T'ai Tsung
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His best-known achievement is his prolongation of the life of the Emperor T’ai Tsung of the T’ang dynasty by twenty years by changing i, ‘one,’ into san, ‘three,’ in the life-register kept by the gods.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
The site was chosen and described by Li Chun-feng, a celebrated professor of geomancy in the days of the T'angs, who lived during the reign of the Emperor T'ai Tsung of that ilk.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Henry Yule
The Emperors T’ai Tsung and Kao Tsung of the T’ang dynasty frequently invited him to Court, but he persistently refused to go.
From Myths and Legends of China by E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers) Werner
A jealous woman is said to drink vinegar, and the origin of the term is as follows:—Fang Hsuan-ling was the favourite Minister of the Emperor T'ai Tsung, of the T'ang dynasty.
From Historic China, and other sketches by Herbert Allen Giles
Even before they had conquered China, their prince, T'ai Tsung, ordered an inspection of monasteries and limited the number of monks.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
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