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

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