Shangguan Yi
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| Traditional Chinese | 上官儀 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 上官仪 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Kanji | 上官儀 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hiragana | じょうかん ぎ | ||||||||||||||||
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shàngguān Yí |
| Wade–Giles | Shang-kuan Yi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Soeng6-gun1 Ji4 |
| Middle Chinese | |
| Middle Chinese | ŹjangC-kwân Ngje |
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| Romanization | Jyōkan Gi |
Shangguan Yi (Chinese: 上官儀; 608 – 4 January 665), courtesy name Youshao (游韶), formally Duke of Chu (楚公), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Gaozong. In 664, with Emperor Gaozong displeased with his wife Empress Wu (later known as Wu Zetian) for her controlling behavior, Shangguan proposed that Empress Wu be deposed, a proposal that Emperor Gaozong was initially receptive to but disavowed once Empress Wu discovered it. Empress Wu then had Shangguan accused of plotting treason with Emperor Gaozong's oldest son, the former crown prince Li Zhong (who had been displaced by Empress Wu's son Li Hong), and Shangguan was executed. His granddaughter Shangguan Wan'er later served as a key secretary to Empress Wu and a concubine to her son Emperor Zhongzong.
Shangguan Yi was born in 608. His family was initially from what would eventually become Shan Prefecture (陝州, roughly modern Sanmenxia, Henan), but as his father Shangguan Hong (上官弘) served as the deputy director of Emperor Yang of Sui's palace at the secondary capital Jiangdu (江都, in modern Yangzhou, Jiangsu), the Shangguan household relocated to Jiangdu and settled there.
Late in Emperor Yang's Daye era (605-618), Shangguan Hong was killed by the general Chen Leng (陳稜). Shangguan Yi was still young at the time, and he escaped death by going into hiding. Thereafter, he became a Buddhist monk and spent much time on studying the sutras. He also studied the Confucian classics, and was said to be literarily talented.
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