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How was the Tang dynasty made?

April 26, 2017dynasty tang

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How was the Tang dynasty made?

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The Li family belonged to the northwest military aristocracy prevalent during the reign of the Sui emperors. The mothers of both Emperor Yang of Sui (r. 604-617) and the founding emperor of Tang were sisters, making these two emperors of different dynasties first cousins. Li Yuan (later to become Emperor Gaozu of Tang, r. 618-626) was the Duke of Tang and former governor of Taiyuan when other government officials were fighting off bandit leaders in the collapse of the Sui Empire, caused in part by a failed Korean campaign. In 617, Li Yuan occupied Chang’an and acted as regent over a puppet child emperor of the Sui, relegating Emperor Yang to the position of Taishang Huang, or retired emperor/father of the present emperor. With the news of Emperor Yang’s murder by his general Yuwen Huaji (d.