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	Emperor Gaozu of Tang: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Emperor Gaozu of Tang China (566 - June 25, 635), born Li Yuan, was the founder of the Tang Dynasty of China, and the first emperor of this dynasty from 618 to 626.
		Under the shortlived Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in the area of modern-day Shanxi province, and was based in Taiyuan, Shanxi.
		Li Yuan abdicated in 626 in favour of his son, Taizong emperor after the Xuan Wu Gate incident (玄武门之变) when Taizong had to kill his two immoral brothers who were attempting to usurp the throne.
	en.straightworldbank.com /wiki/Emperor_Gaozu_of_Tang (396 words)

	China - ninemsn Encarta
		Founded by Li Yuan, whose posthumous title was Emperor Gaozu, the Tang dynasty was one of the great periods in Chinese history.
		Tang government was imitated in Japan and Korea in the 8th and 9th centuries.
		In the middle of the 8th century, at the height of Tang splendour, the central government faced a disastrous rebellion by the frontier general An Lushan.
	au.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761573055_13/China.html (1563 words)

	Tang Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Tang can be divided into two periods: the early period and the late period, with the eight-year An Lushan-Shi Siming Rebellion as its turning point.
		During his reign, Emperor Taizong invested all of his efforts in consolidating his regime, making the Tang the most prosperous in the history of feudal China.
		Later, Zhu deposed the Tang emperor and proclaimed himself emperor of the later Liang Dynasty, which ushered in the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten States.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_22799.htm (281 words)

	Montgomery County Public Schools - Social Studies Department (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Tang Dynasty Begins Many Chinese today are so proud of achievements made during the Tang (tung) Dynasty that they still call themselves Tang jen or “Tang people.” During this time, the boundaries of China were extended and many artistic and economic changes enriched the culture.
		Though there were 20 emperors in the Tang Dynasty, the last three slowly lost the support of the people as they cared more about their own interests than those of the county.
		In the closing years of the Tang Dynasty, regional military leaders who were trusted with huge territories saw the opportunity and took advantage of the weak government to slowly assume power for themselves.
	www.mcps.k12.md.us /curriculum/socialstd/resources/tang.html (2038 words)

	Chinese history:The Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD)
		A Recollection of the Splendor of the Tang Dynasty
		His name was Li Yuan (known posthumously as Gaozu) and he was to establish the Tang Dynasty (618-907), commonly regarded by the Chinese at the most glorious period in their history.
		Gaozu's grab at dynastic succession was not without contest, and it was to take 10 years before the last of his rivals was defeated.
	www.chinavoc.com /history/tang.htm (814 words)

	4. The Tang Dynasty - All Empires
		Tang Taizong was a wise and able ruler, and was as well-versed at politics as he was at military affairs.
		Tang Taizong was suceeded by his son Gaozong, who was a weak man and allowed his domineering wife Wu Zetian to run the state and become the power behind the throne.
		Tang pottery and poetry became popular during this period, and it can be said that Xuanzong presided over the Golden Age of China and the Tang dynasty.
	www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=the_tang_dyansty (1551 words)

	Tang yuan, elizabeth yuan, tao yuan taiwan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tang yuan TANG YUAN - inc.cruedear.net - tang yuan, elizabeth yuan, tao yuan taiwan..
		Tang yuan [Experimental studies on the decoction siwu tang] [Article in Chinese] Yuan J,Li Y, Yuan H. Tang yuan One typical food is the Tang Yuan, a kind of dumplings made of sweet rice rolledinto balls and stuffed with sweet fillings.
		Tang yuan zhi ma tang yuan, sesame sweet-rice dumplings in soup.
	www.transactionnet.org /yuan/tang_yuan.html (1201 words)

	WELCOME TO THE TANG DYNASTY XI`AN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Li Yuan, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, took Li Er as his family ancestor and went to the Louguantai Temmple to worship the Taoism founder in 621.
		Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty personally painted the a portrait of Lao Zi for the whole nation to worship and he also wrote notes to the text of Dao De Jing for people to learn the classic.
		Two daughters of Emperor Ruizong became Taoist nuns and two Taoist nunneries were built on their name: the Jinxian Temple and the Yuzhen Temple.
	www.xiantangdynasty.com /lao/doce/6the-10-3.htm (439 words)

	Emperor_gaozu_of_tang info here at en.archetecture.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Emperor Gaozu of Tang consult with your Emperor Gaozu of Tang in the Emperor Gaozu of Tang of a consequential Emperor Gaozu of Tang.
		Emperor Gaozu of Tang China (566 - June 25, 635), natural Li Yuan, was the inventor of the Tang Dynasty of China, 'n the prime emperor of sovereignty from 618 to 626.
		Preceded by: (none) Emperor of the Tang Dynasty Succeeded by: Taizong Preceded by: Gong of Sui Emperor of China
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	Chinese History - Tang Dynasty å” event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		Tang Taizong is known as successful general, far-sightened politician who knew to employ the talents of faithful ministers like Fang Xuanling æ¿çé½¡, Wei Zheng éå¾µ, and Du Ruhui æå¦æ¦, and he is reknowned even as poet.
		While the financial reforms were not deep enough to save the state treasury from permanent leaking, the changes whithin the military system imposed a financial burden on the finances and caused the emergence of quasi-independent regional governors, as the military commissioners had the full military and civil authority, including finances and taxation of their region.
		The neighbors of the Tang empire were the Turks (Tujue çªå¥), Uighurs (Huihe åç´, later Huigu åé¶»), the Tibetian empire of Tubo åè—© (often read Tufan), the kingdom of Nanzhao å—è©”, and the northeastern peoples of Qidan å¥‘ä¸¹ (Khitan) and Mohe éºé¨ (Malgal) as well as the three Korean kingdoms and Bohai æ¸¤æµ· (Parhae).
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Tang/tang-event.html (4601 words)

	Emperor Taizong of Tang China - Biocrawler (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Emperor Taizong of Tang China (January 23, 599–July 10, 649), born Li Shimin (李世民), was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty of China from 626 to 649.
		Leading the troops with his elder brother Li Jiancheng, the rebel army took the capital Changan in September 617, thereafter putting a puppet emperor on the throne before Li Yuan himself proclaimed the establishment of a new dynasty, the Tang, in 618.
		Emperor Gaozong of Tang China: son of Wende Empress
	www.biocrawler.com.cob-web.org:8888 /encyclopedia/Emperor_Taizong_of_Tang_China (1189 words)

	Tang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		He was one of the emperors most honored by CHinese historians for his enlightened policies and support of the arts.
		The recurring theme of a weakened central government and the increasing independence of military governorates was again repeated and in the later stages of the dynasty, the last three emperors were puppets in the hands of eunuchs and military governors.
		Tang figures took on a tremendous realizm as potters ability to master the details of both moulding and modelling was perfected.
	www.phoenixndragon.com /Tang-text.htm (582 words)

	culture · history
		Emperor Dezong was persuaded by his prime minister Li Mi to agree to this, and sent his eighth daughter Princess Xian'an to be Tun Bargha's kedun in 788, on five conditions including that Tun Bargha declared himself the 'son' and subject of the Tang.
		The Zhenguan and Kaiyuan reigns that spanned the mid-7th to mid-8th century represent the zenith of Tang peace and prosperity that rulers and scholars of the succeeding dynasties sought to emulate.
		Tang glory is still a source of inspiration to the Chinese people in their quest for a national renaissance.
	www.freewebs.com /emperorli/princessningkuomarried.htm (3169 words)

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		A later comer during the Tang, the Lesser Wild-Goose Pagoda in Jianfu Temple is an exquisite and graceful 43.3-metre-high structure with 13 floors.
		Yellow Emperor, the legendary ancestor of all the Chinese in the world today, is worshiped every year at this mausoleum north of Huangling County which evinces classic sanctity amidst a forest of verdant, yet ancient-looking cypress trees.
		The Tailing, to the northeast of Pucheng County, was the tomb for Li Longji, or Tang Emperor Xuanzong.
	www.chinacustomtours.com /city/shaanxi.html (1412 words)

	Gaozu - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Gaozu (literary meaning "high [highly respectable] progenitor" in Chinese) can be the name of the following Chinese emperors:
		Emperor Gao of Han China (reign: 206 BC-195 BC)
		Emperor Gaozu of Tang China (reign: AD This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Gaozu (108 words)

	Emperor Gaozu of Tang China - Biocrawler
		Under the shortlived Sui dynasty, Li Yuan was the governor in charge of Shaanxi province, and was homebased in Taiyuan,Shaanxi.
		With the disintergration of the Sui dynasty in 617, Li Yuan - urged on by his second son Li Shi Min (later Taizong emperor)- rose in rebellion.
		Li Yuan abdicated in 626 in favour of his second son, Taizong emperor after the infamous (Xuan Wu Men)(玄武门之变) incident where Taizong murdered both his brothers.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Li_Yuan (285 words)

	Li Shimin: Tang Dynasty
		When Emperor Yang was assassinated in 618 by an aide, Li Yuan deposed the puppet prince and declared himself emperor, thus establishing the new Tang Dynasty.
		Emperor Taizong's willingness to listen to the opinions of others and his ability to both seek and act upon good advice was a major factor of his successful reign.
		The Emperor said to his ministers, "With a bronze mirror, one can see whether he is properly attired; with history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of a nation; with men as a mirror, one can see whether he is right or wrong.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/tang/emperor_taizong.htm (1589 words)

	Tang Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
		Tang army general Su Dingfang was famous for fighting on both the front in Oxus valley and on Korean Peninsula.
		Emperor Taizong, rebutting the advice of his minister Wei Zheng (who cited the Hunnic ravaging of China during the late Jinn Dynasty as a result of their dwelling south of the Yellow River, Hetao area), relocated over 100,000 eastern Turks to the border areas, all the way from Shaanxi-Shanxi to today's Beijing city.
		Tang's civil minister Fei Xingjian would be responsible for quelling the Eastern Turkic rebellion in AD 680 and in AD 681 via strategies like 'hiding soldiers inside the grain carts' and 'offering 10,000 liang (a unit of weight similar to ounce) gold for the head of the khan'.
	www.republicanchina.org /tang.html (6825 words)

	Imperial Palaces of ChangAn during Tang Dynasty - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		Emperor TaiZong would move his court to the cooler JiuCheng Palace (九成宫) away from ChangAn in the highlands north of the Wei river (渭北高原).
		In AD 634, at the suggestion of Inspector General Ma Zhou (监察御史马周) for Emperor TaiZong to display his filial piety, another palace was commissioned the north(east) of ChangAn, constructed upon the dragon's head elevation (龙首原高地) of the Imperial gardens/parks (禁苑).
		From the reign of Emperor GaoZong, it became the primary residence of the Emperor and the assembly of the Imperial Court.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=3913 (1473 words)

	Tang Gaozu, Founder Tang Dynasty - Timeline Index
		Tang Gaozu, Founder Tang Dynasty - Timeline Index
		Emperor Gaozu of Tang China, born Li Yuan, was the founder of the Tang Dynasty of China, and the first emperor of this dynasty from 618 to 626.
		The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
	www.timelineindex.com /content/view/1689 (228 words)

	Qian Tomb
		To the north of the Wei River [æ¸æ²³] and across the banks of the Jing River [æ³¾æ²³] lie 18 tombs of the Tang emperors.
		Nineteen of the twenty-one emperors of the Tang dynasty [618-907] are buried here, with the impressive Qian Tomb as the only burial site of two emperors --- Tang Gaozong [å”é«å®—] (628-683) and his wife, the indomitable Wu Zetian [æ¦åå¤©] (624-705) --- in Chinese history.
		A highly successful and yet controversial figure (being the only female emperor in history), Wu wisely left the judgement on her political achievement to later generations and dynasties.
	www.cs.iastate.edu /~jia/album/2005/album-qian-tomb.html (678 words)

	Imperial Guards of Tang - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		During the reign of Emperor XuanZong, the membership was restricted to descendants of the pioneers of the empire and notable statesmen.
		During the reign of TianBao (天宝) of Emperor XuanZong, this unit was established as a border guard against tribal dangers.
		This was the first big disaster suffered by the Tang army in An Lushan's rebellion, and illustrated the serious decline of the quality of its units.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=3715 (2182 words)

	Tang dynasty - ikiW
		The Tang Dynasty (Chinese: 唐朝; pinyin: Tángcháo) (June 18, 618–June 4, 907) followed the Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
		The dynasty was interrupted by the Second Zhou Dynasty (October 16, 690 – March 3, 705) when Empress Wu Zetian seized the throne.
		The Tang Dynasty, with its capital at Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization — equal to or surpassing that of the Han Dynasty.
	tang-dynasty.ikiw.net /en/Tang_dynasty (179 words)

	Origin of Turks and Uygur Turks
		When Sui Emperor Yangdi was killed by palace corp in Yangzhou, Chuluo Khan fled back to the Sui capital, but he was killed by Turks from the north.
		Chuluo Khan was determined to fight Tang on behalf of dethroned Sui Dynasty, saying that he wanted to return favor to Sui for Sui's helping his ancestors in the restoration of the Turkic khanate.
		By the 7th year of Tang Emperor Gaozu, in AD 626, Li Shimin or Li Shih-min (i.e., King Qin of Tang Dynasty and later Tang Emperor Taizong or Tai-tsung, AD 597-649), would sow a dissension among Xieli Khan and Tuli Khan.
	www.findthelinks.com /history/Huns_Turks/early_Turkic_history.htm (2031 words)

	India and China: Beyond and the within - Lokesh Chandra
		Emperor Justinian had two Iranian monks, who were living in China to smuggle silkworms to Constantinople in the hollows of their bamboo canes in about AD 550.
		A stone tablet of the Tang dynasty states that the first "Cave of Unequalled Height" was constructed by an Indian monk in AD 366, increasing upto 460 caves as faith continued to inspire radiant visions.
		The Emperor then saw hundreds of soldiers in arms and the monk explained to him that they were the troops of Dokken the second son of Vaisravana, who had come to take charge before departure for Anxi.
	www.ignca.nic.in /ks_41023.htm (9156 words)

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