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Chinese culture flourished and further matured during the Tang era. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.
Knowledge Base on China Tang Dynasty
Chinese culture flourished and further matured during the Tang era. Historians generally regard the Tang as a high point in Chinese civilisation, and a golden age of cosmopolitan culture.
Taoism or Daoism is a philosophical and religious tradition indigenous to China, emphasizing harmony with the Tao 道. With a range of meaning in Chinese philosophy, translations of …
Laozi (Chinese: 老子; pinyin: Lǎozǐ) was a legendary Chinese philosopher considered to be the author of the Tao Te Ching (Pinyin: Dào Dé Jīng), one of the foundational texts of T…
Li Jing (571 – July 2, 649, courtesy name Yaoshi, posthumous name Duke Jingwu of Wei (also romanized as Duke Jingwu of Wey), was a Chinese military general, strategist, and writer …
The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-meter (233 ft) tall stone statue, built between 713 and 803 (during the Tang dynasty). It is carved out of a cliff face of Cretaceous red bed sandsto…
The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD. Its latter name comes from it…
Gao Xianzhi or Ko Sŏnji (died January 24, 756) was a Tang dynasty general of Goguryeo descent. He was known as a great commander during his lifetime. He is best known for taking pa…
The Yellow Sea (simplified Chinese: 黄海; pinyin: Huáng Hǎi), also known as the North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Kor…
The Huai River, formerly romanized as the Hwai, is a major river in East China, about 1,110 km (690 mi) long with a drainage area of 174,000 km2 (67,000 sq mi). It is located about …
Jia Dan (simplified Chinese: 贾耽; pinyin: Jiǎ Dān, 730 – 805), courtesy name Dunshi (敦詩) and formally Duke Yuanjing of Wei (魏元靖公), was a Chinese cartographer, military gen…
Sulaymān al-Tājir (Arabic: سليمان التاجر, lit. 'Solomon the Merchant') was a 9th-century Muslim merchant, traveler and writer initially from Siraf in modern-day Iran.…
Emperor Taizu of Later Liang (後梁太祖), personal name Zhu Quanzhong (朱全忠) (December 5, 852 – July 18, 912), né Zhu Wen (朱溫), name later changed to Zhu Huang (朱晃), nickname …
The Western Turkic Khaganate (Chinese: 西突厥; pinyin: Xī Tūjué) or Onoq Khaganate, was a Turkic khaganate in Eurasia, which formed as a result of the wars during the beginning of…
The Han dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China (202 BC – 9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin …
The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (Chinese: 五代十國) was an era of political upheaval and division in Imperial China from 907 to 979 AD. Five dynastic states quickly succe…
The Sui dynasty was a Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China proper under the Sui brought the Northern and Southern dynasties era to a clos…
Huang Chao (835 – July 13, 884) was a wealthy Chinese salt trader and soldier who is primarily known for instigating the Huang Chao Rebellion. In 878, he proclaimed himself emperor…
Yuejueshu 越絕書 "End of the kingdom of Yue" is a history of the regional state of Yue 越 during the Eastern Zhou period 東周 (770-221 BCE). The 19-juan long book was comp…
Jianzhen (688–763), also known by his Japanese name Ganjin, was a Tang Chinese monk who helped to propagate Buddhism in Japan. In the eleven years from 743 to 754, Jianzhen attempt…
Xuanzang (Chinese: 玄奘; 6 April 602 – 5 February 664), born Chen Hui or Chen Yi (陳褘 / 陳禕), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhis…
Hou Junji (died April 29, 643) was a Chinese general and official who served as a chancellor during the reign of Emperor Taizong in the Tang dynasty. He is best known for leading th…
Sancai (Chinese: 三彩; pinyin: sāncǎi) is a versatile type of decoration on Chinese pottery and other painted pieces using glazes or slip, predominantly in the three colours of br…
The Yangtze River, Yangzi River or Chang Jiang (simplified Chinese: 长江; pinyin: Cháng Jiāng) is the longest river in China and the third-longest river in the world. It rises at J…
The jiedushi or jiedu was a regional military governor in imperial China. The title was established in the Tang dynasty and abolished in the Yuan dynasty. The post of jiedushi has b…
Guo Ziyi (Simplified Chinese: 郭子仪, Hanyu Pinyin: Guō Zǐyí) (697 – July 9, 781), posthumously Prince Zhōngwǔ of Fényáng (汾陽忠武王), was a Chinese military general and polit…
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