Stationed in Taiyuan, Shanxi
Daughters of Dugu Xin
Xiongnu surname?
Captured Chang'an
Enthroned Sui Gongdi, December 617
*Tang Dynasty
*Gaozu, r. 618-26
Li Shimin defeated northeastern warlords, 618-624
Killed brothers
Li Jiancheng, Heir apparent
Usurped throne from father Gaozu (Li Yuan)
What would Confucius say?
Taizong pictured seated on sedan chair
Zhaoling, Tomb of Taizong
*Gaozong (r. 650-83)
*Wu Zhao
Empress (Official wife), 655-683
Gaozong's strokes 660, 675
Evidence that he hunted, 660-75
Empress Dowager, (683-690)
Li Hsien
Li Xian, r. 684, 705-10
Li Dan, r. 684-90, 710-12
Zhou dynasty (r. 690-705)