At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in harmony. In 6 17, Tang Guogong Li Yuan launched Jinyang mutiny, and proclaimed himself emperor in Chang 'an the following year, establishing the Tang Dynasty. [3] Because the royal family is surnamed Li, it is also called. After Emperor Taizong succeeded to the throne, he initiated the rule of Zhenguan, and Tang Gaozong inherited the legacy of Zhenguan and initiated the rule of Yonghui. Later, Wu Zetian once took the title of Tang Dynasty in the Zhou Dynasty, and after the Dragon Revolution, she resumed the title of Datang. After Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, he made great efforts to govern, creating a prosperous new century with economic prosperity, four foreigners serving and countries coming to Korea. [4] At the end of Tianbao, the national population reached 80 million. [5-8] After the Anshi Rebellion, the national strength gradually declined due to the vassal regime and the eunuch's autocratic power, and it was revived in the middle and late period under the rule of Yuan Dynasty and Zhongxing, Huichang Zhongxing and Dazhong. The Huang Chao Uprising in 878 destroyed the ruling foundation of the Tang Dynasty. In 907, Zhu Wen usurped the Tang Dynasty, which perished, and China entered the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. [9]
The Tang Dynasty is the largest and only unified Central Plains dynasty without the Great Wall. [10- 12] The territory of the Tang Dynasty exceeded that of modern China in both the west and the north. [13- 14] After the attack and destruction of Dongtu and Xueyantuo in the Tang Dynasty, they were honored as Tiankhan by all ethnic groups in Siyi [15- 18], and Turks, Uighurs, Tiele, Qidan and Wei were imprisoned and surrendered. [ 19]
In the Tang Dynasty, science, technology, culture, economy and art were diversified [20], and a large number of famous poets and painters emerged, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Yan Zhenqing and Liu Gongquan, painters Wu Daozi and Li Sixun, and musician Li Guinian [2 1]. The culture of the Tang Dynasty was eclectic, accepted the exchange and study of various nationalities at home and abroad, and formed an open international culture [22].
The Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire at that time were tied as the most powerful empires in the world, and their reputation spread far and wide overseas, and they had contacts with Asian and European countries. [23] After the Tang Dynasty, overseas people called China a native of the Tang Dynasty.