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*''Reign: [[618]]-[[624]]''
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]].
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Yang of Sui]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]<br>[[618]]-[[624]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]'''
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 196.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]