李隆基 / Li Longji

Overview

Li Longji enters the wiki through Hanji 536-3 as the prince who leads the 唐隆之变 against the 韦后 faction and decides to execute 上官婉儿. The episode uses him as the point at which Shangguan Wan’er’s multi-sided survival record fails.

Current Profile

The source identifies Li Longji as 李旦’s son. In 710, after 唐中宗’s death and Empress Wei’s power consolidation, Li Longji launches the Tanglong Coup to clear the Wei faction. Shangguan Wan’er meets him holding a lantern and an edict that she believes proves her alignment with the Li-Tang royal line, but Li Longji still orders her death.

Key Characteristics

• Coup leader in the episode’s account of the 710 Tanglong Coup.
• Son of Li Dan and representative of hard Li-Tang restoration loyalty.
• Clears the Wei faction after Zhongzong’s death.
• Evaluates Shangguan Wan’er’s self-protective edict but rejects it as insufficient.
• Functions as the final judge of Shangguan Wan’er’s factional balancing strategy.

Evidence

• Coup leadership: Hanji 536-3 says Li Dan’s son Li Longji launched the Tanglong Coup and cleared the Wei faction.
• Shangguan Wan’er encounter: Hanji 536-3 says Shangguan Wan’er came out holding a lantern and edict to show her stance.
• Execution decision: Hanji 536-3 says Li Longji paused but still ordered her death.

Qualifications

This page does not cover Li Longji’s later reign as Emperor Xuanzong or the full political background of the Tanglong Coup. It records his role in this episode as the actor whose standard of loyalty defeats Shangguan Wan’er’s hedging.

What Changed

• Created the page from Hanji 536-3 as the coup actor and final decision-maker in Shangguan Wan’er’s death.

Relationships

• 上官婉儿 - executes her despite her attempt to show Li-Tang alignment.
• 李旦 - father and dynastic figure whose inclusion in the edict matters to Shangguan Wan’er.
• 韦后 - factional target of his coup.
• 太平公主 - linked through the edict Shangguan Wan’er presents.
• 宫廷派系生存 - concept for why his demand for exclusive loyalty defeats multi-sided positioning.