#BOTD in #ChineseHistory: Li Shimin #李世民 (598/9–649), #Tang#唐#Taizong#太宗 (r. 626–49). He gained the throne by killing two brothers at Xuanwu Gate #玄武門 and became a paragon ruler embodying wen #文 & wu #武. In fiction, he meets the souls of his victims in #hell. #China
