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*''Reign: [[626]]-[[649]]''

*''Reign: [[626]]-[[649]]''

*''Other Names: Li Shimin''

*''Other Names'': [[李]]世民 ''(Li Shimin)''

*''Chinese/Japanese'': 唐太宗 ''(Táng Tàizōng / Tou Taisou)''

Emperor Taizong, also known as Li Shimin, was the second emperor of China's [[Tang Dynasty]]. He is known as an active patron of Buddhism and of the arts, and for establishing the Tang Law Code, which would have a profound influence upon all later Chinese dynasties, as well as upon legal structures throughout East Asia. The Japanese [[Taika Reforms]] of [[645]], for example, were based closely upon the Tang Code.

Emperor Taizong, also known as Li Shimin, was the second emperor of China's [[Tang Dynasty]]. He is known as an active patron of Buddhism and of the arts, and for establishing the Tang Law Code, which would have a profound influence upon all later Chinese dynasties, as well as upon legal structures throughout East Asia. The Japanese [[Taika Reforms]] of [[645]], for example, were based closely upon the Tang Code.