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Emperor Gaozong of Tang (21 July 628 – 27 December 683), personal name Li Zhi, was the third emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, ruling from 649 to 683; after January 665, he handed power over the empire to his second wife Empress Wu (the future Wu Zetian), and her decrees were carried out with greater force than the decrees of ...
Gaozong (born 628, Chang’an [now Xi’an, Shaanxi province], China—died 683, Chang’an) was the temple name (miaohao) of the third emperor of the Tang dynasty and husband of the empress Wuhou. During his 34-year reign (649–683) he expanded the Tang empire into Korea.
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May 25, 2017 · Gaozong (K’ao-tsung) (628-83 CE) was the third emperor of China’s Tang Dynasty. He was the ninth son of the great Emperor Taizong and owed his accession to an accident of time and place as his elder brothers had become implicated in plots to overthrow the emperor or weak politically sidelined.
Emperor Gaozong, also known as Li Zhi (唐高宗李治), was the third emperor of the Tang dynasty in China, ruling from 649 to 683 AD. He ascended to the throne after the death of his father, Emperor Taizong, and continued the legacy of his father’s prosperous reign.
The Tang dynasty ( / tɑːŋ /, [6] [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 唐朝 [a] ), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang, personal name Li Zhi, was the third emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty, ruling from 649 to 683; after January 665, he handed power over the empire to his second wife Empress Wu, and her decrees were carried out with greater force than the decrees of Emperor Gaozong's.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang (21 July 628 – 27 December 683) was the ninth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was famous for marrying Wu Zetian, who later became the first and only female emperor in China.
