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	Tang Dynasty Political System, China Tang Dynasty, Ancient Chinese History
		A general information of the political system of the Tang Dynasty of ancient China.
		Based on the laws of earlier dynasties the Tang Code was compiled in the year 624.
		The Tang Code is a mature feudal corpus juris.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/tang.htm (600 words)

	Tang Dynasty - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Tang Dynasty, with its capital at Chang'an (modern day suburb of Xi'an), the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization — equal, or even superior, to the Han period.
		Emperor Tang Xuan Zong brought China to its golden age and Tang influences reached all the way to Japan and Korea in the east, Vietnam in the south and central and western Asia in the west.
		China was for a few years the protector of Kashmir, master of the Pamirs and even controlled Kabul in Afghanistan.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tang_Dynasty (780 words)

	Emperor Wuzong of Tang China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Tang Wuzong (武宗 814-846), born Li Yan, was a later emperor of the Tang dynasty of China.
		Meanwhile, the Uyghur Khanate was attacking China from the northwest.
		Tang Wuzong was one of the last Tang emperors and ruled China during a long period of decline; despite his reforms, he was unable to revive the empire through his religious persecutions.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wuzong (359 words)

	Imperial Era: II
		China was reunified in A.D. 589 by the short-lived Sui dynasty (A.D. 581-617), which has often been compared to the earlier Qin dynasty in tenure and the ruthlessness of its accomplishments.
		The Tang period was the golden age of literature and art.
		The effect was to inhibit the societal development of premodern China, resulting both in many generations of political, social, and spiritual stability and in a slowness of cultural and institutional change up to the nineteenth century.
	www-chaos.umd.edu /history/imperial2.html (909 words)

	China MFA: Tang on Chinese Policy Toward Iraq - 3-6-03
		China’s foreign policy is featured by continuity and stability on the one hand, and keeping pace with the times by giving expressions to the salient features of our era on the other.
		China's position on this issue is well known to all, that is, we hope for a political solution within the framework of the UN Security Council.
		Tang: Between the leaders and foreign ministers of China and other countries, there are frequent contacts and communications, but there is nothing like a private agreement between China and any country.
	www.iraqwatch.org /government/China/china-mfa-tang-030603.htm (2133 words)

	The Tang Dynasty
		Tang's dance, music and sculpture were influenced by her contacts with Central Asia.
		But incentives and coercion were not needed for long; by the early Tang leading members of society sought to live in Chang’an or the secondary capital at Luoyang, also rebuilt in the Sui period.
		The high point of Tang culture came in the first half of the eighth century during the reign of Xuanzong (r.712-56), a grandson of Empress Wu whose court became the focal point of high culture.
	www.heritageeast.com /history/tangtxt.htm (1317 words)

	China Institute Programs for Educators
		The Tang dynasty rose to power after China had been divided for almost four centuries, from the fall of the Han dynasty to the reunification of China by the Sui (see Chronology of the Traditional Chinese Dynasties).
		The Tang was an extremely cosmopolitan age, one in which China had numerous connections with the rest of the Eurasian world.
		China's native religion arose at the end of the Han dynasty in the late second century CE.
	www.chinainstitute.org /educators/curriculum/tang/introduction.html (1331 words)

	Asia Times Online - The best news coverage from South Asia
		During his visit, Tang said, "The Chinese government is supportive of a reasonable and necessary reform of the UN Security Council, believing that the reform should take into account the interest of all parties, the developing countries in particular, follow the principle of equitable distribution, and give priority to increased representation of the developing countries.
		China is the fourth of the five permanent members of the Security Council to support India's claim to a permanent seat in the Security Council.
		Tang himself reflected on some of the rationale that swayed Beijing, an indication of the realpolitik that is beginning to govern relations between the two countries that went to war four decades ago, from October to November 1962, and have long been at odds over both border and territory issues.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/South_Asia/FJ26Df01.html (1325 words)

	McClung Museum - Chinese Tang Pottery
		China of the Tang Dynasty (AD 618-907) achieved a brilliant and prosperous culture that was the envy and model of all its neighbors.
		Tang China was cosmopolitan and tolerant, welcoming new ideas and other religions, and, in this environment, literature, painting, and the ceramic arts flourished.
		Tang ceramics generally have an unglazed area above the bases of figures or the footrings of vessels, because the potters were not able to control the flow of the lead glazes during firings.
	mcclungmuseum.utk.edu /specex/tang/tang.htm (1117 words)

	The Exoticism in Tang (618-907) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tang dynasty China was like a magnet of culture to all the peoples around her, who came to her to learn all that a great civilization could offer.
		Most of the foreigners who came to China during Tang dynasty were Turks, Uighurs, Tocharians, Sogdians, and the Jews in the north comparing to the Chams, Khmers, Javanese, and Singhalese who crowded the south.
		Khotan surrended to Tang in 632 and the king sent his son to serve the Tang's imperial guard in 635.
	www.silk-road.com /artl/tang.shtml (2551 words)

	Introduction to the Tang Empire
		The Tang, along with the Song dynasty (960-1279 CE) that follows, is often referred to as China's "Golden Age" and it is interesting to contrast developments in China with developments in Europe at the same time.
		The influence of Buddhism declined in China after the Tang, and Buddhism, as Rhodes Murphey notes, "entered the stream of folk religion, especially for the non-literate, and its beliefs and practices further mixed with peasant traditions of magic, as was also the case with Daoism."
		During the Tang dynasty, poetic form reaches new heights and everyone who is literate in the society writes poetry; it is an essential element of social communication.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/eacp/japanworks/webcourse/key_points/kp_4.htm (671 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.
		Meantime, Tang defeated the Khitans in Manchuria, and controlled central and eastern Mongolia, thus stretching 9,510 li east to west and 10,918 li south to north in its territories.
		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.uglychinese.org /tang.htm (6657 words)

	Tang Dynasty
		Shortly after the collapse of Sui Dynasty the Tang Dynasty was born from a teenage boy who at the age of 18 Li Shin-min grasped the reins of power and took control of China.
		The uprisings spread and in 879 the wholesale massacre of foreign merchants in southern China was one of the final blows to the collapse of the Tang Dynasty.
		By the arrival of the Tang Dynasty Buddhism had become the mainstream religion of China and often Chinese Buddhism is equated to a tree with one trunk and many branches to express the wide diversities of different types of Buddhist sects and beliefs.
	www.thejadetrade.com /ian/p8b.html (961 words)

	Tang Dynasty - China History - China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Tang Dynasty (唐朝 618-907) followed Sui Dynasty and preceded the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period in China.
		The Tang dynasty, with its capital at Chang'an, the most populous city in the world at the time, is regarded by historians as a high point in Chinese civilization-- equal, or even superior, to the Han period.
		Buddhism, originating in India around the time of Confucius, flourished during the Tang period and was adopted by the imperial family, becoming thoroughly sinicized and a permanent part of Chinese traditional culture.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Tang_Dynasty (564 words)

	Chinese History: Tang Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Shaolin Monastery, one of the most famous Buddhist temples in China, amassed wealth and influence during the Tang and became a place of pilgrimage for both monks and laymen alike.
		Among the well-known "eight monks entering the Tang", six monks including Monk Konghai, the most famous one, once studied Buddhism in Qinglong Temple, which is now known as the ancestor temple of Tantra sect of Japan Buddhism.
		The enlightened religious policy exercised by the Tang was welcomed by the many communities within the country and in turn this did much to help consolidate the rule of new dynasty.
	www.warriortours.com /intro/history/tang/page4.htm (920 words)

	Expert on modern China Tang Tsou dies at 80
		Tang Tsou, (Ph.D.,‘51) a political scientist at the University and one of the nation’s leading experts on modern China, died Saturday at the University of Chicago Hospitals.
		From 1977 to 1980, for instance, he was principal investigator of the research project “Political Leadership and Social Change in China at the Local Level from 1850 to the Present.” The project was funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities and focused on changes in China’s rural areas beginning in the 1940s.
		“Tang Tsou’s personal history was a microcosm of the turbulence of Chinese politics, and in the tradition of China’s scholars, he was devoted heart and soul to China’s welfare.
	chronicle.uchicago.edu /990812/tsou.shtml (690 words)

	[Regents Prep Global History] Golden Ages: Dynastic China
		Tang emperors also established a law code, and renovated the canal system to encourage trade and communication inside of China.
		After the decline of the Tang Dynasty, China experienced a short period of general chaos, with no strong, central government.
		China was able to plant two rice crops a year, giving them an abundance of food.
	www.regentsprep.org /Regents/global/themes/goldenages/china.cfm (1133 words)

	THE TANG CORNELL-CHINA SCHOLARS PROGRAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The Tang Cornell-China Scholars will expand their capabilities in research, build lasting research relationships with Cornell colleagues, and develop their ability to lead research and technology developments and educational advancements in their home institutions and in China to the highest levels.
		To enhance the quality of education in the candidate’s special field of study upon return to China, it is expected that the scholar will participate actively in the teaching and learning environment and will teach at least one course each year during his/her tenure as a scholar at Cornell.
		The Tang Cornell-China Scholars will be provided a salary of $30,000 US per year during their stay in Cornell to pay all living costs for them and their families.
	www.bee.cornell.edu /sustain/csad/html/tang.htm (560 words)

	Ethics of China 7 BC To 1279 by Sanderson Beck
		As the Sui empire was disintegrating, Yang Di fled to southern China, where he was assassinated in his bath by a descendant of the Yuwen family and the son of his general Yuwen Shu in 618.
		Tang armies led by the Emperor's sons, Li Shimin in the south and eastern plain and crown prince Jiancheng in the northwest, offered amnesty and put down most of the resistance by 624.
		After the collapse of the Tang dynasty in 907, northern China was ruled by a sequence of five dynasties until 960-Later Liang 907-23, Later Tang 923-36, Later Jin 936-46, Later Han 946-50, and Later Zhou 951-60.
	www.san.beck.org /AB3-China.html (20851 words)

	Tang Dynasty, China Tang Dynasty, Tang History, Ancient Chinese History
		The first glorious period was from 627 to 649 when the Tang Dynasty was just set up and its national strength was recovering from the previous weak condition.
		Under Emperor Taizong Li Shimin's wise governing, the national strength and social development of the Tang Dynasty reached an unparalleled prosperity - economy and commerce flourished, the social order was stable, corruption never existed in the court and the national boundaries were even open to foreign countries.
		In 907, the last Tang emperor, Emperor Ai was forced to abdicate by Chancellor Zhu Quanzhong, who afterwards changed the state title into Liang, finally putting the ever powerful and mighty Tang Dynasty to an end.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/tang/index.htm (836 words)

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		The influence of China could be seen in beyond its’ borders, influencing the cultures of Korea and Japan.
		It was primarily during the Tang Dynasty that the Japanese were most influenced by the Chinese culture.
		Students may also mention that China was concerned about outside invasion and was resistant to outside ideas and as a result built the Great Wall as a way to protect themselves and enclose their culture from the influence of outsiders.
	tulsagrad.ou.edu /octa/DBQ.doc (2732 words)

	MEDIEVAL CHINA: The Tang Dynasty (618-906) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Discuss the narrative in Tang painting and its legacy in later Chinese art.
		Discuss Tang costume and/or textiles using archaeological remains, and extant paintings and sculpture for your information.
		Discuss Tang ceramics in terms of style, materials, use, and influences.
	bama.ua.edu /~cpagani/tang/essay.html (321 words)

	Tang Dynasty, 618-906 A.D. \| Special Topics Page \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		The political and governmental institutions established during this brief period lay the foundation for the growth and prosperity of the succeeding Tang dynasty.
		Marked by strong and benevolent rule, successful diplomatic relationships, economic expansion, and a cultural efflorescence of cosmopolitan style, Tang China emerged as one of the greatest empires in the medieval world.
		This new social elite gradually replaced the old aristocracy, and the recruitment of gentlemen from the south contributed to the cultural amalgamation that had already begun in the sixth century.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/hd/tang/hd_tang.htm (480 words)

	Asian Art and Architecture: Art & Design 382/582
		It has long been thought, both in China and in Western scholarship on China, that this was indeed a portrait of the Empress, who had herself declared an incarnation of the Buddha by contemporary Sangha.
		The end of Tang saw a descent into chaos later referred to as Five Dynasties, for the number of fragments ruling between the Tang and the rise of the unified Song.
		Most significant for the Buddhist world in China was the great persecution of 842-45, which resulted in a recorded destruction of 4,600 temples and some 40,000 shrines, plus the more devastating unfrocking and disbursement of hundreds of thousands of monastics (260,500).
	www.public.iastate.edu /~tart/arth382/lecture19.html (5472 words)

	China, 500-1000 A.D. \| Timeline of Art History \| The Metropolitan Museum of Art (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In addition to painting and calligraphy, Tang is noted for its Buddhist sculpture, metalwork, and ceramics, both brightly glazed tomb figures and white-bodied vessels.
		Merchants and visitors from West, South, Southeast, and East Asia arrive frequently, and Tang China functions as the epicenter of an international culture that is also reflected in the visual arts of Korea and Japan.
		China is controlled by successive short-lived kingdoms in the north and overlapping rulers in the south after the dissolution of the Tang empire.
	www.metmuseum.org /toah/ht/06/eac/ht06eac.htm (1162 words)

	Female Hero: Empress Wu Zetian (Women in World History Curriculum)
		Even though according to the Confucian beliefs having a woman rule would be as unnatural as having a "hen crow like a rooster at daybreak," during the most glorious years of the Tang dynasty a woman did rule, and ruled successfully.
		They also note that she managed to effectively rule China during one of its more peaceful and culturally diverse periods.
		In 690, Wu's youngest son removed himself from office, and Wu Zetian was declared emperor of China.
	www.womeninworldhistory.com /heroine6.html (744 words)

	Tang Dynasty China - History for Kids! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Eyewitness: Ancient China, by Arthur Cotterell, Alan Hills, and Geoff Brightling (2000).
		Daily Life in Traditional China: The Tang Dynasty, by Charles Benn (2001).
		The Court of the Lion: A Novel of the T'ang Dynasty, by Eleanor Cooney and Daniel Altieri (1990).
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/china/history/tang.htm (342 words)

	Medieval China: The Tang Dynasty (618-906)
		Hans Frankel, "The Contemplation of the Past in T'ang Poetry," in Perspectives on the T'ang, ed.
		Jane Gaston Mahler, The Westerners Among the Figurines of the T'ang Dynasty of China (Rome, 1959).
		Margaret Medley, "T'ang Gold and Silver," in Pottery and Metalwork in T'ang China, edited by William Watson.
	bama.ua.edu /~cpagani/tang/syllabus.html (1391 words)

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