Tang and Second Zhou Dynasties
The following is a simplified family tree for the Tang Dynasty (唐朝), which ruled China between AD 618 and 907. The Tang Dynasty was interrupted by the reign of Empress Wu Zetian (AD 690—705), who after deposing her sons, declared herself the founder of a second Zhou (周) Dynasty; the Tang Dynasty was resumed by her sons following her abdication. The Dynasty was named for the family title: the Li (李) family were the Dukes of Tang.
The names given in bold for emperors are temple names, the form by which Tang emperors were most commonly known (with the exception of Shangdi/Shaodi (殤帝 / 少帝), whose posthumous titles mean simply "died young" and "the young emperor", and Aidi (哀帝), also known as Zhaoxuan (昭宣), neither of whom were awarded temple names). It should be noted that the names of Xuanzong I (玄宗) and Xuanzong II (宣宗) are different in the original Chinese, but are rendered the same in Pinyin English transliteration (once the accents have been removed).
The Tang emperors claimed descent from ancient people such as Li Guang and Laozi.
Gaozu 高祖 618–626 |
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Taizong 太宗 626–649 |
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Gaozong 高宗 649–683 |
Wu Zetian 武則天 690–705 |
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Xiaojing 孝敬 |
Zhongzong 中宗 684, 705–710 |
Ruizong 睿宗 684–690, 710–712 |
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Shangdi 殤帝 710 |
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Rangdi 讓帝 |
Xuanzong I 玄宗 712–756 |
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Fengtian 奉天 |
Suzong 肅宗 756–762 |
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Daizong 代宗 762–779 |
Chengtian 承天 |
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Dezong 德宗 779–805 |
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Shunzong 順宗 805 |
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Xianzong 憲宗 805–820 |
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Muzong 穆宗 820–824 |
Xuānzong 宣宗 846–859 |
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Jingzong 敬宗 824–827 |
Wenzong 文宗 827–840 |
Wuzong 武宗 840–846 |
Yizong 懿宗 859–873 |
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Xizong 僖宗 873–888 |
Zhaozong 昭宗 888–904 |
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Aidi 哀帝 or Zhaoxuan 昭宣 904–907 |
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Read more about this topic: Chinese Emperors Family Tree (middle)
Famous quotes containing the words tang and/or dynasties:
“A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practised coquetry, and the halo of one man’s approval.”
—Helen Rowland (1875–1950)
“When the finishing stroke was put to his work, it suddenly expanded before the eyes of the astonished artist into the fairest of all the creations of Brahma. He had made a new system in making a staff, a world with full and fair proportions; in which, though the old cities and dynasties had passed away, fairer and more glorious ones had taken their places.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)