTD in 663: #Tang # Emperor Li Zhi 李治 (#Gaozong #高宗, 628–83, r. 649–83) decides to make the Daming Palace #大明宮 in the northeast of Chang'an #長安 (today's Xi'an #西安) his permanent residence. #關中本位政策 #SilkRoad #MedievalHistory #UrbanHistory #ImperialCapital

  2. #DOTD in #MedievalChina: #Tang # Emperor Li Heng 李亨 (Suzong 肅宗, 711–762; r. 756–762), who ascended the throne in the midst of the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 while his father Li Longji 李隆基/Xuanzong 玄宗 was still alive, forcing the latter to retire. Both died in 762.

  3. #OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang#, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration

  4. #OTD in #MedievalChina: Li Zhu 李柷 (né Zuo 祚, Emperor Ai 哀帝 or Zhaoxuan 照宣帝, 892–908; r. 904–907) cedes the throne 禪讓 to Zhu Wen 朱溫 (Quanzhong 全忠, Liang Taizu 梁太祖), marking the end of #Tang # after 289 years (618–907).#FiveDynasties #TangSongTransition #唐宋變革

  5. #DOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Longji 李隆基 (685–762), aka Xuanzong 玄宗 (r. 712–56) or Illustrious Emperor 明皇 of #Tang #. His reign is marked by a flourishing of #poetry & #religion but also #imperialoverstretch. It ended tragically in the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂 #長恨歌

  6. #BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Yuan #李淵 (566–635), temple name Gaozu 高祖, first emperor (r. 618–626) and emperor emeritus 太上皇 (626–635) of the #Tang #, seen here looking at the pedometer he received as a welcome present from the Turkic 突厥 Khagan. #dynasty #Imperial #China

  7. #BOTD: Li Chun 李純 (778–820), Emperor Xianzong #憲宗 (r. 805–820) of #Tang #. One of the last capable rulers of the Tang, his reign is known as the "Yuanhe Restoration" #元和中興 and associated with some of the greatest poets of the mid-Tang such as Bai Juyi #白居易 (772–846).

  8. #DOTD in #ChineseLiterature: Gao Shi 高適, courtesy name Dafu 達夫 (?–765), #Tang # official and poet. Today, he is much-heralded as a representative of so-called '#frontier #poetry' #邊塞詩.

  9. #BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Wu Zhao 武曌 (624–705), also known as Wu Zetian #武則天 or Empress Wu #武后, who established her own dynasty, the Zhou #, in 690, becoming #China's only (recognised) #female Emperor, often reviled in #Confucian historiography. #femalemonarchs #Tang #

  10. #OTD in #China, Du Fu #杜甫 (712–770), who, together with Li Bai 李白 (701–762), is considered the greatest poet of the #Tang # if not of all of #ChineseHistory and called the 'Sage of Poetry' 詩聖, was born.

  11. #OTD 756 CE in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) establishes his short-lived Great Yan dynasty #大燕 (756–63) in #Luoyang #洛陽, after his rebel army had captured the eastern #capital of the #Tang #. An only ruled for about a year until he was murdered on 30 Jan 757.

  12. #OTD in #ChineseHistory: An Lushan #安祿山 (703–757) killed by one of his eunuchs and his son. A military commissioner #節度使 of Turko-Sogdian descent in service of the Tang #, An rebelled in 755 thus starting the #AnLushanRebellion #安史之亂, founding his own Yan # dynasty.

  13. #BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Shimin #李世民 (598/9–649), #Tang # #Taizong #太宗 (r. 626–49). He gained the throne by killing two brothers at Xuanwu Gate #玄武門 and became a paragon ruler embodying wen # & wu #. In fiction, he meets the souls of his victims in #hell. #China

  14. 傳曰:「惟善人,能受盡言。」謂其聞而能改之也。子告我曰:「陽子可以為有道之士也。」今雖不能及已,陽子將不得為善人乎哉?

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  15. 若吾子之論,直則直矣,無乃傷于德而費於辭乎?好盡言以招人過,國武子之所以見殺於齊也,吾子其亦聞乎?愈曰:君子居其位,則思死其官;未得位,則思修其辭以明其道。我將以明道也,非以為直而加人也。且國武子不能得善人而好盡言於亂國,是以見殺。

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  16. 耳目之於身也,耳司聞而目司見,聽其是非,視其險易,然後身得安焉。聖賢者,時人之耳目也;時人者,聖賢之身也。且陽子之不賢,則將役於賢,以奉其上矣;若果賢,則固畏天命而閔人窮也,惡得以自暇逸乎哉!或曰:吾聞「君子不欲加諸人」,而「惡訐以為直者」,⋯⋯

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  17. 閔其時之不平,人之不乂,得其道,不敢獨善其身,而必以兼濟天下也。孜孜矻矻,死而後已。故禹過家門不入,孔席不暇暖,而墨突不得黔。彼二聖一賢者,豈不知自安佚之為樂哉?誠畏天命而悲人窮也。夫天授人以賢聖才能,豈使自有餘而已,誠欲以補其不足者也。

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  18. #OTD in #ChineseHistory: Start of the An Shi #Rebellion #安史之亂 (755–63), named after one of its instigators, An Lushan #安祿山, in English. Largest #CivilWar in #PremodernHistory, casualties estimated at up to 34M, though likely inflated & due to displacement.# #玄宗 #楊貴妃

  19. 而伸其辭說,致吾君於堯舜,熙鴻號於無窮也。若《書》所謂,則大臣宰相之事,非陽子之所宜行也。且陽子之心將使君人者惡聞其過乎?是啟之也。或曰:陽子之不求聞而人聞之,不求用而君用之,不得已而起,守其道而不變,何子過之深也?愈曰:自古聖人賢士皆非有求於聞用也。

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  20. 入則諫其君,出不使人知者,大臣宰相者之事,非陽子之所宜行也。夫陽子本以布衣隱於蓬蒿之下,主上嘉其行誼,擢在此位,官以諫為名,誠宜有以奉其職,使四方後代,知朝廷有直言骨骾之臣,天子有不僭賞、從諫如流之美,庶巖穴之士,聞而慕之,束帶結髮,願進於闕下,⋯⋯

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  21. 或曰:否,非若此也。夫陽子惡訕上者,惡為人臣招其君之過而以為名者,故雖諫且議,使人不得而知焉。《書》曰:「爾有嘉謨嘉猷,則入告爾后于內,爾乃順之于外,曰:『斯謨斯猷,惟我后之德。』」夫陽子之用心,亦若此者。愈應之曰:若陽子之用心如此,滋所謂惑者矣!

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  22. 陽子將為祿仕乎?古之人有云:「仕不為貧,而有時乎為貧,謂祿仕者也。宜乎辭尊而居卑,辭富而居貧,若抱關擊柝者可也。蓋孔子嘗為委吏矣,嘗為乘田矣,亦不敢曠其職,必曰:『會計當而已矣。』必曰『牛羊遂而已矣。』」若陽子之秩祿,不為卑且貧,章章明矣,而如此其可乎哉?
    # #古文 #韓愈 #爭臣論

  23. 問其官,則曰:「諫議也。」問其祿,則曰:「下大夫之秩也。」問其政,則曰:「我不知也。」有道之土,固如是乎哉?且吾聞之:「有官守者,不得其職則去;有言責者,不得其言則去。」今陽子以為得其言,言乎哉?得其言而不言,與不得其言而不去,無一可者也。

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  24. ⋯⋯以〈蹇〉之六二,在王臣之位,而高不事之心,則冒進之患生,曠官之刺興,志不可則,而尤不終無也。今陽子在位不為不久矣,聞天下之得失,不為不熟矣;天子待之,不為不加矣。而未嘗一言及於政,視政之得失,若越人視秦人之肥瘠,忽焉不加喜戚於其心。

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  25. 愈應之曰:是《易》所謂「恆其德貞,而夫子凶」者也,惡得為有道之士乎哉!在《易・蠱》之上九云:「不事王侯,高尚其事。」〈蹇〉之六二則曰:「王臣蹇蹇,匪躬之故。」夫不以所居之時不一,而所蹈之德不同也。若〈蠱〉之上九,居無用之地,而致匪躬之節,⋯⋯

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  26. 或問諫議大夫陽城於愈:可以為有道之士乎哉?學廣而聞多,不求聞於人也,行古人之道,居於晉之鄙,晉之鄙人薰其德而善良者幾千人。大臣聞而薦之,天子以為諫議大夫。人皆以為華,陽子不色喜。居於位,五年矣,視其德如在野,彼豈以富貴移易其心哉!

    # #古文 #韓愈《爭臣論》

  27. 謂之是,可也;謂之非,亦可也。混然而已。教於後世,莫知其所以去就。明者慨然將定其是非,則拘儒瞽生相與群而咻之,以為狂為怪,而欲世之多有知者,可乎?夫中人可以及化者,天下為不少矣。然而罕有知聖人之道,則固為書者之罪也。

    # #古文 #柳宗元《六逆論》

  28. 貴不足尚也。秦用張祿而黜穰侯,乃安;魏相成、璜而疏吳起,乃危。親不足與也。苻氏進王猛而殺樊世,乃興;胡亥任趙高而族李斯,乃滅。舊不足恃也。顧所信何如耳。然則斯言殆可以廢矣。噫!古之言理者,罕能盡其說。建一言,立一辭,則臲卼而不安。

    # #古文 #柳宗元《六逆論》