emperor xuanzong of tang

The year 736 is generally agreed to mark a turning point in the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang. Before that point, he was generally considered a diligent and astute ruler. However, during that year, he began to tire of affairs of state. This disinterest, along with Yang Guifei's nepotism and...

Li Linfu was a historian and bureaucrat of the Tang Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong - whose actions are widely considered to have had one of the most resoundingly negative unintended impacts in Chinese history. It was his chancellorship - and more specifically, his appointments of...

Emperor Xuanzong of Tang started out as a diligent and shrewd ruler, but he eventually lost interest in governance and became too trustful of figures like Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and An Lushan, with disastrous results. What if he stayed actively involved in affairs of state and didn't put so...