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	Emperor Xuanzong
		Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty is most famous for the period of his life during the An Lushan Rebellion, which appears to be very similar to a soap opera.
		Emperor Xuanzong was blinded by his love for a woman which ultimately caused him to lose his empire and sent China into a period fighting to regain its land.
		Emperor Xuanzong and his relationship with the consort, Yang Guifei, will continue to be told as a story that is as an essential part of the An Lushan Rebellion.
	www.indiana.edu /~ealc100/Group6/Xuanzong.htm (1582 words)

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		Emperor Tang Xuanzong (唐玄宗) (685 - 762), born Li Longji (李隆基), was the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty of China.
		Xuanzong fled to Sichuan during the war, and Yang Guifei and Yang Kuozhong who attempted to flee with him were killed by the Imperial army for their perceived part in the Emperor's weakness and loss of control.
		Xuanzong abdicated his position to Suzong, the heir apparent, and died in 762 shortly before the rebellion was finally quashed.
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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Emperor Xuanzong of Tang
		Emperor Tang Xuanzong (September 8, 685 - May 3, 762), born Li Longji (李隆基), was the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, reigning from 712 to 756.
		Xuanzong saw in Silla a valuable ally on its flank, particularly against the growing power of the state of Bohai (Balhae), which in 733 had actually launched a seaborne attack on Dengzhou in Shandong.
		Xuanzong fled to Sichuan during the war, and Yang Guifei and Yang Guozhong, who attempted to flee with him, were killed by the Imperial army for their perceived part in the Emperor's weakness and loss of control.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang (1103 words)

	Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Summary
		T'ang Hsüan-tsung (685-762) was the seventh emperor of the T'ang dynasty.
		Hsüan-tsung was the third son of Emperor Jui-tsung (reigned 685, 710-713).
		Emperor Tang Xuanzong (唐玄宗) (September 8, 685 - May 3, 762), born Li Longji (李隆基), was the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 712 to 756.
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	Emperor Xuanzong of Tang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Tang Xuanzong (Chinese: 唐玄宗) (September 8, 685 - May 3, 762), born Li Longji (李隆基), was the sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty of China, reigning from 712 to 756.
		Xuanzong saw in Silla a valuable ally on its flank, particularly against the growing power of the state of Bohai (Balhae), which in 733 had actually launched a seaborne attack on Dengzhou in Shandong.
		Xuanzong fled to Sichuan during the war, and Yang Guifei and Yang Guozhong, who attempted to flee with him, were killed by the Imperial army for their perceived part in the Emperor's weakness and loss of control.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Xuanzong_of_Tang (867 words)

	Yang Guifei
		Historically, Yang Yuhuan was the wife of Prince Shou, the son of Xuanzong Emperor of the Tang dynasty.
		Xuanzong Emperor and Guifei Yang were both artistically minded, the former well versed in musical instruments; the latter, in singing and dancing.
		The Emperor Xuanzong had but to give in to their demand, even though he loved Guifei Yang dearly and knew that she was made the scapegoat for the Prime Minister's misdeeds.
	www.wku.edu /~yuanh/China/tales/yangguifei_b.htm (984 words)

	The First Opium War
		Emperor Xuanzong, still a strong supporter of Commissioner Lin Zexu had not yet heard the growing concern among his own advisers that Lin's actions would eventually lead to the very thing the Chinese feared most, a greater intrusion by foreigners.
		The emperor had independent reports that small British ships were still delivering opium chests to remote villages along the China coast northeast of Canton and reminded Lin that his job was to "clear away the opium evil throughout all of China," not just at Canton.
		Emperor Xuanzong believed that once his own Imperial forces were marshalled, he could retake Dinghai on Zhousan Island and, given time to concentrate his strength, drive the British out of China altogether.
	www.koreanhistoryproject.org /Ket/C18/E1802.htm (3282 words)

	Yang Guifei
		Amidst protestations from his son, Xuanzong took Yang to be his own concubine, and she grew to wield enormous influence over the emperor, who began neglecting matters of state to spend time with her.
		Emperor Xuanzong, wallowing in the pleasures of the flesh, neglected his court and politics.
		Emperor Xuanzong had no choice but to watch Yang Guifei kill herself strangling in the courtyard of a small Buddhist temple at the slopes of Mawei village.
	www.chinaculture.org /gb/en_aboutchina/2003-09/24/content_22669.htm (439 words)

	About China
		Emperor Xuanzong took Yang to see the beautiful white lotus, and hereby he was very proud of his concubine and said, "The lotus is beautiful without spirit, it cannot be compared with my concubine.
		Because Yang is the beloved of the emperor, her three sisters are entitled Madame of the country and her brothers are all became the high rank officials.
		Emperor Xuanzong was too occupied with drinking and playing with his concubines that he neglected to pay attention to domestic affairs.
	en.chinabroadcast.cn /1702/2005-5-5/121@227674.htm (715 words)

	The Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties
		Emperor Gaozong suffered a stroke in his eleventh year of rule, became enfeebled and a mere figurehead.
		Xuanzong came to power at the age of 28 and was to remain in power forty-four years.
		The last three Tang emperors (from 873 to 907) were the puppets of eunuchs, and to the Chinese people it seemed that the Tang dynasty had lost the mandate of heaven.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h06chin.htm (2703 words)

	Xian Page 2 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
		The Tang Emperor Xuanzong often spent the winter here in the company of his favorite concubine, Yang Guifei.
		He was completely enamoured of her, and took to spending all his time in her company to the exclusion of his offical duties.
		Emperor Xuanzong had no choice but to watch Yang Guifei kill herself at the slopes of Mawei village.
	www.noellepapillon.com /fascinatingchina/Xian02.html (265 words)

	Xian Attractions
		Emperor Qin Shihuang built a stone pool named the "Fairy's Spring." Both the Han Emperor Wudi and Sui Emperor Wendi enlarged it.
		It was built in 742, the first year of Tian Bao of the Tang Emperor Xuanzong, and was restored in each of the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
		Qianling Tomb, located 52 miles northwest of Xi'an, was the tomb of Li Zhi (628-683) Emperor Gaozong of the Tang Dynasty, and his empress, who became the only woman emperor, Wu Zetian (624-705), in Chinese history after the death of her husband.
	www.explorient.com /Attractions/XianAttractions.htm (786 words)

	Xuanzong - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		Xuanzong (685-762), sixth emperor (712-756) of the Tang (T’ang) dynasty and one of the greatest rulers of China, known as “Minghuang” (Brilliant...
		An Lushan (703-757), Chinese general of Turkic-Persian origin, who led a revolt against the Tang (T’ang) emperor Xuanzong (Hsüan Tsung); the revolt...
		An Lushan, Princess Yang Kwei Fei, Xuanzong, Yang Guifei
	encarta.msn.com /Xuanzong.html (88 words)

	Very Brief Timeline on Pu Yi
		Xuanzong was an exemplar of the Tang’s ideal Confucian scholar-official-artist.
		Xuanzong was also a humane leader, to help families too poor to pay tax liabilities, he provided exemptions to the poorest 5% of his empire’s population and raised the age of liability from 19 to 22 (Benn 8).
		Xuanzong ordered an imperial army to confront An’s overpowering army at the Yellow River, but An won in an ambush and the road to Changan was wide open.
	www.indiana.edu /~ealc100/Group12/xuan.html (1354 words)

	FATE OF THE CHINESE TREASURE FLEET
		Emperor Zhu Di The Ming dynasty (1368-1644) was a Chinese dynasty, a Chinese imperial family, as distinct from the dynasty that came before it (the Mongol, or Yuan, dynasty of Chenghis and Kubilai Khan) or the one that followed it (the Manchu, or Qing, dynasty.
		The third emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Di or the Yongle Emperor, was particularly aggressive and personally led major campaigns against Mongolian tribes to the north and west.
		When the emperor needed a trustworthy ambassador familiar with Islam and the ways of the south to head his splendid armada to the "Western Oceans," he naturally picked the talented court eunuch, Ma He, whom he renamed Zheng.
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	Fleeing South - Lu Yu; The Tea Saint & Cha Jing - A2Tea.com
		Ruling Emperor Tang Xuanzong was an able emperor during the first half of his reign that led Tang Dynasty to its peak period.
		Emperor Xuanzong turned his full attention to his favourite imperial concubine the infamous Lady Yang Guifei.
		Emperor Xuanzong neglected his duty as emperor and left the administration of the imperial court and the power of running his empire to Yang Guifei's cousin brother Yang Guozhong who was a greedy and narrow-minded man, an unpopular official without capability.
	a2tea.com /luyu/luyu06.php (347 words)

	Huaqing Springs
		By age 16 she was married to Li Mao, the ninth son of Tang Emperor Xuanzong.
		Emperor Xuanzong loved her so much that she became his favorite concubine in 745 AD.
		Her extravagant lifestyle led to the distraction of the Emperor and the Tang Dynasty began to flounder.
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	9. Commemorative tea stove - Lu Yu; The Tea Saint & Cha Jing - A2Tea.com
		Emperor Xuanzong was the longest ruling Tang emperor.
		Emperor Xuanzong died in 762 aged 77 a year before the rebellion was finally quashed.
		Most of Emperor Suzong's reign of 6 years was spent in fighting the Anshi Rebellion and he died of illness in 762.
	a2tea.com /luyu/luyu09.php (424 words)

	Ancient Chinese Dynasties: Tang Dynasty: Reasons for Decline
		By the eighth century, during the later part of Emperor Xuanzong's reign, the Tang Empire was in decline.
		While Emperor Xuanzong was still wallowing in his infatuation with Concubine Yang, the flames of war rose on the frontiers.
		During the late period of Emperor Xuanzong, the Eunuch Gao Lishi was favored by the emperor.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/tang/reason-decline.htm (1487 words)

	Yang Guifei
		Yang Guifei (Yang Kuei-fey) concubine of the Tang emperor Xuanzong (Hsüan-tsung; 685-762).
		Of humble origins, she is said to have won the favor and passion of the emperor to the extent that he eventually began to neglect state affairs.
		Emperor Xuanzong meets Yang Guifei and is moved both by her resemblance to his dead wife and by her sincerity.
	www.amherst.edu /~pwcaddeau/A21/YangGuifei.html (1185 words)

	Chinese History - Tang Dynasty å” event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		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.
		Shi Siming killed An Qingxu, proclaimed himself emperor in 759 and continued the rebellion that is known to Chinese historians as the rebellion of An [Lushan] and Shi [Siming] (An Shi zhi luan å®å²ä¹äº).
		In the struggle for power, Li Maozhen and the eunuchs abducted the emperor, but their clique was defeated in 903 by Zhu Quanzhong who brought back the emperor, executed the eunuchs and transferred the capital to Luoyang, Chang'an was burnt down.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Tang/tang-event.html (4601 words)

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		When emperor Xuanzong fell under the spell of his favorite concubine Yang, he began to neglect his official duties on a large scale.
		Emperor Xuanzong also failed to intervene when she installed relatives in dominant positions at court.
		Emperor Xuanzang had to flee to Sichuan, an event that has been captured in the painting below which depicted his flight as "Emperor Xuanzang's journey to Shu (Sichuan)".
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~inaasim/Foundations/keynotes71.htm (419 words)

	Tao Yin Summary
		Responding to Emperor Xuanzong's invitation in 721, Sima once again undertook the journey to the capital Chang'an.
		The patriarch conferred a Daoist ordination on the emperor and was in turn granted numerous honors and court titles.
		Xuanzong adopted Sima's counsel regarding the reform of China's principle mountain cults and commissioned the Daoist, a renowned calligrapher, to establish a standard text of Laozi's classic "The Way and Its Power" (Dao de jing) to be engraved in stone.
	www.bookrags.com /Tao_Yin (917 words)

	Master Ming Zhao's Mission
		But then the Emperor, always a great admirer of feminine beauty; responded as Paris, Prince of Troy, had responded when he was given the opportunity to choose between kingly power and prosperity; or the wisdom of a world sage; or the love of the most beautiful woman in the world.
		The besotted Emperor, influenced no doubt by his paramour, refused to believe the story; and, naturally, her brother assured the Emperor that An Lushan was a trouble making liar who had obvious ulterior motives vis-à-vis the Lady Yang Gui Fei.
		The new Emperor tried desperately to quell the warlords' power; but the court was in such disarray that he had no reliable counsel in either the affairs of state or in military affairs.
	www.zatma.org /Dharma/zbohy/Literature/essays/yhs/mission.html (1960 words)

	Early Modern China People
		Zhu Wen; regional military commander in the late 9th century; kills the remaining members of the Tang imperial household; establishes himself as the emperor of the shortlived (Later) Liang dynasty in 907 (907-23); begins the era of disunity known as the Five Dynasties period.
		Jianwen Emperor (reigned 1399-1402); eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son; throne usurped by his uncle, the Prince of Yan, in 1402.
		Restoration Society (Fu She); a second generation of Donglin scholars and political activists; gain influence in bureaucratic circles in the 1630s and 1640s; are not able to stem the tide of corruption and factionalism at court; internal fighting helps to doom their cause of restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the 1650s and 1660s.
	www.history.umd.edu /Faculty/agoldman/284/htm_pages/terms/emc_people.htm (1293 words)

	About China: China Travel Information
		Especially, Emperor Xuan Zong (Li Longji) of the Tang Dynasty had more luxurious palaces built over the hot spring around the mountain in the period of Tian Bao (724-756 AD) and named it Huaqing Palace, which was destroyed due to wars and long time.
		Tang Emperor Xuanzong (her father in-law) took fancy to her and called in her in the Huaqing Palace due to the recommendation of Gao Lishi, a court enuch.
		Emperor Xuanzong loved her so much that he made her most favorite concubine in 745 AD.
	www.china-travel-agent.com /city_guides/view.php?city=xi'an&id=1000719401 (725 words)

	ToshuFukami : Artistic Activities Web
		Emperor Xuanzong and Yang Guifei thunderstruck at the news of the killing of Yang Guozhong.
		Emperor Xuanzong, sunk in the depths of despair, is about to fall to the ground as he gazes after Yang Guifei.
		The two are about to be arrested with perjury when the Emperor allows for the whole truth to be told in her presence.
	www.fukami.com /en/htmls/2004/20040530.html (852 words)

	Emperor Jonesing » peer-see
		Xuanzong was Emperor of China during the middle of the Tang Dynasty.
		Emperor Xuanzong had a favorite advisor, a military general named An Lushan.
		Emperor Xuanzong trusted his friend and his concubine, so he ignored the story at first.
	peer-see.com /blog/emperor-jonesing/2006/07/29 (774 words)

	An Lushan Rebellion - Famous Ancient Chinese People - Chinese
		Xuanzong's army demanded the death of an official, Yang Guozhong, and his cousin, Lady Yang.
		Emperor Suzong of Tang ChinaEmperor Suzong, (3rd or 4th) son of Xuanzong, was proclaimed emperor by the accompanying army and eunuchs while another group of local officials and Confucian literati proclaimed another prince at Jinling (today Nanjing).
		The rebellion was suppressed during the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang ChinaDaizong by generals Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi (李光弼).
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/An_Lushan_Rebellion (307 words)

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