[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 3.89 # 釋氏稽古略 3.89 釋氏稽古略 3.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.89) 國號周　天授元年九月。侍御史傅遊蓻帥關中百姓詣闕上表。請改國號周賜皇帝姓武氏。太后可之。乃御則天樓赦天下。以唐為周。改元。上尊號曰聖神皇帝。以皇帝且為皇嗣賜姓武。立武氏七廟於神都。十一月庚辰朔日南至太后享萬象神宮赦天下。始用周正。以永昌元年十一月為載初元年正月。以十二月為臘月。夏正月為一月。秦宗客改造天地等十二字以獻。丁亥行之。太后自名瞾。改詔曰制。二月辛酉太后策貢士於洛城殿。貢士殿試自此始。至久視元年冬十月。制復以正月為十一月。一月為正月。中宗神龍元年二月。復國號唐。郊廟社稷陵寢百官旗幟服色文字。皆如永淳以前故事。復以神都為東都。北都為并州。新造十二字者。照為瞾。天為𠀑。地為埊。日為\[○@乙\]。月為囝。星為○。君為𠁈。臣為𢘑。載為𡕀。年為𠡦。初為𡔈。正為𠙺　令宰相撰時政記。月送吏舘。時政記自此而始（唐書）。 > Dynastic Title Zhou: In the ninth month of the first year of Tianshou, Fu Youyi, Censor, led the common people of the Guanzhong region to the palace gates to present a memorial, requesting that the dynastic title be changed to Zhou and that the Emperor be bestowed the surname Wu. The Empress Dowager consented. She then ascended the Zetian Tower and granted a general amnesty throughout the realm, changing Tang to Zhou and changing the reign era. She assumed the honorable title Holy and Divine Emperor (Shengshen Huangdi). She made the Emperor the Imperial Heir, bestowing upon him the surname Wu. She erected seven ancestral temples of the Wu clan in the Divine Capital. In the eleventh month, on the \*gengchen\* day, the new moon and the winter solstice, the Empress Dowager made offerings at the Wanxiang Divine Palace and granted a general amnesty throughout the realm. She began to use the Zhou calendar, taking the eleventh month of the first year of Yongchang to be the first month of the first year of Zaichu, the twelfth month to be the La month, and the first month of the Xia calendar to be the 'One month'. Qin Zongke invented twelve new characters including those for heaven and earth and presented them to the throne; on the \*dinghai\* day they were put into practice. The Empress Dowager named herself Zhao. She changed \*zhao\* \[imperial edict\] to \*zhi\* \[imperial decree\]. In the second month, on the \*xinyou\* day, the Empress Dowager examined tribute scholars in the Luocheng Hall; the palace examination for tribute scholars began from this. By the tenth month of winter in the first year of the Jiushi era, an imperial decree restored the first month to be the eleventh month, and the 'One month' to be the first month. In the second month of the first year of Shenlong under Zhongzong, the dynastic title of Tang was restored. Suburban sacrifices, ancestral temples, altars of soil and grain, mausoleums, civil officials, banners, garment colors, and written characters were all restored as in the old precedents before Yongchun. The Divine Capital was again made the Eastern Capital, and the Northern Capital was made Bingzhou. The twelve newly created characters were: \*zhao\* became 瞾; \*tian\* \[heaven\] became 𠀑; \*di\* \[earth\] became 埊; \*ri\* \[sun\] became \[○@乙\]; \*yue\* \[moon\] became 囝; \*xing\* \[star\] became ○; \*jun\* \[ruler\] became 𠁈; \*chen\* \[minister\] became 𢘑; \*zai\* \[year\] became 𡕀; \*nian\* \[year\] became 𠡦; \*chu\* \[beginning\] became 𡔈; \*zheng\* \[first month\] became 𠙺. She ordered the Prime Ministers to compile the \*Records of Current Administration\*, submitting them monthly to the Bureau of Officials. The \*Records of Current Administration\* began from this (\*Tang shu\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.88) - [Next: 3.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.90) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.89) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.89) · Pramāṇa