#83 - Tang 2: The Incident at Xuanwu Gate

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 30 November 2015

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The Tang will achieve hegemony over the entirety of China’s heartlands, both North and South. But with external foes subdued, simmering tensions within the royal household will begin bubbling to the surface, culminating in a showdown that will decide the future of the Dynasty.Time Period Covered:618-626 CEMajor Historical Figures:Tang Dynasty:Li Yuan (Emperor Gaozu) Crowned Prince Li JianchengPrince Li YuanjiPrince Li ShiminLi Xiaogong, Prince of ZhaoGuard Captain Yang Wen’ganGeneral Yuchi JingdeLiang Dynasty:Xiao Xian (Emperor of Liang)Gokturk Khannate:Shibi Khan [d. 619]Illig Khan (alt. Xieli)Sources Cited:Weschler, Howard. The Cambridge History of China, vol. 3 (1979).Zhao, Ying and Liu, Shu. Jiu Tangshu (The Old Book of Tang). (945) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:55.0	Episode 83, the incident at Schwenw Gate.
1:02.0	We left our Emperor Gaozu. at Schwenw-Wugate.
1:03.4	We left our Emperor Gaozu of Tong, on a high note in his bid to reunify China following the breakup
1:09.4	of the Sui dynasty.
1:11.2	His second son, Prince Li Shemin, had just finished up an astonishing victory over the
1:15.9	Tang Dynasty's enemies in the North China Plains at the Battle of Huelau Pass,
1:21.2	besieging and eventually taking the secondary capital of Loyang, while simultaneously
1:26.0	not only staving off, but absolutely crushing the numerically superior forces sent by the so-called
1:32.1	Prince of Shah to relieve the besieged city.
1:35.0	In the aftermath, both the territories surrounding Loyong and Shah were surrendered to the Tong and its leaders executed.
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