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The Records of the Western Regions, also known by its Chinese name as the Datang Xiyuji or Da Tang Xiyu Ji and by various other translations and Romanized transcriptions, is a narrative of the Chinese Buddhist monk Xuanzang's nineteen-year journey from Tang China through the Western Regions to medieval India and back during the mid-7th century CE.
Emperor Xuanzong's Journey to Sichuan, a late Ming dynasty painting after Qiu Ying (1494–1552). Historians said that Emperor Xuanzong forced tens of thousands of beautiful women to live in his palace to please him, more than many other Tang emperors. [36] And he did not allow many to be set free even when they were old. [37]
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (27 July 810 – 7 September 859) was an emperor of China's Tang dynasty, reigning from 25 April 846 until his death.Personally named Li Yi, later renamed Li Chen (Chinese: 李忱), and known before his reign as the Prince of Guang, he was considered the last capable emperor of Tang China.
Tang 唐 618–690, 705–907 (690–705: Wu Zhou) The empire in 661, when it reached its greatest extent Civil administration Military administration Briefly-controlled areas Capital Chang'an (618–904) Luoyang (904–907) Common languages Middle Chinese Religion Chinese Buddhism Taoism Chinese folk religion Nestorian Christianity Chinese Manichaeism Zoroastrianism Islam Government Absolute ...
By the time Emperor Dezong of Tang ascended to the throne, the Shence Army had grown to 150,000 troops and was the main military power in both Chang'an and the surrounding Guanzhong Plain. After Zhu Ci's rebellion in 784, command of the Shence Army was handed over to the court eunuchs for whom it became the emperor's primary military tool.
Yan (Chinese: 燕; pinyin: Yān), also known as the Great Yan (Chinese: 大燕; pinyin: Dà Yān), was a dynastic state of China established in 756 by the former Tang general An Lushan, after he rebelled against Emperor Xuanzong of Tang in 755.
Xuanzong (Hsüan-tsung in Wade–Giles) may refer to the following Chinese emperors: Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (reigned 713–756) Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (9th century) (reigned 846–859) Emperor Xuanzong of Jin (reigned 1213–1224) Emperor Xuanzong of Ming, or Xuande Emperor (reigned 1425–35)
Scene from the Chang Hen Ge, depicting Emperor Xuanzong (center) and his concubines. Japanese painting by Kanō Sansetsu (1590–1651). Painter Li Yishi (李毅士, 1886–1942) illustrated the poem with a series of thirty paintings. [3] In classical music the poem has been set as a cantata by Huang Zi (1933) and as an orchestral song by Mo Fan ...