Emperor Ai of Tang
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| Emperor of Tang Dynasty | |||||||||||||||||
| Reign | September 26, 904 – May 12, 907 | ||||||||||||||||
| Predecessor | Emperor Zhaozong | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 27, 892 | ||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 26, 908 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Dynasty | Tang | ||||||||||||||||
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| Tiānyòu (天祐) (inherited from Emperor Zhaozong): May 28, 904 – May 12, 907 | |
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| Emperor Ai (哀皇帝) (given by Later Liang) or Emperor Zhaoxuan (昭宣皇帝) (given by Later Tang) (short) Emperor Zhaoxuan Guanglie Xiao (昭宣光烈孝皇帝) (given by Later Tang) (full) |
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| Literal meaning | "Pitious Emperor of the Tang" | ||||||
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| Li Zuo | |||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Táng Āidì |
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Lǐ Zuò |
Emperor Ai of Tang (892–908), also known as Emperor Zhaoxuan (昭宣帝), born Li Zuo, later known as Li Zhu (Chinese: ), was the last emperor of the Tang dynasty of China. He reigned — as but a puppet ruler — from 904 to 907. Emperor Ai was the son of Emperor Zhaozong.
Emperor Ai ascended the throne at the age of 11 after his father, the Emperor Zhaozong, was assassinated on the orders of the paramount warlord Zhu Quanzhong in 904, and while Emperor Ai reigned, the Tang court, then at Luoyang, was under the control of officials Zhu put in charge. In 905, under the instigation of his associates Liu Can and Li Zhen, Zhu had Emperor Ai issue an edict summoning some 30 senior aristocrats at Baima Station (白馬驛, in modern Anyang, Henan), near the Yellow River; the aristocrats were thereafter ordered to commit suicide, and their bodies were thrown into the Yellow River. Less than two years later in 907, Zhu made his final move against Emperor Ai himself, forcing the young emperor to abdicate to him. In Zhu's new Later Liang, the former Tang emperor carried the title of Prince of Jiyin, but in 908, Zhu had the prince poisoned, at the age of 15.
Li Zuo was born in 892, at the main palace at the Tang imperial capital Chang'an. His father Emperor Zhaozong was already emperor at that point, and he was Emperor Zhaozong's ninth son. His mother was Consort He, who had previously given birth to an older brother of his, Li Yu, who was Emperor Zhaozong's oldest son.
In 897, Li Zuo was created an imperial prince, along with his brothers Li Mi (李秘) and Li Qi (李祺); Li Zuo's title was Prince of Hui. Later in the year, with Li Yu having been created Crown Prince earlier in the year, their mother Consort He was created empress.
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