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An-shi Rebellion

An-shi Rebellion



Emperor Xuanzong, in his later years, began to lavishly shower favor on his concubine Yang Yuhuan, and conceded a considerable share of his power to Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong, two wicked officials. He himself indulged in sensuous pleasures while subsequently paying listless attention to the running of the state. Thus the Tang ruling class became more and more corrupt, bringing about the disastrous An-Shi Rebellion.

An-shi Rebellion

The An-Shi Rebellion refers to the treacherous war unleashed by An Lushan and Shi Siming. While Emperor Xuanzong was on the throne, ten garrisons were set up in important border regions to strengthen defense. The highest official of the garrison was called Jiedushi, entitled to both military command and decision-making in administration and finance, thus playing a crucial role. According to the usual practice of the time, a jiedushi who had accomplished outstanding feats could be transferred to the court to assume the post of Prime Minister.



Li Linfu, while in power, not only tried to force civil officials out of the court, but also took a suspicious attitude towards the Jiedushi in the frontier areas, even framing them. At that time, some of the generals stationed in the border areas were Hu (a term used by the Han to refer to the non-Han nationalities in the northern and northwestern border regions). Li believed that the Hu were insufficiently educated, and should not be elevated to court office. But, in Emperor Xuanzong's presence, he suggested that more Hu should be appointed Jiedushi, and thus Xuanzong followed his counsel and did so.



An Lushan was part Hu. When young, he went into the service of Zhang Gui, Jiedushi of Youzhou (garrisoning the area around present-day Beijing). An was expert at currying favor with his superiors. Even Li Linfu, a man who paid lip-service only but always harbored ulterior motives, offered to put in a good word for An in front of Xuanzong.



The emperor was taken in, believing An capable, and elevated him to the position of jiedushi of Pinglu. Later, the emperor made him concurrently responsible for the garrisons of Fanyang and Hedong, as the Jiedushi of both areas, taking command of180,000 troops, accounting for over one third of all the Tang border forces. But An Lushan, still not satisfied with his power and influence, left no stone unturned to win the emperor's affection and trust, who in turn granted An a dukedom, allowed his concubine Yang Yuhuan to adopt him as a godson, and gave him free access to the inner palace.



An Lushan, after wooing the emperor and Li Linfu to place trust in him, began to secretly expand the army. He elevated Shi Siming, Cai Xide and other valiant officers to key positions, appointing two Han officials Gao Shang and Yan Zhuang as his top advisors, selected 8,000 warriors from soldiers of various ethnic groups in the border regions who had surrendered to him, and formed a crack force. They were storing up grain and fodder and preparing weaponry, anxiously awaiting the death of Emperor Xuanzong in order to stage a rebellion. On the lst day of the 11th month, in 755, An Lushan rose up in Fanyang under the pretext of opposing Yang Guozhong, rallying over 150,000 troops, while professing to have over 200,000. An, together with his rebels, drove south, intending to fight their way into the Central Plains and then Chang'an, to overthrow the Tang Dynasty and to ascend the throne himself During the Tianbao period (742-756), corruption in the court had sharply detracted from the combat effectiveries of its troops. Furthermore, the area was part of An's sphere of influence.



Therefore, after the rebel forces had fought their way over, civil officials and military officers in the 24 counties north of the Yellow River fell into a great panic; some opened the city gate to usher in the rebels, many deserted the city, while others were captured and killed. The rebel forces met hardly any resistance and quickly swept over large stretches of land, bringing disastrous calamity upon the people, and wreaking havoc in the society. An's troops quickly captured Luoyang, an important city in the east, and swarmed towards the east gate to the capital Chang'an, Tongguan Pass. In Luoyang, An Lushan proclaimed himself "Emperor of Great Yan," appointing ministers, dispatching officials, and establishing an oppositional regime.
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Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Ending

Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Ending



In the year 712, Emperor Ruizong, despite the objections of his daughter Princess Taiping, abdicated, and passed the throne to Li Longji. History refers to Li Longji as the Tang Dynasty's Emperor Xuanzong (712-756). On the 3rd day of the 7th month, Emperor Xuanzong led his palace guards to kill Princess Taiping's followers m a surprise attack. The princess fled in a panic into the South Hills. Later, she was ordered to kill herself Emperor Ruizong, as father of the new monarch, now retired to the Hall of Happiness, and no longer had a hand in politics. It was only then that supreme power was transferred into the hands ofEmperor Xuanzong. That year, he named his reign, "Kaiyuan."

Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Ending

It had only been through cut-throat struggle that Emperor Xuanzong had succeeded. But he still faced a tough situation after assuming power. Endless power struggles and upheavals had reduced the power of the central authority; earlier rampant corruption in appointing people had led to the swelling of officialdom. Yao Chong, promoted by the emperor himself, became the most prestigious Prime Minister of the time. Many of the measures, advanced by Yao, were adopted by the emperor, to lay the foundation for the Kaiyuan administration. Later, Song Jingji succeeded Yao as Prime Minister. He was also bent on elevating talent and made sure that officials were fit for their positions. Emperor Xuanzong was not only keen on selecting the top people, but on reforming management of officials at various levels and their rectification.



Tang Emperor Xuanzong, during the Kaiyuan reign (713-742), gave priority to economic development, for which a series of steps were taken, bringing about wide-ranging prosperity. During this period, owing to great efforts, both administrative and military, by the sovereign and his subjects, a comparatively clean and honest government took shape,ushering in the golden days of the Kaiyuan.

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#Posted on Wednesday, 27 March 2013 at 4:00 AM

Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Sequel І

Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Sequel І



Li Longji was born in 685 - an eventful period in the Tang-dynasty court. One year before his birth, his grandmother Wu Zetian, in collusion with Prime Minister Pei Yan, demoted his uncle Zhongzong to a lower title - the Prince of Luling; and his father, the Prince of Yu, was enthroned as Tang Emperor Ruizong. Ruizong, however, though a ruler at the prime of his life, remained secluded in another palace, and barred from the access to state affairs. Li Longji was made the Prince of Chuat the age of 3.
Li Longji and the Kaiyuan Glory Days-Sequel І


When he was 6, Wu Zetian formally changed the name of the dynasty from "Tang" to "Zhou." Emperor Ruizong was reduced to the rank of "Crown Prince" and sent back to the palace designated to him. In the 12th month (Chinese lunar calendar) of the year 693, Li Longji was made Prince of Linzi. That same year, his mother was framed by housemaid Tuan'er, and, on the 2nd of the lst lunar month the following year, secretly executed in the palace, and buried to this day no one knows where. In the 8th month of the same year, his father was also falsely charged with "conspiracy."



After the death of Wu Zetian, Emperor Zhongzong, mane and cowardly, left power to his wife Empress Wei and his daughter Princess Anle. Subjects who had made outstanding achievements for the country, like Zhang Jianzhi, were either demoted or exiled; the Crown Prince Li Chongjun was murdered; Wu Sansi and his ilk, who had been out of royal favor, staged a comeback; Empress Wei reinstated her own brother in power and urged her daughter Princess Anle to unscrupulously take bribes through awarding official ranks; she also ordered Taoist temples built at random and enslaved the people. State power fell completely into the clutches of the Wei-Wu clique.



In the 6th month of 710, after Empress Wei and her gang poisoned Emperor Zhongzong to death, Li Longji resolutely launched a palace coup and seized the whole Wei-Wu clique. Thus, Emperor Ruizong was restored to power. Li Longji, for his merits in stabilizing the state of affairs, was awarded the title, "Prince of Peace."

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#Posted on Monday, 25 March 2013 at 10:02 PM

Empress Wu Zetian



Empress Wu Zetian



Wu Zetian was the only female monarch in Chinese history. She received a good education when she was a young girl, and grew up to possess remarkable wisdom and courage.

Empress Wu Zetian

Wu Zetian became a maiden working in Emperor Taizong's study when she was 14. However, she then had a secret affair with the Crown Prince, the emperor's son, who often came to see his father, and had fallen in love with her.



After Emperor Taizong died, all the women in his palace who had not borne him a child had to become nuns. Wu Zetian was one of them. But the Crown Prince, now Emperor Gaozong (r. 650-683), having not forgotten her, brought her back into his palace. In 655 Emperor Gaozong dismissed the empress and married Wu Zetian. As empress, Wu Zetian began to help her husband with the administration, growing ever closer to the very center of the empire's decision-making process.



Emperor Gaozong died in 683, passing the throne to his son, Emperor Zhongzong, but mandating in his will that Empress Wu Zetian should be in charge of all major political and military affairs. Within two months, Wu Zetian deposed Emperor Zhong-zong for his alleged intent to pass the throne to his father-in-law, and crowned her younger son (Emperor Ruizong). Now she became the one pulling the strings, and all her opponents were eliminated.



The last step towards the summit of her pyramid of power was taken in 690. Wu Zetian ordered that her dynasty be called "Zhou," and her reign, "Tianshou" (Assigned by Heaven). She styled herself as the "Holy Empress," a title she ruled China with for 15 years.



The benefits she rendered the empire as a sovereign included some policies supporting farmers, especially tax reductions, tolerance towards criticism so that people offered their counsel without fear of punishment, strict laws against corruption, and an effective recruitment system that ensured those with talent were appointed into the government.



In 705 the prime minister and other senior officials coerced the empress on her deathbed to abdicate the throne in favor of Emperor Zhongzong, changing the name of the empire back to Tang. Wu Zetian died the same year. In her will, Wu Zetian gave up her title as monarch, wishing to be buried with her husband simply as his empress. She pardoned and spared from punishment the families of her husband's ex-wife and concubines, as well as those ofthe court officials she had made enemies with. Emperor Zhongzong resumed the throne. He approved her will and arranged her funeral according to her wishes.



It was a transfer of power in which no bloodshed was involved, with the sovereign plotted against quite willingly giving up her power and title, almost without parallel throughout Chinese history. As the only woman in China to ever scale up to the heights of power but also frankly own up to what she in reality was, while defying a highly male-centered culture, Wu Zetian was given a relatively deserved place in history, both for the duration of the Tang Dynasty as well as long afterwards.




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#Posted on Monday, 25 March 2013 at 9:59 PM

Xuan Zang the Pilgrim

Xuan Zang the Pilgrim



A Buddhist monk in the early Tang Dynasty, Xuan Zang is primarily known for the pilgrimage he made to India, to bring back those Buddhist scriptures that China lacked for the proper study of Buddhism.

Xuan Zang the Pilgrim

Xuan Zang started his journey in the fall of 627, together with two monks and a caravan of merchants. After they made it to Yumen Pass, Gansu, the two companions left him for fear of more perils ahead of them. Xuan Zang was caught trying to cross the border without proper papers. But the governor was so impressed by Xuan Zang's devotion when he discovered what his pilgrimage was all about, that he helped him to pass through.



What was awaiting Xuan Zang was the vast expanse of the Gobi desert beyond Yumen Pass. It was a land forbidden to life, with scorching hot waves by day and the freezing winds blowing at night. Animals were barely to be seen, and still less, any signs of human habitation. Nothing but occasional trails of animal and human bones told of failed attempts to make the crossing, and waming of dangers still to come.



Not wavering, Xuan Zang walked for over half a month and traversed the desert, entering Gaochang (northwest of Turfan, Xinjiang). Leaving Gaochang, Xuan Zang walked for another year and finally arrived in India.



While in India, Xuan Zang spent years studying Buddhism in Nalanda Sangharama of Bihar, before he traveled elsewhere to talk with Buddhist masters. By the time he left India, he was already a celebrated Buddhist scholar.



In early 646, 18 years after he had started his journey, Xuan Zang returned to Chang'an with over 650 volumes of Buddhist scriptures he had selected. Monks and laymen alike all took to the streets to welcome his arrival. When Emperor Taizong learnt of his story in Luoyang, he sent his Prime Minister to bring him, so he could tell of what he had been through.



The emperor was interested in the mission that Xuan Zang had devoted himself to. He made arrangements for Xuan Zang to start to translate the scriptures he had brought back in a temple near Chang'an. Xuan Zang and his colleagues worked for 19 years and translated the Buddhist scriptures, 13 million characters long, into Chinese.



In 664 Xuan Zang died in the temple where he had worked. Besides the Buddhist scriptures that have survived in Chinese due to his commitment and devoted work, Xuan Zang coauthored Nations to the West of the Tang Dynasty. In this traveler's journal Xuan Zang told of the over one hundred states he had visited in the so-called Western Territory, and about the peoples and their lives. The book has been translated into many languages.

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Princiess Wencheng

Princiess Wencheng



Tibet emerged from obscure origins o become an independent kingdom at round the same time that the Tang Dynasty was growing and prospering. The nation is believed to have originated from a and south of Gang is Mountain and the Yarlung Zangbo River. In 620 a chieftain established his rule over all he Tibetan tribes. But when he died in 629 from oisoning, two tribes seceded from the union.

Princiess Wencheng

The chieftain's son Songtsan Gampo was 13 when his father died. In 632 Songtsan Gampo defeated the secessionist aristocrats and reinforced the united kingdom of his father. Songtsan Gampo moved his central government to Lhasa. As part of an open policy, he sent students to India. These students came back to develop the Tibetan language, based on Sanskrit and Khotanese.



The Tibetan king admired the culture of the Tang Dynasty. In 634 Tibetan envoys paid their first visit to Chang'an, to which Emperor Taizong of Tang responded by dispatching his envoys to Lhasa.



Songtsan Gampo sent his second delegation, this time to ask for the favor of marriage. Emperor Taizong agreed to marry him to a princess.



In 640 Songtsan Gampo sent his chancellor to Chang'an with 5,000 taels of gold and lots of jewelry.



A young woman was chosen from the Tang royal family. She was styled as Princess Wencheng. The emperor had large quantities of marriage gifts packed for Princess Wencheng, including books on Chinese medicine, agricultural technology and craftsmanship, as well as tools and seeds. Maids, musicians and artisans accompanied the princess on her trip to Tibet.



Songtsan Gampo threw a great reception for his bride at the source of the Baihai River. He then built an elaborate palace in Lhasa for Princess Wencheng.



All the technical and cultural articles that Princess Wencheng had brought with her, along with the artisans skilled in various trades that Songtsan Gampo later requested and received from Emperor Gaozong, served as catalysts for the economic and cultural growth of Tibet.



Princess Wencheng died in Lhasa in 680. Over the 40 years she had lived in Tibet she greatly contributed to the development of this kingdom. She has been heralded as a symbol of peaceful exchanges between the Han and Tibetan peoples.

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#Posted on Sunday, 24 March 2013 at 9:49 PM

Wei Zheng, a Free-spoken and Brave Official, Remonstrating with the Emperor

Wei Zheng, a Free-spoken and Brave Official, Remonstrating with the Emperor



Becoming a statesman during the early Tang Dynasty, Wei Zheng was born into a poor family in AD 580 in Qucheng, Weizhou (today's Daming County, Hebei Province). As a boy, he studied hard, and had a lofty aspiration. When he became an advisor to Li Jiancheng, he repeatedly reminded him that he had to eliminate Li Shimin.

Wei Zheng, a Free-spoken and Brave Official, Remonstrating with the Emperor

After the coup at Xuanwu Gate, Li Shimin sent for Wei Zheng and asked him with a set face, "Why did you stir trouble between us brothers? "



"What a pity the Crown Prince had not listened to me. He need not have died," responded Wei Zheng, without losing his composure.



Despite his colleagues' anxieties, Emperor Taizong pardoned Wei Zheng for his honesty and talent and made him his advisor whose duty was to remonstrate with the emperor.



Wei Zheng possessed character and integrity. There are many stories about him being candid with the Emperor, while other officials had misgivings over telling him the truth.



Emperor Taizong once complained about his food. Wei Zheng told him: "Emperor Yang Di of Sui did not like his food either, and he complained a lot, until it became a reason his people did not like him. There is danger in caring too much about what you eat and Your Majesty is well advised to heed the waming. Content yourself with what you have, then you will find the food to be all very good; whereas, if you should be so disposed as to never feel satisfied by anything, then you will not enjoy any delicacy served onto your table."



"I would not possibly listen to such an admonition except from you," said the Emperor gratefully.



The Tang Dynasty reached a golden age during the reign of Emperor Taizong. While everybody else was busy lauding and glorifying the emperor, Wei Zheng submitted a memorial reminding him of the ten virtues he must be mindful of and practice amidst general plenty, which might otherwise foster pride and indolence. Emperor Taizong made a copy of this memorial and put it on a screen so that he could read it every time he looked up. "You let me know where I might fall short," he told Wei Zheng, "I shall work on all the flaws, otherwise I would be embarrassed to see you again."



Wei Zheng died in 643. Mourning over his loss, Emperor Taizong wrote the tombstone script for him. He recalled Wei Zheng as a friend who would always criticize him for any wrongdoing: "Polished bronze can be a mirror, it tells you if you have not dressed well; history can be a mirror, it tells you what is behind the rise and fall of dynasties; a man can be a mirror, a mirror of your soul, he tells you where you have gone wrong. Now that Wei Zheng is dead, I have lost my mirror."

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Coup at Xuanwu Gate

Coup at Xuanwu Gate



In 618 Li Yuan proclaimed himself Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty (618-907). In 626, his second son Li Shimin killed Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and his younger brother Li Yuanji in a coup at Xuanwu, the north gate of the imperial palace. The coup ended in a forced transfer of sovereignty from Li Yuan to his son Li Shimin.
Coup at Xuanwu Gate


Li Yuan had four sons. Three of them survived into the Tang Dynasty. After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he named his oldest son Li Jiancheng as his heir, although his second son Li Shimin had proven to be wiser and more capable as a leader.



Since Li Shimin possessed wisdom and bravery, people gathered around him. This made Li Jiancheng jealous and insecure. Together with his youngest brother Li Yuanji, he spread damaging rumors about Li Shimin to their father, trying to malign him. Li Yuan believed what his sons said and Li Shimin fell out of his favor.



In 626, emergency border situations gave Li Ji'ancheng and Li Yuanji the excuse to propose that forces under Li Shimin's command be moved out of the capital city. On hearing this, Li Shimin decided to take pre-emptive action. He set up an elite squad for an ambush inside Xuanwu Gate. While passing through the gate on their way to the royal palace, Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji suspected that something was anuss. Then Li Shiman suddenly appeared on a horse. Li Jiancheng tried to kill his brother with an arrow. But he was too frightened to pull open his bow. It was too late to escape either. Li Shimin shot Li Jiancheng with an arrow, while his warrior Yuchi Gong killed Li Yuanji. Li Shimin sent Yuchi Gong, spear in hand, into the palace, informing his father that Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had been plotting treason and had been killed. Emperor Gaozu was shocked when he learnt about the killing between his sons. His Prime Minister Xiao Deng told him he had to face the truth: "Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanji had not really deserved what you bestowed on them. They were the ones who had kindled and nurtured hatred between your sons. Everything shall be fine if you pass sovereignty on to Prince Li Shimin."



The old emperor knew there was little else for him to do. He confirmed the offenses Li Shimin had charged his brothers with, and appointed Li Shimin, now his only surviving son, in command of all royal forces. Two months later, Li Yuan abdicated. Li Shimin was crowned as Emperor Taizong (r. 627-650). The period of his reign was known as Zhenguan.



* Scramble for the Throne



When the first emperor of the Tang Dynasty Li Yuan took the throne he conferred the Crown Prince on his first son Li Jiancheng. However, Li Jiancheng hadn't led army in any battles for the dynasty's establishment, whereas Li Shimin, the second son of Li Yuan, had fought battles himself and made many battle achievements. Therefore the conflict between them was inevitable. In the ninth year of the Yuande period (626) the battle between the brothers finally happened, that is the Coup at Xuanwu Gate.
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The Longest Canal in the Ancient World-Ending

The Longest Canal in the Ancient World-Ending



In 612, despite his officials' counsel, Emperor Yang Di assembled an army of about 2 million strong, Placing himself in command, and launched a great campaign against the Gaoli (northern Korean Peninsula). At Pyongyang, Emperor Yang Di laid siege to the city but could not capture it. His expedition was too far extended into the foreign land and his supply line failed, notwithstanding the 2 million workforce taking care of it. Seeing no hope to break into the city, the emperor ordered his men to retreat. The Gaoli army gave chase and crushed the Chinese forces, killing their commander-in-chief Of the 300,000 frontier soldiers in the emperor's expedition, only 2,700 came back alive.

The Longest Canal in the Ancient World-Ending

In 613 the emperor's second personally led campaign against Gaoli again ended fruitlessly. In 614 he prepared for a third one. After prolonged bitter warfare with success for either side nowhere in sight, the emperor agreed to make peace when the King of Gaoli offered to surrender. With a large percentage of the labor force recruited for the three consecutive campaigns, farmlands had been left untended, and the country's overall economy had weakened.



From 611 to 616, hungry peasants revolted, followed by landlords and military leaders who saw that the Sui Dynasty was doomed. In 617 the Governor of Taiyuan, LiYuan, took Chang'an while Emperor Yang Di was away on a tour in the south. His royal guards were tired of their emperor's roving ways, and desired to return to Chang'an where their families were. The emperor felt desperate, knowing that his fate was sealed. He could not sleep unless his chambermaids patted him and comforted him like nursemaids do for small children. And when he did fall asleep, he slept with disturbed dreams and nightmares, which frequently woke him up.



In 618, taking advantage of the soldiers' discontent and homesickness, a general named Yuwen Huaji mutinied, and captured Emperor Yang Di. He had the emperor strangled to death. The emperor died believing himself to be innocent. He was given the posthumous title "Yang," which meant "indulgence in sensual pleasures and neglect of duty," a rather deserving comment on him as an emperor. Things for him seemed to have come around full circle, because that was the exact posthumous title he had given the last king of the Chen Dynasty, whom his father had conquered.
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