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*''Reign: [[618]]-[[624]]''

*''Reign: [[618]]-[[626]]''

Emperor Gaozu, also known as Li Yuan, was the founder of China's [[Tang Dynasty]].

Emperor Gaozu, also known as Li Yuan, was the founder of China's [[Tang Dynasty]].

A general of mixed Chinese and Turkic ancestry, Li Yuan led an uprising against the [[Sui Dynasty]] following [[Emperor Yang of Sui]]'s repeatedly failed attempts to invade Korea. He forced Emperor Yang's abdication in [[617]], declaring the beginning of the [[Tang Dynasty]] the following year, and securing control over most of [[China proper]] by the end of his reign, in [[624]].

A general of mixed Chinese and Turkic ancestry, Li Yuan led an uprising against the [[Sui Dynasty]] following [[Emperor Yang of Sui]]'s repeatedly failed attempts to conquer the Korean kingdom of [[Koguryo]]. He forced Emperor Yang's abdication in [[617]], declaring the beginning of the [[Tang Dynasty]] the following year, and securing control over most of [[China proper]] by the end of his reign, in [[626]].

 

In that year, his second son, after arranging for the death of the crown prince and another brother, forced Emperor Gaozu to abdicate, and succeeded him, taking the throne as [[Emperor Taizong of Tang]].

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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yang of Sui]]'''

|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yang of Sui]]'''

|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]<br>[[618]]-[[624]]'''

|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]<br>[[618]]-[[626]]'''

|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]'''

|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]'''

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==References==

==References==

*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 196.  

*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 196.  

[[Category:Emperors|Gaozu]]

[[Category:Emperors|Gaozu]]

[[Category:Asuka Period]]

[[Category:Asuka Period]]