Taizong: References & Edit History
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Works on Taizong’s reign and his place in the Tang dynasty include C.P. Fitzgerald, Son of Heaven: A Biography of Li Shih-Min, Founder of the T’ang Dynasty (1933, reprinted 1971); The Cambridge History of China, vol. 3, Sui and T’ang China, 589–906, part I, ed. by Denis Twitchett (1979), especially chapter 4, “T’ai-tsung (Reign 626–49) the Consolidator”; Howard J. Wechsler, Mirror to the Son of Heaven: Wei Cheng at the Court of T’ang T’ai-tsung (1974), and Offerings of Jade and Silk: Ritual and Symbol in the Legitimation of the T’ang Dynasty (1985); and David McMullen, State and Scholars in T’ang China (1988).
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| Modified link of Web site: Chandler Governance Group - Tang Taizong: A Golden Age of Governance. | Sep 06, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Jan 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Weapons and Warfare - Tang Taizong. | Nov 29, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Australian National University - East Asian History - Tang Taizong in Korea: The Siege of Ansi. | Sep 03, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 10, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Chandler Governance Group - Tang Taizong: A Golden Age of Governance. | Oct 06, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Tang Taizong. | Apr 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Samurai Archives - SamuraiWiki - Biography of Emperor Taizong of Tang. | Mar 24, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: World History Encyclopedia - Taizong of Tang. | Jul 08, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Taizong's Hell - A Study Collection of Chinese Hell Scrolls. | Jan 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - History - Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. | Jan 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cultural China - History - Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. | Jan 02, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Taizong's Hell - A Study Collection of Chinese Hell Scrolls. | Jan 02, 2013 | ||
| Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Bibliography revised and updated. | Apr 07, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Fact Monster - World - The T'ang Dynasty. | Nov 17, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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