{"slug": "emperor-ruizong-of-tang", "label": "Emperor Ruizong of Tang", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Ruizong_of_Tang", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9722", "qid": "Q9722", "description": "emperor of the Tang Dynasty", "entries": 6, "years": 6, "span": [662, 716], "span_label": ["662 CE", "716 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "tang-dynasty", "label": "Tang dynasty", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "emperor-xuanzong-of-tang", "label": "Emperor Xuanzong of Tang", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "china", "label": "China", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "chang-an", "label": "Chang'an", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 662, "year_label": "662 CE", "section": "Births", "date": "June 22", "text": "June 22 – Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (d. 716)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805159#Births", "title": "662", "revid": 1340805159, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 684, "year_label": "684 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "February 27", "text": "February 27 – Wu Zetian replaces Zhong Zong in favor of his younger brother Rui Zong. He becomes a puppet ruler, and Zhong Zong is placed under house arrest.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805928#Asia", "title": "684", "revid": 1340805928, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 710, "year_label": "710 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "July 3", "text": "July 3 – Zhong Zong is assassinated, allegedly poisoned by Empress Wei, who fails to install her daughter Li Guo'er as heir to the throne. Princess Taiping and her nephew Li Longji launch a coup, and restore Rui Zong as emperor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807117#Asia", "title": "710", "revid": 1340807117, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 8", "text": "September 8 – Emperor Rui Zong abdicates after a brief reign, in favor of his 27-year-old son Xuan Zong, who ascends the imperial throne of the Tang dynasty (China).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357552155#Asia", "title": "712", "revid": 1357552155, "section": "Events › By place › Asia"}}, {"year": 713, "year_label": "713 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "In Chang'an, for the annual Lantern Festival of this year, recently abdicated emperor Rui Zong erects an enormous lantern wheel at a city gate, with a recorded height of 200 ft. The frame is draped in brocades and silk gauze, adorned with gold and jade jewelry, and when its total of some 50,000 oil cups is lit, the radiance of it can be seen for miles.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807131#China", "title": "713", "revid": 1340807131, "section": "Events › By place › China"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "July 13", "text": "July 13 – Rui Zong, emperor of the Tang dynasty (b. 662)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Deaths", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Deaths"}}]}