Prince Yide information

Names
	Birth name: Li Chongzhao 李重照
Posthumous name
	Crown Prince Yide 懿德太子

Li Chongrun
Li Chongrun
Crown Prince Yide
Imperial Grandson 皇太孫
Reign	682-683
Born	682
Died	8 October 701 (aged 19)
Spouse	Lady Pei (posthumously married)
Names
Names
	Birth name: Li Chongzhao 李重照
Posthumous name
	Crown Prince Yide 懿德太子
Father	Emperor Zhongzong of Tang
Mother	Empress Wei

Li Chongrun (Chinese: 李重潤; pinyin: Lǐ Chóngrùn; 682 – October 8, 701^[1]), né Li Chongzhao (Chinese: 李重照; pinyin: Lǐ Chóngzhào), formally Crown Prince Yide (Chinese: 懿德太子; pinyin: Yìdé Tàizǐ ), was an imperial prince of the Tang dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty. He was the only son of Emperor Zhongzong (Li Zhe/Li Xian) and Emperor Zhongzong's second wife Empress Wei. In 701, he offended his grandmother Wu Zetian by discussing Wu Zetian's lovers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong with his sister Li Xianhui the Lady Yongtai and her husband Wu Yanji (武延基) the Prince of Wei, and he, along with Li Xianhui and Wu Yanji, were forced to commit suicide.^[2]^[3] He was posthumously honored as crown prince after his father Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne in 705 and in 706, Emperor Zhongzong provided Li Chongrun with an honorable burial by interring his remains at the Qianling Mausoleum.

^ 兩千年中西曆轉換
^ The Zizhi Tongjian asserted that Li Chongrun was forced to commit suicide, but the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang asserted in his biographies that he was caned to death on Wu Zetian's orders. Compare Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 207, with Old Book of Tang, vol. 86 "舊唐書列傳卷三一至四十". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-09-20. and New Book of Tang, vol. 81."唐書列傳第一至十". Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-03-17. The Old Book of Tang, meanwhile, inconsistently asserted in the chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign that he was forced to commit suicide. See Old Book of Tang, vol. 6."舊唐書本紀卷一至十三". Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2007-11-26. The chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign in the New Book of Tang merely stated that the three of them "were killed." See New Book of Tang, vol. 4."唐書本紀第一至十". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
^ However, some modern historians, based on the text on Li Xianhui's tombstone (written after Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne in 705), which suggested that she died the day after her brother and her husband and that she was pregnant at death, and the fact that the skeleton believed to be hers had a small pelvis, have proposed the theory that she was not ordered to commit suicide, but had, in grief over her brother's and husband's deaths, had either a miscarriage or a difficult birth and died from that. See, e.g., illustrations preceding the Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 49. It may be notable that the Chinese Wikipedia article for Li Xianhui gave the text for her tombstone, but did not give a citation corroborating the text in the article, although on the Web the text appeared to be generally accepted as true — including by Chinese government Web sites. See, e.g., Shaanxi government site.

[1] 兩千年中西曆轉換

[2] The Zizhi Tongjian asserted that Li Chongrun was forced to commit suicide, but the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang asserted in his biographies that he was caned to death on Wu Zetian's orders. Compare Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 207, with Old Book of Tang, vol. 86 "舊唐書列傳卷三一至四十". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-09-20. and New Book of Tang, vol. 81."唐書列傳第一至十". Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-03-17. The Old Book of Tang, meanwhile, inconsistently asserted in the chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign that he was forced to commit suicide. See Old Book of Tang, vol. 6."舊唐書本紀卷一至十三". Archived from the original on 2007-12-25. Retrieved 2007-11-26. The chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign in the New Book of Tang merely stated that the three of them "were killed." See New Book of Tang, vol. 4."唐書本紀第一至十". Archived from the original on 2007-10-11. Retrieved 2007-11-26.

[3] However, some modern historians, based on the text on Li Xianhui's tombstone (written after Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne in 705), which suggested that she died the day after her brother and her husband and that she was pregnant at death, and the fact that the skeleton believed to be hers had a small pelvis, have proposed the theory that she was not ordered to commit suicide, but had, in grief over her brother's and husband's deaths, had either a miscarriage or a difficult birth and died from that. See, e.g., illustrations preceding the Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 49. It may be notable that the Chinese Wikipedia article for Li Xianhui gave the text for her tombstone, but did not give a citation corroborating the text in the article, although on the Web the text appeared to be generally accepted as true — including by Chinese government Web sites. See, e.g., Shaanxi government site.

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