Seizing the opportunity presented by the falling apart of the Sui Dynasty during the peasant uprising, the Tai Shou (chief, prefect) of Taiyuan (in today's Shanxi Province) Li Yuan (566 A.D.-635 A.D.) dispatched his troops and captured the capital of the Sui Dynasty—Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shanxi Province) in 617 A.D.
When the Sui Dynasty had been destroyed in 618 A.D, Li Yuan declared himself emperor and changed the name of the dynasty to Tang and made Chang'an (today's Xi'an) its capital.
In the first phase of the Tang Dynasty, its national power was very strong. Its territory was same as that of the Sui Dynasty.
Thereafter there were many changes.By the time of the Rebellion of An and Shi (755 A.D.-763 A.D.), more than half of the dominion had already been lost.
Towards the end of Tang Dynasty, most of the land /ground of the country was highly occupied by few people's hands, its polity was corrupt, taxes were high and corvee was common, also, military governors (usually in control of outlying prefectures) set up their own separatist regimes by force of arms so that there was constant warfare.
All of these led new, large scale peasant uprisings in 874 A.D. and the Tang Dynasty became extinct in 907 A.D. There were 20 emperors in the Tang Dynasty and it lasted for 290 years.
The Tang Dynasty was one of the strongest dynasties in Chinese history, its science, technology, culture and arts were further matured and wondrously bloomed in Chinese history.
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Sequence:
Time Content Love, Kinship and Friendship
关雎 — Singing Ospreys
七步诗 — The Quatrain of Seven Steps
寄扬州韩绰判官 — Send to the Official Han Chuo in Yang Zhou
夜雨寄北 —Send a Poem Letter to Someone in the North on a Rainy Night
Landscape
敕勒歌 — Chi Le Song
一望二三里 — Have A Look Over, Two, Three Miles
柏林寺南望 — Look Over the South From the Bailin Temple
江雪 — Fishing on a Snowy River
Philosophy
赋新月 — Ode to the New Moon
Travel and Farewell
赠汪伦 — Present the Poem to Wang Lun
静夜思 — Missing my Hometown in the Peaceful Night
绝句(江碧鸟逾白) — On the Blue River, Birds Seem More White
Song of the Spring
晚春 — Late Spring
Encouragement
庭竹 — The Bamboo in the Courtyard
梅花 — Plum Blossoms
Appendix
My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Appendix ( Nov 16, 2017 in China) of My Endless Gratitude -Feb,2017 in the USA
The Tang Dynasty (618-907)
The Tang Dynasty (618-907)
An imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty (581 A.D.- 618 A.D.) and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period (907 A.D.-960 A.D.).Seizing the opportunity presented by the falling apart of the Sui Dynasty during the peasant uprising, the Tai Shou (chief, prefect) of Taiyuan (in today's Shanxi Province) Li Yuan (566 A.D.-635 A.D.) dispatched his troops and captured the capital of the Sui Dynasty—Chang'an (today's Xi'an, Shanxi Province) in 617 A.D.
When the Sui Dynasty had been destroyed in 618 A.D, Li Yuan declared himself emperor and changed the name of the dynasty to Tang and made Chang'an (today's Xi'an) its capital.
In the first phase of the Tang Dynasty, its national power was very strong. Its territory was same as that of the Sui Dynasty.
Thereafter there were many changes.By the time of the Rebellion of An and Shi (755 A.D.-763 A.D.), more than half of the dominion had already been lost.
Towards the end of Tang Dynasty, most of the land /ground of the country was highly occupied by few people's hands, its polity was corrupt, taxes were high and corvee was common, also, military governors (usually in control of outlying prefectures) set up their own separatist regimes by force of arms so that there was constant warfare.
All of these led new, large scale peasant uprisings in 874 A.D. and the Tang Dynasty became extinct in 907 A.D. There were 20 emperors in the Tang Dynasty and it lasted for 290 years.
The Tang Dynasty was one of the strongest dynasties in Chinese history, its science, technology, culture and arts were further matured and wondrously bloomed in Chinese history.