In May I had the opportunity to spend a month travelling around China. Many things caught my attention while I was there. In general, I came away with some strong and clear impressions, from what I ...

Xuanzang (602–664 AD), an illustrious monk in the Tang Dynasty, was one of the most important translators of Chinese Buddhism. His lifelong goal was to transmit the entirety of Indian knowledge to the ...

The temple received royal scriptures from Emperor Tang Taizong, and is today one of the 10 most important Buddhist sites in China. It has also been named one of the country’s most beautiful temples.

The rule of King Sejo came to be considered one of success and excellent governance thanks in part to Sin. King Sejo himself compared Sin to Tang Dynasty Chinese Emperor Taizong’s (唐太宗) adviser — ...

Among those displays, a Tang Dynasty (618-907) ... "Zhangsun Wuji made great contributions to the country under the reign of Emperor Taizong. However, after the emperor's time, ...

Wu Zetian was a Chinese queen who ruled the Tang Dynasty from 690 to 705 AD. She the only female emperor in 2,000 years of Chinese dynastic rule.

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) famously told his ministers that "Using a bronze mirror, a person can adjust his attire; using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall ...

Wu Zetian, better known as Empress Wu, was not only the first and only female emperor of China but also the richest woman to have ever lived.. Her reign during the Tang Dynasty (624–705 AD) saw ...

During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong favored his concubine Wu Meiniang. She fell in love with the crown prince Li Zhi, and the emperor asked her to become a nun before he died, with the ...

The Sui Dynasty's rule came to an end with the revolt against the emperor Yangdi (604-617) because of his unpopular and unsuccessful wars against Korea. General Li Yuan, who led the revolt, took the ...

Wu Zetian, China’s first empress, became a concubine to Emperor Taizong of Tang when she was still a teenager. She also had an affair with her husband’s son, who ascended the Dragon Throne in ...