* Emperor Daizong of Tang, emperor of China

* Emperor Daizong of Tang

This son was at first named Li Chu, then renamed Li Yuin, in 758, after being created crown prince ; and, eventually renamed again as Emperor Daizong of Tang, on 18 May 762.

His son Liu Daizong ( 劉代宗 ) was not initially allowed to inherit his title, but ultimately was allowed to during the reign of Emperor Yuan.

It also contains an account of the brief capture of Chang ' an, the Chinese capital, in 763 CE during the reign of Emperor Daizong of Tang.

* Emperor Daizong of Tang ( 727-779 ; reigned 762-779 ), Chinese emperor of the Tang Dynasty

* Emperor Daizong of Tang

Much of Emperor Suzong's reign was spent in quelling the aforementioned rebellion, which was ultimately put down in 763 during the reign of his son Emperor Daizong.

He was succeeded by his son Emperor Daizong, who was eventually able to kill Li Fuguo, but the tradition of eunuchs in power had started.

Li Fuguo executed Empress Zhang, Li Xi, and Li Xian ( 李僩 ) the Prince of Yan and then declared Li Yu emperor ( as Emperor Daizong ).

** Li Yu ( 李豫 ), né Li Chu ( 李俶 ) ( b. 727 ), name changed to Li Yu 758, initially the Prince of Guangping ( created 740 ), later the Prince of Chu ( created 757 ), later the Prince of Cheng ( created 758 ), later the Crown Prince ( created 758 ), later Emperor Daizong of Tang

Emperor Daizong of Tang ( 唐代宗 ) ( 9 January 727 – 23 May 779 ), personal name Li Yu ( 李豫 ) ( name changed in 758 after being created crown prince ), né Li Chu ( 李俶 ), was an emperor of the Chinese Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Daizong was the eldest son of Emperor Suzong – the first Emperor of the Tang dynasty to succeed as the eldest child, and during the Anshi Rebellion ( which Emperor Suzong's entire reign was dedicated to fighting ), he served as a general of Tang and Huige joint operations that recaptured the capital Chang ' an and the eastern capital Luoyang from the rebel state of Yan, and the Anshi Rebellion was finally put down early in his own reign, in 763.

However, thereafter, the Tang state was plagued by warlordism, with such generals as Tian Chengsi, Li Baochen, and Liang Chongyi effectively ruling their realms as independent states, only nominally loyal to Emperor Daizong.

Emperor Daizong was credited for removing the corrupt eunuch Li Fuguo, who had placed him on the throne, from power, but the rest of Emperor Daizong's reign would also see dominance by such individuals as the eunuchs Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Chao ' en, as well as the chancellor Yuan Zai.

It is also worth noting that Emperor Daizong became the first Tang emperor to succeed to the throne as a result of maneuvers by eunuchs.

Emperor Daizong was himself also said to be overly devout in Buddhism.

Emperor Daizong agreed and made Li Chu the supreme commander instead.

On May 18, Li Yu ascended the throne ( as Emperor Daizong ).

** Emperor Ai of Tang ( 892 – 908 )

Tang Dynasty was founded by Emperor Gaozu on June 18, 618.

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang first bestowed the title of " Duke Wenxuan " on Kong Suizhi of the 35th generation.

Mail was introduced to China when its allies in Central Asia paid tribute to the Tang Emperor in 718 by giving him a coat of " link armour " assumed to be mail.

Tibetans also had a tradition of cavalry warfare, in several military engagements early on with the Chinese Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 AD ), including Emperor Taizong's campaign against Tufan in 638.

A bas-relief of a soldier and horse with saddle and stirrup s, from the tomb of Chinese Emperor Taizong of Tang ( r. 626-649 ), c. 650

Statue of Yang Guifei ( 719-756 ), the favoured concubine of Emperor Tang Xuanzong of China.

As early as the 7th century the word 天皇 ( which can be read either as sumera no mikoto, divine order, or as tennō, Heavenly Emperor, the latter being derived from a Tang Chinese term referring to the Pole star around which all other stars revolve ) began to be used.

Image: Sun Quan Tang. jpg | Emperor Sun Quan in the Thirteen Emperors Scroll and Northern Qi Scholars Collating Classic Texts, by Yan Liben ( c. 600-673 AD ), Chinese

* 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang, the Emperor of China, sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of enslaved Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang from the northern frontier ; this embassy succeeded in freeing 80, 000 Chinese men and women who were then returned to China.

* 618 – Li Yuan becomes Emperor Gaozu of Tang, initiating three centuries of Tang Dynasty rule over China.

* 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, Emperor of China, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident.

* 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang ' an.

* 862 – Emperor Xizong of Tang ( d. 888 )

* In China, Guanshiyin was changed to Guanyin due to the unacceptability of the original under the naming taboo of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, whose personal name was Li Shimin ( contains the Chinese character shi 世 ).

The first reference to card games in world history dates from the 9th century, when the Collection of Miscellanea at Duyang, written by Tang Dynasty writer Su E, described Princess Tongchang, daughter of Emperor Yizong of Tang, playing the " leaf game " in 868 with members of the Wei clan, the family of the princess ' husband.

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During the Tang dynasty, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang promoted large-scale tug of war games, using ropes of up to 167 meters with shorter ropes attached and more than 500 people on each end of the rope.

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* Maria ( renamed Eirene ), who married Emperor Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria

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