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The Tang dynasty (/ tɑːŋ /, [ 6 ] [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese : 唐朝 [ a ]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
- The Rise of The Tang Dynasty
- Gaozu & Taizong
- Wu Zetian
- Emperor Xuanzong
- Cultural Advancements
- The An Lushan Rebellion
- The Later Tang Dynasty
- Decline & Fall of Tang
After the fall of the Han Dynasty (202 BCE-220 CE), the country went through a period of changing rule in which the Wei, Jin, and Wu Hu dynasties governed in succession. The Wu Hu was replaced by the Sui Dynasty(589-618 CE), which began well and made many advances but, like so many dynasties in China's history, ended badly with a tyrant on the thro...
Gaozu was an effective monarch who reformed the policies which had led to abuses under the Sui Dynasty. It was Gaozu who implemented the bureaucratic practices which are still used in China today. Although he ruled well, his son, Li-Shimin, saw room for improvement. Li-Shimin had fought alongside his father to establish the Tang Dynasty and felt he...
In around 638 CE Taizong chose a beautiful young 14-year-old girl named Wu Zhao as one of his concubines. She was so lovely, she attracted the attention of his son. Wu began an affair with Taizong's son Prince Li Zhi while still one of Taizong's concubines. When Taizong died in 649 CE, Wu submitted to the established custom and had her head shaved ...
Emperor Zhongzong was poisoned by his wife, Lady Wei, so that her son could rule, but Wei and her son were murdered by Wu's daughter, Princess Taiping, who put her brother Ruizong, on the throne. Ruizong abdicated after seeing a comet, which he took as a sign he was not fit to rule (an interpretation suggested by Taiping) and his son Xuanzong (r. 7...
Xuanzong was a cultured man, a poet, who patronized the arts and encouraged creative expression. Over 50,000 poems, plays, short stories, and other literary works were produced during the Tang Dynasty, mainly under Xuanzong's reign, and an encyclopedia was completed. Woodblock printing, which began on a large scale under Taizong, was improved, and ...
Xuanzong's reign was so successful because he understood how a balanced rule promoted fairness and justice, which improved the lives of everyone. One of Wu Zetian's most important government reforms, which Xuanzong kept, was placing people in high positions based on merit instead of family connections. Teachers were hired because they knew their su...
In 780 CE, Daizong was succeeded by his son, Dezong (r. 780-805 CE), who could do nothing to control the growing power of regional warlords. He placed palace eunuchs in command of his army, hoping they would have more success, but all they wound up doing was undermining the authority of the emperor by asserting their own military power. Dezong was ...
As one can see, the Tang Dynasty continued to hold on to power after 763 CE but it never again met its own former standard of excellence except in individual emperors such as Xianzong and Xuanzong II. Even though Taizong, Wu Zetian, and the first Xuanzong had created policies which any ruler could maintain, their reigns were successful because of t...
- Emily Mark
China's achievements during the Tang Dynasty were exemplary, thus the Tang Dynasty is often considered by historians as the greatest dynasty in ancient China. Read more information on the Tang Dynasty on our dedicated page. This map shows the land of the Tang Dynasty (618 – 907).
___ Tang Dynasty (Chinese: 唐朝; pinyin: Táng cháo) Map is showing the geographical extension of the Tang Dynasty as well as surrounding ethnic groups, tribes and empires around the year 700 AD.
Tang dynasty, (618–907 ce), Chinese dynasty that succeeded the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–618), developed a successful form of government and administration on the Sui model, and stimulated a cultural and artistic flowering that amounted to a golden age.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Tang Dynasty, created during the rift left by the ruthless leadership of the Han Dynasty, ushered in what many consider to have been China’s golden age. At its peak, the vast Tang Dynasty stretched from the Tarim Basin to the Korean Peninsula, and from Mongolia south into what is currently Vietnam. The far reaching Tang Dynasty territory ...
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Oct 9, 2017 · A map indicating the extent of the Tang empire (618-907 CE) and its neighbouring states and tribes people.
