Introduction:
Li Chen (chén)(8 10-859), Han nationality, the 16th emperor of the Tang Dynasty (except Wu Zetian and Shang Emperor Li Zhongmao) (reigned from 846 to 859), the 13th son of Tang Xianzong Li Chun, and the half-brother of Mu Zong Hengli. First named Li Yi, in the first year of Changqing (82 1), he was named King of Light.
In the sixth year of Huichang (846), after Tang Wuzong's death, it was founded by eunuch Ma and others, with "Dazhong" as the title of succession.
Li Qin devoted himself to politics, diligently pursued governance, liked reading the official position, rectified the official management, and restricted the intimacy between the emperor and eunuchs, so that all the officials who died in the Ganlu Revolution, except Zheng Zhu and Li Xun, got revenge. In foreign relations, when Li Chen was in power, he defeated Tubo, recovered Hehuang, stabilized Saibei and pacified Annan. The recovery of Hehuang, in particular, was one of the military victories of the Tang Dynasty against Tubo after the Anshi Rebellion.
The reign of Li Chen was another period of stability and prosperity after the revival of Huichang in the Tang Dynasty, which was called "the rule of the great and the middle" in history. He is insightful, selfless in usage, good at advice, cherishing official rewards and respecting things that are frugal and love the people, so the people still remember him until the demise of the Tang Dynasty, calling him "Little Taizong".
In August of the 13th year of Dazhong (859), Li Chen died at the age of 50, and he reigned for thirteen years. Posthumous title, Emperor Xiao Wen of Wuxian of Xuanzong, was buried in Lingzhen (now Jingyang County, Xianyang, Shaanxi). In the 13th year of Xian Tong (872), Sheng Yuan, who was successful in Ming Dynasty, dedicated his intelligence to Zhang Ren, Shen Cong and Yi Dao.