List of emperors of the Tang dynasty
The emperor of the Tang Dynasty ruled the Chinese Empire from 618 to 907 The dynasty was interrupted in the year 690 of Wu Zetian, the first and only reigning Empress of China, after the Zhou dynasty proclaimed at her accession. With their deposition in 705 asked her successor Zhongzong the Tang Dynasty restored, but kept up their 707 government foreign exchange Shenlong (Chinese神龙/神龙, divine dragon '). Another brief interruption learned the dynasty in the year 710, when Li Chongmao ascended the throne. He was deposed after a few weeks.
The Tang Dynasty was 907 terminated by Zhu Wen, who called out the ( Late ) Liang Dynasty. It was followed by the era of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, which lasted up to the creation of the Song Dynasty (960 ).
Notes on the columns:
- The temple name is the name that carries the ancestral temple of the emperor. This is also the more common name. The emperor therefore be named using the following convention: " Táng " (name of the dynasty ) temple name.
- When Empress Wu Zetian (reigned 684-705 ) and the Emperors Shao (reigned 710) and Ai (reigned 904-907 ) is specified instead of the temple name of the posthumous title.
- The birth name of the Emperor, according to the Chinese customs in order of family name - kept nickname.
- The era of Imperial China followed the announced by the Kaiser era. Thus the year " Yonghui 3" corresponds to ( Emperor Gaozong of Tang ) to the Christian era to the year 652 of an era usually represented a prominent segment of the government of an emperor is, it can be regarded as a government motto.
List of emperors
Xiǎnqìng (Chinese显 庆/显 庆, excellent celebration ')
Lóngshuò (Chinese龙 朔/龙 朔, ascending dragon ')
Linde (Chinese麟 德, gentle unicorn ')
Qianfeng (Chinese乾封, strong council ')
Zǒngzhāng (Chinese总 章/总 章, sealed totality ')
Xianheng (Chinese咸亨, fertile prosperity ')
Shàngyuán (Chinese上元, Lantern Festival ')
Yifeng (Chinese仪凤/仪凤, appearance of the Phoenix ')
Tiáolù (Chinese调 露/调 露showing harmony ')
Yǒnglóng (Chinese永隆, eternal prosperity ')
Kāiyào (Chinese开 耀/开 耀, brilliant beginning ')
Yǒngchún (Chinese永淳, eternal purity ')
Hongdao (Chinese弘道, big way ')
656-661
661-663
664-665
666-668
668-670
670-674
674-676
676-679
679-680
680-681
681-682
682-683
683
Guāngzhái (Chinese光 宅, bright palace ')
Chuígǒng (Chinese垂拱, reign in peace ')
Yǒngchāng (Chinese永昌, eternal prosperity ')
Zàichū (Chinese载 初/载 初, first transport ')
684
685-688
689
690
Jǐnglóng (Chinese景 龙/景 龙, bright dragon ')
707-710
Taiji (Chinese太极/太极, maximum size ')
Yanhe (Chinese延 和, harmony long ')
712
712
Kaiyuan (Chinese开元/开元start Dynasty ' )
Tiānbǎo (Chinese天宝/天宝, valuable heaven ')
713-741
742-756
Qianyuan (Chinese乾元, sky ')
Shàngyuán (Chinese上元, Lantern Festival ')
758-760
760-761
Guǎngdé (Chinese广 德/广 德, distribute virtue ')
Yǒngtài (Chinese永泰, eternal peace '
Dali (Chinese大 历/大 历, the highest calendar ')
763-764
765-766
766-779
Xingyuan (Chinese兴 元/兴 元, flower of the dynasty ')
Zhenyuan (Chinese贞元/贞元, simple Dynasty ' )
784
785-805
Taihe (Chinese太和, great harmony ')
Kaicheng (Chinese开 成/开 成, beginning of success ')
827-835
836-840
Xiantong (Chinese咸通, fertile opening ')
860-873
Qianfu (Chinese乾 符, strong seal ')
Guǎngmíng (Chinese广 明/广 明, wide Klarkeit ')
Zhonghe (中 和Chinese, peaceful middle ')
Guāngqǐ (Chinese光启/光启, brighter start ')
Turning (Chinese文德, virtuous culture ')
874-879
880-881
881-885
885-888
888
Dashun (Chinese大 顺/大 顺, large retinue ')
Jǐngfú (Chinese景福, bright promise of happiness ')
Qiánníng (Chinese干 宁/干 宁, strong peace ')
Guanghua (Chinese光化, enlightenment ')
Tianfu (Chinese天 复/天 复, renewed day ')
Tianyou (Chinese天佑, heavenly protection ')
890-891
892-893
894-898
898-901
901-904
904