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T'ai Tsung
[ tahy-dzoong ]
noun
- Li Shih-min, a.d. 597–649, Chinese emperor of the T'ang dynasty 627–649.
Example Sentences
The last years of T'ai Tsung's reign were filled with a great war against Korea, which represented a continuation of the plans of the Sui emperor Yang Ti.
In 661, under T'ai Tsung's son, the Korean fighting was resumed, this time against Japanese who were defending their interests in Korea.
She had been a concubine of T'ai Tsung, and after his death had become a Buddhist nun—a frequent custom of the time—until Kao Tsung fell in love with her and made her a concubine of his own.
The Emperor Harsha and the T'ang Emperor T'ai Tsung exchanged embassies but a second embassy sent from China arrived after Harsha's death and a usurper who had seized the throne refused to receive it.
Even before they had conquered China, their prince, T'ai Tsung, ordered an inspection of monasteries and limited the number of monks.
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