#84 - Tang 3: The Khan Of Heaven

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 13 December 2015

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Li Shimin assassinated his two brothers and put his father out to pasture in order to snag the top job as Emperor Taizong. But a mere three weeks into his reign, this “rock star” monarch will face an existential challenge to his reign and the future of the Tang Dynasty as a whole: the wrath of the Göktürk Khaganate. It will prove to be a wild ride to determine whether Tang China will be doomed to remain a vassal of the Turks, or whether Taizong’s “true vision” will prove enough to rise to the challenge.Time Period Covered:626-630 CEMajor Historical Figures:Tang:Prince Li Shimin [Emperor Taizong]Retired Emperor GaozuGöktürk Khaganate:Illig KhaganTölis KhanLiang Dynasty (Turkic Vassal):Emperor Liang Shidu (d. 628)Xueyantuo Tribe (alt. Se-Yento, Syr-Tardush)Uyghur Tribe (alt. Huige, Hui-ho)Khitan TribeWorks Cited:Drompp, Michael. Tang China And The Collapse Of The Uighur Empire: A Documentary HistoryGrousset, René. The Rise and Splendor of the Chinese Empire.Weschler, Howard. The Cambridge History of China, vol. 3 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:45.0	Episode 84 The Khan of Heaven.
0:50.6	Last time, the Prince of Chin, Lee Shemin, pull off one of the most audacious and infamous
0:55.2	coups in Chinese history, when he out-manewered his two brothers at the Shenwu Gate of Chang'an, and along with his faithful
1:01.6	retainers, killed them both.
1:04.2	As we ended off the episode, he had translated that fratricide into first becoming the
1:08.5	crowned prince of Tang, and then forcing his aging father, Emperor Gaozu,
1:13.0	into a not quite entirely voluntary early retirement,
1:16.9	thereby succeeding him to the throne in 626.
1:21.0	Today we'll pick up there and chronicle the early period of this Chinese monarch.
1:25.0	Who had posthumously received the name, all in all,
1:28.0	One Wu da-sheng, da-guang,
1:30.0	Shao-Hong-Di, or approximately, the cultured and martial great sage, great expander,
1:35.8	filial emperor, which is certainly descriptive, but quite the mouthful.
1:41.2	Fortunately then, history has come to know him by a much more abbreviated temple
1:45.4	name, that is Emperor Taizong.
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