Li Qing (李清; 720s – 12 February 775), known as Li Mao (李瑁) from 725 and honored title Prince of Shou (壽王) was a prince of the

Tang dynasty The Tang dynasty (, ; zh, c=唐朝), or the Tang Empire, was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an Wu Zhou, interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed ...

. He was the 18th son of Emperor Xuanzong and his mother was Xuanzong's favorite

concubine Concubinage is an interpersonal relationship, interpersonal and Intimate relationship, sexual relationship between two people in which the couple does not want to, or cannot, enter into a full marriage. Concubinage and marriage are often regarde ...

Consort Wu.

Family

*Father:

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (; 8 September 685 – 3 May 762), personal name Li Longji, was an Emperor of China, emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 712 to 756. His reign of 44 years was the longest during the Tang dynasty. Throu ...

*Mother:

Empress Zhenshun Consort Wu, imperial consort rank ''Huifei'' (武惠妃; 698 – 1 January 738), posthumously Empress Zhenshun (貞順皇后, literally "the virtuous and serene empress"), was an imperial consort of the Chinese Tang dynasty The Tang ...

, of the Wu clan (貞順皇后武氏; 699–737) Consorts and issue: * Consort Yang, of the Yang clan of Hongnong (弘農楊氏; 719–756), personal name Yuhuan (楊玉環) *Princess Consort of Shou, of the Wei clan of Jingzhao (壽王妃京兆韦氏), 3rd daughter of general Wei Zhaoxun (韦昭训) **Princess Yangcheng (阳城县主; 771 – 827), personal name Yingxuan (应玄), 22nd daughter ***Married Qiu Yun and had issue ( five sons and four daughters) *Unknown: **Li Ai, Prince of Deyang (德陽郡王李僾), 1st son **Li Bei, Prince of Jiyang (济陽郡王李伓), 2nd son **Li Zhan, Prince of Guangyang (广陽郡王李偡), 3rd son **Li Kang, Duke of Xue (薛国公李伉), 4th son **Li Jie (李傑), 5th son **Princess Qingyuan (清源县主, d. 757), 6th daughter

Biography

Li Mao (李瑁) was a son of

and his favorite consort, Consort Wu. Before him, his mother had several children, but all died in infancy. As such, he was raised in Li Chengqi's household, and Chengqi's wife Lady Yuan became his milk mother. He was made Prince of Shou on 27 April 725. On 10 Feb 736, Li Mao married the beautiful Yang Yuhuan (楊玉環), daughter of Yang Xuanyan (楊玄琰), who was a census official of Shu Prefecture (now 蜀州, in modern

Chengdu Chengdu; Sichuanese dialects, Sichuanese pronunciation: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: ; Chinese postal romanization, previously Romanization of Chinese, romanized as Chengtu. is the capital city of the Chinese province of Sichuan. With a ...

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

). After his mother's death, Yang Yuhuan came into Xuanzong's favor and the emperor decided to take her as his consort. However, since Princess Yang was already the wife of his son, Emperor Xuanzong stealthily arranged for her to become a Taoist nun with the tonsured name Taizhen in order to prevent criticisms that would affect his plan of making her his

. Yang then stayed for a brief while as a Taoist nun in the palace itself before Emperor Xuanzong made her an imperial consort. Xuanzong bestowed Li Mao with a new wife, the third daughter of Wei Zhaoxun (韦昭训) on 28 August 745.(维天宝四载，岁次乙酉，七月丁卯朔二十六日壬辰，皇帝若曰：於戏！古之建封，式崇垣翰，永言配德，必择幽闲。谘尔左卫勋二府右郎将韦昭训第三女，育庆高门，禀柔中阃，动修法度，居玩琴瑟。夙闻师氏之学，素习公宫之礼。聿求贞懿，作俪藩维，爰资辅佐之德，以成乐善之美，是用命尔为寿王妃。) ''Quan Tang Wen'', vol.38. There are errors in the dating, as the 1st day of the 7th month of the 4th year of the ''Tian'bao'' era was a ''ding'si'' day, rather than the ''ding'mao'' day as listed in the edict. Similarly, the 26th day of that month was a ''ren'wu'' day, rather than the ''ren'chen'' day as listed. Yang henceforth became the favorite consort of the emperor, just like Consort Wu before. Li Mao died in February 775 during the reign of Emperor Daizong.

References

* ''

New Book of Tang The ''New Book of Tang'', generally translated as the "New History of the Tang" or "New Tang History", is a work of official history covering the Tang dynasty in ten volumes and 225 chapters. The work was compiled by a team of scholars of the So ...

'', vol. 76 * ''

Old Book of Tang The ''Old Book of Tang'', or simply the ''Book of Tang'', is the first classic historical work about the Tang dynasty, comprising 200 chapters, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories. Originally compiled during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdo ...

'', vol. 107 and New Book of Tang, vol. 82.

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