Li Zi
Li Zi( 李滋)( died 897), formally the Prince of Tong( 通王), was an imperial prince of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty.
He was the favorite son of Emperor Xuānzong, but was unable to take the throne after Emperor Xuānzong's death, as his older brother Li Wen( Emperor Yizong) was chosen by the eunuch Wang Zongshi( 王宗實), who overpowered other eunuchs who supported Li Zi. Later, during the reign of Emperor Yizong's son( Li Zi's nephew) Emperor Zhaozong, Emperor Zhaozong tried to commission imperial princes to command armies to counteract the powerful warlords(" Jiedushi") and eunuchs.
In response, in 897, when Emperor Zhaozong had to flee to the domain of one of the warlords, Han Jian, Han falsely accused 11 imperial princes, including Li Zi, of treason, and massacred them without approval from Emperor Zhaozong.
Han Jian (Zhenguo warlord)
Han Jian( 韓建)( 855- August 15, 912), courtesy name Zuoshi( 佐時), was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who eventually became a subject of the succeeding Later Liang.
He is most well known for having had Emperor Zhaozong of Tang under his control at his power base at Hua Prefecture( 華州, in modern Weinan, Shaanxi) from 896 to 898 and slaughtering the imperial princes while Emperor Zhaozong was there.
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
Emperor Zhaozong of Tang
(March 31, 867 – September 22, 904), né Li Jie, name later changed to Li Min and again to Li Ye, was the penultimate emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China.
He reigned from 888 to 904 (although he was briefly deposed by the eunuch Liu Jishu in 900 and restored in 901).
Zhaozong was the seventh son of Emperor Yizong of Tang and younger brother of Emperor Xizong of Tang.
During Emperor Zhaozong's reign the Tang Dynasty fell into total disarray and rebellions, which had been ongoing since the reign of his older brother Emperor Xizong, as they erupted throughout the country while the imperial government's authority effectively disappeared.
In the midst of all this, Emperor Zhaozong tried to salvage the dying dynasty.
His efforts to reassert imperial power, however, generally backfired, as his unsuccessful campaigns against Li Keyong, Chen Jingxuan, and Li Maozhen, merely allowed Li Keyong and Li Maozhen to reaffirm their power by prevailing over imperial forces, while Chen was merely conquered and replaced by Wang Jian.
Eventually, the major warlord Zhu Quanzhong seized control of the imperial government and in 904 had Emperor Zhaozong killed as the prelude of taking over the Tang throne.
Zhu also killed many of Emperor Zhaozong's ministers, including the chancellor, Cui Yin.
Zhu then placed Zhaozong's 13-year-old son as a puppet emperor (as Emperor Ai).
(By 907, Zhu himself took over the throne, ending Tang and starting a new Later Liang.)
Emperor Zhaozong's reign lasted almost 16 years and he was buried in Heling (和陵).
He was 37.
Yang Fugong
Yang Fugong( 楊復恭)( died 894), courtesy name Zike( 子恪), formally the Duke of Wei( 魏公), was an eunuch official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, playing key roles in the imperial administrations of Emperor Xizong and Emperor Xizong's brother Emperor Zhaozong.
He was later suspected by Emperor Zhaozong of power- grabbing and removed, and afterwards encouraged his adopted sons/ nephews Yang Shouliang, Yang Shouxin( 楊守信), Yang Shouzhen( 楊守貞), and Yang Shouzhong( 楊守忠) into resisting the imperial government together.
They were, however, defeated by the general Li Maozhen and captured while in flight; they were then delivered to the capital Chang'an and executed.
Lu Xisheng
Lu Xisheng( 陸希聲)( d. 895) was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving briefly as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhaozong.
Du Rangneng
Du Rangneng (杜讓能) (841–893), courtesy name Qunyi (群懿), formally the Duke of Jin (晉公), was an official of the late Tang dynasty, serving as a chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Xizong and Emperor Xizong's brother Emperor Zhaozong.
Early in Emperor Zhaozong's reign, against Du's recommendations, Emperor Zhaozong planned a campaign against the warlord Li Maozhen and put Du in charge of the campaign.
After Li subsequently defeated the imperial forces, he marched on the capital Chang'an and demanded Du's death, and Emperor Zhaozong was forced to order Du to commit suicide.
Wang Shifan
Wang Shifan( 王師範)( 874 – July 10, 908) was a warlord late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, who ruled Pinglu Circuit( 平盧, headquartered in modern Weifang, Shandong) from 889 to 905( formally, as its military governor(" Jiedushi") from 891 to 903).
He was initially a vassal of the powerful military governor of Xuanwu Circuit( 宣武, headquartered in modern Kaifeng, Henan), Zhu Quanzhong, but rose against Zhu in 903 in response to an edict issued by Emperor Zhaozong of Tang.
( Whether the edict was actually the will of Emperor Zhaozong was unclear.)
After he was defeated by Zhu, he resubmitted to Zhu.
In 908, by which point Zhu had taken over the Tang throne and established a new Later Liang as its Emperor Taizu, in response to the plea by the wife of Emperor Taizu's nephew Zhu Youning( 朱友寧), who was killed in Wang's resistance campaign, Emperor Taizu ordered that Wang and his entire family be executed.
Liu Jishu
Liu Jishu( 劉季述)( died January 24, 901) was a eunuch late in the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty who, as a powerful commander of the Shence Armies, briefly deposed Emperor Zhaozong in 900 and replaced Emperor Zhaozong with Emperor Zhaozong's son Li Yu, Prince of De, but was soon killed in a countercoup, allowing Emperor Zhaozong to return to the throne.
Emperor Yizong of Tang
Emperor Yizong of Tang
(December 28, 833 – August 15, 873), né Li Wen, later changed to Li Cui , was an emperor of the Tang dynasty of China.
He reigned from 859 to 873.
Yizong was the eldest son of Emperor Xuanzong.
After Emperor Xuanzong's death in 859, Emperor Yizong was placed on the throne by the eunuch Wang Zongshi (王宗實), who killed other eunuchs supporting another son of Emperor Xuanzong, Li Zi the Prince of Kui.
According to traditional historians, Emperor Yizong did not pay much attention to governmental affairs but instead chose to live in opulence, became an alcoholic and surrounded himself with women while his government levied heavy taxes on its citizens.
A deeply devout Buddhist, even more so than his father, he would hold grand Buddhist ceremonies throughout the year as well as ordering frequent musical performances in the palace.
If the entertainment was to his liking, Yizong would not only reward the entertainers greatly but also bestow governmental ranks.
Emperor Yizong eventually exhausted the empire's treasury that had accumulated during his father's administration.
Extreme hardships, including famines that forced people to resort to cannibalism, led to widespread agrarian rebellions late in his reign.
Those rebellions would plague the reign of his son Emperor Xizong and doom Tang.
Empress He (Tang dynasty)
Empress He( 何皇后, personal name unknown)( d. January 22, 906), formally Empress Xuanmu( 宣穆皇后) as honored by Later Tang, semi-formally known as Empress Jishan( 積善皇后)( after the palace she resided in, Jishan Palace), was the wife of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang( Li Jie/ Li Ye) near the end of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, and the mother of two of his sons, Li You/ Li Yu and Emperor Ai of Tang( Li Zuo/ Li Zhu).
Her husband, she, and her sons would all die at the hands of the warlord Zhu Quanzhong, who would eventually take over the Tang throne and establish his own Later Liang.

Question: When was Emperor Zhaozong Of Tang's father born?
Answer: December 28, 833