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The New Book of Tang, generally translated as the "New History of the Tang" or "New Tang History", is a work of official history covering the Tang dynasty in ten volumes and 225 chapters. The work was compiled by a team of scholars of the Song dynasty , led by Ouyang Xiu and Song Qi .
Zeng Xueming (Chinese: 曾雪明; [1] October 1905 – 14 November 1991), known in Vietnamese as Tăng Tuyết Minh, was a Chinese midwife. She was a Catholic from Guangzhou and it was claimed that she married Nguyễn Ái Quốc (a pseudonym used by Vietnamese communist leader Hồ Chí Minh ) in October 1926.
Yao Shu (姚璹) (632 – 705 [1]), courtesy name Lingzhang (令璋), formally Count Cheng of Wuxing (吳興成伯), was a Chinese politician of the Tang and Wu Zetian's Zhou dynasty, and served twice as chancellor during Wu Zetian's reign. He is not to be confused with Yao Shu (姚樞) (1203–1280), a Confucian adviser to Kublai Khan.
Name Courtesy name Birth year Death year Ancestral home (present-day location) Role Allegiance Previous allegiance(s) Notes Zang Ai 臧艾: Hua County, Taishan (Fangcheng Town, Fei County, Shandong)
The Old Book of Tang, or simply the Book of Tang, is the first classic historical work about the Tang dynasty, comprising 200 chapters, and is one of the Twenty-Four Histories. Originally compiled during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (10th century AD), it was superseded by the New Book of Tang , which was compiled in the Song ...
Tang's life was the basis for a number of plays and films based on Feng Menglong's story. [13] Xin Tang Bohu dian Qiuxiang (Hong Kong, 1953) [14] How the Scholar Tang Bohu Won the Maid Qiuxiang (Hong Kong, 1957) In this film, Tang Bohu is played by Yam Kim-fai [15] The Three Smiles (Hong Kong, 1969). In this film, Tang Bohu is played by Ivy ...
In Shuo Tang, Li Yuanba (李元霸) is portrayed as the most powerful and skillful warrior of his time.He is the fourth son of Li Yuan, the founder of the Tang dynasty.Li Yuanba possesses extraordinary physical strength, exemplified by his weapons: a pair of golden hammers weighing 400 jin(236.1 kg) each.
This made Tang the dominant power in East and Central Asia, and Emperor Taizong subsequently took the title Khan of Heaven. [9] He also launched a series of campaigns against the oasis states of the Tarim Basin, and against their main ally, the Western Turks. During his reign, Tang armies annexed Karakhoja in 640, Karasahr in 644, and Kucha in ...