contributor
27,126
edits
Changes
Emperor Gaozong of Tang (view source)
Revision as of 10:17, 21 January 2015
, 10:17, 21 January 2015Created page with "*''Reign: 650-683'' Emperor Gaozong was the third emperor of China's Tang Dynasty. He is known for his strong support of Daoism, and for having suffered a str..."
*''Reign: [[650]]-[[683]]''
Emperor Gaozong was the third emperor of China's [[Tang Dynasty]]. He is known for his strong support of [[Daoism]], and for having suffered a stroke in [[660]], after which his first wife [[Empress Wu|Wu Zhao]] served as regent for the remainder of his reign.
Gaozong declared [[Laozi]] "Sovereign Emperor of Mystery and Primordiality," and established official Daoist chapels in three hundred prefectures. He also had the ''[[Tao Te Ching|Dao de jing]]'' incorporated into the [[Chinese Imperial examinations]].
After Gaozong's death in [[683]], he was succeeded by two of his sons, who each ruled for only a very brief period before Empress Wu took the throne herself as reigning empress in [[690]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]<br>[[649]]-[[683]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (2012), 105.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]
Emperor Gaozong was the third emperor of China's [[Tang Dynasty]]. He is known for his strong support of [[Daoism]], and for having suffered a stroke in [[660]], after which his first wife [[Empress Wu|Wu Zhao]] served as regent for the remainder of his reign.
Gaozong declared [[Laozi]] "Sovereign Emperor of Mystery and Primordiality," and established official Daoist chapels in three hundred prefectures. He also had the ''[[Tao Te Ching|Dao de jing]]'' incorporated into the [[Chinese Imperial examinations]].
After Gaozong's death in [[683]], he was succeeded by two of his sons, who each ruled for only a very brief period before Empress Wu took the throne herself as reigning empress in [[690]].
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Taizong of Tang]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Tang Dynasty|Tang]]<br>[[649]]-[[683]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Zhongzong of Tang]]'''
|}
</center>
{{stub}}
==References==
*Conrad Schirokauer, et al, ''A Brief History of Chinese and Japanese Civilizations'', Fourth Edition, Cengage Learning (2012), 105.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]