Is “Chu Suiliang strongly admonished at court against the deposition and establishment, risking death.” true?

attested in history

The Old Book of Tang, Biographies of Empresses and Consorts, Part 1, records that Emperor Gaozong wanted to depose the empress and establish Wu, but 'Zhangsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang, and others firmly admonished, so he stopped.' Later, Suiliang still argued based on the late emperor's entrustment. The Sui and Tang Romance, Chapter 71, faithfully reproduces this scene, describing Suiliang's impassioned words: 'The words are still in my ears, and the empress has not been found guilty; how can she be lightly deposed?' He would rather die than submit, and ultimately was demoted and died. The historical facts are indeed true.

Chu Suiliang

In the official history, Chu Suiliang earnestly admonished at court to prevent the establishment of Empress Wu, and the novel vividly recreates his upright minister's spirit of placing the tablet and bleeding.

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