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Hsüan Tsung

American  
[shyahn dzoong] / ˈʃüɑn ˈdzʊŋ /
(Pinyin) Xuan Zong

noun

  1. a.d. 685–762, Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty 712–756.


Hsüan-tsung British  
/ ˈʃwɑːn ˈtsɒŋ /

noun

  1. a variant transliteration of the Chinese name for Xuan Zong

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He was the saviour of the T’ang dynasty from the depredations of the Turfans in the reign of the Emperor Hsüan Tsung.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

No further explanation of his symptoms was then given him and his uncle Hsüan Tsung was raised to the throne.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

Hsüan Tsung having promised, Fa-shan then said: “Chang Kuo is a white spiritual bat which came out of primeval chaos.”

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

And the la mei flower, 151; cure the Emperor Hsüan Tsung, 151; and the Spirit-boat, 151; subdue the demons of pestilence, 151.

From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)

Letters, art and pageantry made the Court of Hsüan Tsung brilliant, but the splendour faded and his reign ended tragically in disaster and rebellion.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir