Is “What are the similarities and differences in the records of Zhangsun Wuji assisting Taizong?” true?
The 'Old Book of Tang, Consorts (part 1)' records his relationship with Taizong and his standing: 'At that time the empress's elder brother Wuji had long been on terms of commoner friendship with Taizong; as a founding meritorious minister he was entrusted as an intimate, admitted to the inner chambers, and was to be given charge of court affairs.' The novel 'Romance of Sui and Tang' (chapter 070) dramatises his remonstrance unto death: 'Wuji prostrated himself in the middle of the road, weeping and remonstrating firmly; Taizong turned back, entered the Southern Park of the East Garden, gazed south and wept, his tears falling like rain.'
Both record him as Taizong's trusted aide; the novel adds details of remonstration.
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