PersonAD 566 – AD 635
Emperor Gaozu of Tang
Also called: Li Yuan
Founder of the Tang (r. 618–626), who rose at Taiyuan amid the collapse of Sui, took Chang’an and proclaimed the dynasty; he gave up the throne to his son Li Shimin (Taizong) in 626
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Amid the collapse of Sui, Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) rose at Taiyuan, took Chang’an and founded the Tang in 618. In 626 his son Li Shimin (Taizong) took over after the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
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- Emperor Taizong of TangAD 598 – AD 649
Second Tang emperor whose 645 invasion of Goguryeo stalled at Ansi Fortress
Themes this person appears in
- Sui, Tang and the East Asian WorldAD 317 – AD 979
From the divided Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Gupta age through the Sui and Tang empires to the founding of the Song — the age when an East Asian world sharing law codes, Buddhism, Confucianism and Chinese characters took shape, and Korea and Japan built their states on its model