Yuan Zi (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Yuan Zi (739-July 19, 818), courtesy name Deshen, formally the Duke of Huaiyang, was an official and general of the Chinese dynasty Tang Dynasty, serving briefly as chancellor during the reigns of Emperor Shunzong and Emperor Xianzong. Yuan Zi was born in 739, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong. His family was from Cai Prefecture. It traced its ancestry from a clan of Han Dynasty officials, including Yuan An (who, however, was not a direct ancestor), with direct descendance through a line of officials of Han, Cao Wei, Jin Dynasty (265-420), Liu Song, Liang Dynasty, Northern Zhou, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty. His grandfather Yuan Zhixuan served as a prefectural official, while his father Yuan Chu served as a county magistrate.