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#DOTD: Li Yuan 李淵 (566–635), temple name Gaozu 高祖, first emperor (r. 618–626) and emperor emeritus #太上皇 (626–635) of the Tang 唐, seen here looking at the pedometer he received as a welcome present from the Turkic #突厥 Khagan. #dynasty #ImperialChina

#OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang 後 #唐, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration

#OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang 後 #唐, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration

#OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang 後 #唐, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration

#OTD in #MedievalChina: The Shatuo 沙陀 general Li Cunxu 李存勗 (Zhuangzong 莊宗, 885–926, r. 923–926) declares himself emperor of the restored or Latter #Tang 後 #唐, one of the #FiveDynasties #五代 (907–960) in #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina #Restoration

#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Liu Xie 劉協, Emperor Xian 獻帝 (181–234, r. 189–220), last monarch of the (Eastern/Latter) #Han #漢 (東漢, 後漢). #ImperialChina #China #EarlyChina #Sinology #Dynasty

#BOTD: Zhao Kuangyin #趙匡胤 (Taizu 太祖, 927–976, r. 960–976), founding emperor of the #Song #宋 dynasty (960–1279). #ChineseHistory #ImperialChina

#OTD in 1008, #Song #宋 Emperor Zhenzong 真宗 (r. 997–1022) performs the Feng Shan #封禪 sacrifice to Heaven & Earth on Mount Tai #泰山, one of five sacred mountains of #ImperialChina. Only six emperors personally performed these rites in #ChineseHistory, Zhenzong being the last.

#OTD 207 BCE in #ChineseHistory: Ziying #子嬰, last ruler of #Qin #秦, after being on the throne for only 46 days, submits to an army led by Liu Bang #劉邦, future Emperor Gao #高帝/#高祖 of #Han #漢 (r. 202–195). #ImperialChina's first dynasty thus ends after less than 15 years.

#OTD 207 BCE in #ChineseHistory: Ziying #子嬰, last ruler of #Qin #秦, after being on the throne for only 46 days, submits to an army led by Liu Bang #劉邦, future Emperor Gao #高帝/#高祖 of #Han #漢 (r. 202–195). #ImperialChina's first dynasty thus ends after less than 15 years.

#OTD 207 BCE in #ChineseHistory: Ziying #子嬰, last ruler of #Qin #秦, after being on the throne for only 46 days, submits to an army led by Liu Bang #劉邦, future Emperor Gao #高帝/#高祖 of #Han #漢 (r. 202–195). #ImperialChina's first dynasty thus ends after less than 15 years.