Both the New Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian stated that Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi had different mothers -- with one of them being Lady Wei and one of them being Lady Zang, without specifying which mother gave birth to which son. However, the Old Book of Tang indicated that they were born of a single mother -- a Lady Wei Azang (韋阿臧). Compare Old Book of Tang, vol. 78,"舊唐書 列傳 卷二一至三十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. with New Book of Tang, vol. 104 "唐書 列傳 第二六至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. and Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 206. It is not clear which interpretation is correct.
The Zizhi Tongjian asserted that Li Chongrun was forced to commit suicide, but the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang asserted in his biographies that he was caned to death on Wu Zetian's orders. Compare Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 207, with Old Book of Tang, vol. 86 "舊唐書 列傳 卷三一至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2007. and New Book of Tang, vol. 81."唐書 列傳 第一至十". Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008. The Old Book of Tang, meanwhile, inconsistently asserted in the chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign that he was forced to commit suicide. See Old Book of Tang, vol. 6."舊唐書 本紀 卷一至十三". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007. The chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign in the New Book of Tang merely stated that the three of them "were killed." See New Book of Tang, vol. 4."唐書 本紀 第一至十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
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Both the New Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian stated that Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi had different mothers -- with one of them being Lady Wei and one of them being Lady Zang, without specifying which mother gave birth to which son. However, the Old Book of Tang indicated that they were born of a single mother -- a Lady Wei Azang (韋阿臧). Compare Old Book of Tang, vol. 78,"舊唐書 列傳 卷二一至三十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. with New Book of Tang, vol. 104 "唐書 列傳 第二六至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. and Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 206. It is not clear which interpretation is correct.
The Zizhi Tongjian asserted that Li Chongrun was forced to commit suicide, but the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang asserted in his biographies that he was caned to death on Wu Zetian's orders. Compare Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 207, with Old Book of Tang, vol. 86 "舊唐書 列傳 卷三一至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2007. and New Book of Tang, vol. 81."唐書 列傳 第一至十". Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008. The Old Book of Tang, meanwhile, inconsistently asserted in the chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign that he was forced to commit suicide. See Old Book of Tang, vol. 6."舊唐書 本紀 卷一至十三". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007. The chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign in the New Book of Tang merely stated that the three of them "were killed." See New Book of Tang, vol. 4."唐書 本紀 第一至十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
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Both the New Book of Tang and the Zizhi Tongjian stated that Zhang Changzong and Zhang Yizhi had different mothers -- with one of them being Lady Wei and one of them being Lady Zang, without specifying which mother gave birth to which son. However, the Old Book of Tang indicated that they were born of a single mother -- a Lady Wei Azang (韋阿臧). Compare Old Book of Tang, vol. 78,"舊唐書 列傳 卷二一至三十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. with New Book of Tang, vol. 104 "唐書 列傳 第二六至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved July 13, 2007. and Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 206. It is not clear which interpretation is correct.
The Zizhi Tongjian asserted that Li Chongrun was forced to commit suicide, but the Old Book of Tang and the New Book of Tang asserted in his biographies that he was caned to death on Wu Zetian's orders. Compare Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 207, with Old Book of Tang, vol. 86 "舊唐書 列傳 卷三一至四十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 20, 2007. and New Book of Tang, vol. 81."唐書 列傳 第一至十". Archived from the original on February 19, 2008. Retrieved March 17, 2008. The Old Book of Tang, meanwhile, inconsistently asserted in the chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign that he was forced to commit suicide. See Old Book of Tang, vol. 6."舊唐書 本紀 卷一至十三". Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007. The chronicles of Wu Zetian's reign in the New Book of Tang merely stated that the three of them "were killed." See New Book of Tang, vol. 4."唐書 本紀 第一至十". Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 26, 2007.
However, some modern historians, based on the text on Li Xianhui's tombstone (written after Emperor Zhongzong was restored to the throne in 705), which suggested that she died the day after her brother and her husband and that she was pregnant at death, and the fact that the skeleton believed to be hers had a small pelvis, have proposed the theory that she was not ordered to commit suicide, but had, in grief over her brother's and husband's deaths, had either a miscarriage or a difficult birth and died from that. See, e.g., illustrations preceding the Bo Yang Edition of the Zizhi Tongjian, vol. 49. It may be notable that the Chinese Wikipedia article for Li Xianhui gave the text for her tombstone, but did not give an external link corroborating the text in the article.
