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== During Wu Zetian's reign ==
== During Wu Zetian's reign ==
Early in the ''Shengli'' era ([[697]]-[[700]]) -- when the ruling sovereign was [[Wu Zetian]], the wife of [[Emperor Gaozong of Tang|Emperor Gaozong]], who had seized the throne in [[690]] and taken the title of "emperor" of a new Zhou Dynasty, interrupting Tang -- Huan Yanfan became ''Sixingsi Zhubu'' (司刑寺主簿), the secretary general at the supreme court (司刑寺, ''Sixingsi''). The [[chancellor of Tang Dynasty|chancellor]] was impressed by his talent and showed him respect. Huan was eventually made an imperial censor.


== During Emperor Zhongzong's second reign ==
== During Emperor Zhongzong's second reign ==

Revision as of 05:37, 17 February 2008

Huan Yanfan (桓彥範) (653-706), courtesy name Shize (士則), formally Prince Zhonglie of Fuyang (扶陽忠烈王), was an official of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty and Wu Zetian's Zhou Dynasty, serving as chancellor during the reign of Emperor Zhongzong. He was a key figure in the coup that overthrew Wu Zetian and restored Emperor Zhongzong in 705, but was later exiled due to false accusations instigated by Wu Zetian's nephew Wu Sansi and killed in exile in a cruel manner.

Background

Huan Yanfan was born in 653. His family was from Run Prefecture (潤州, roughly modern Zhenjiang, Jiangsu) and traced its ancestry to the Jin Dynasty (265-420) general Huan Chong. His grandfather Huan Fasi (桓法嗣) and father Huan Simin (桓思敏) both served as officials during Tang Dynasty,[1] and on account of this heritage, Huan Yanfan was made an officer of the imperial guards when he was young.

During Wu Zetian's reign

Early in the Shengli era (697-700) -- when the ruling sovereign was Wu Zetian, the wife of Emperor Gaozong, who had seized the throne in 690 and taken the title of "emperor" of a new Zhou Dynasty, interrupting Tang -- Huan Yanfan became Sixingsi Zhubu (司刑寺主簿), the secretary general at the supreme court (司刑寺, Sixingsi). The chancellor was impressed by his talent and showed him respect. Huan was eventually made an imperial censor.

During Emperor Zhongzong's second reign

Notes and references

  1. ^ New Book of Tang, vol. 75, part 1.[1]