CHN 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Diamond Sutra, Turpan, Wang Yuanlu
11 Jan 2016
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Emperor taizong may have killed brother and father to rise to the throne family name is li identified as han- chinese. 2nd emperor on tang, his father was the first. Expanded to central asia which helped the silk road. Had a pet eagle and hid it in his sleeve to avoid criticism from advisor. He really likes horses and carved them on stone , but 4 of them where regarded as an exemplar emperor stolen by americans. Gaozong became sick and she took over the administration. Became ruler from 655-705 (tang), used a lot of tactics and killed. Translated the great cloud sutra and built more buddhist temples. Economy prospered and tang expanded some military officials. Turkish general tang an lushan they both trusted him but he later rebelled. Rebellion cause a decline of the tang dynasty. Elite women can ride horses and go out. Begins form chang-an (capital of the han and tang dynasties)
