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T'ai Tsung

American  
[tahy-dzoong] / ˈtaɪˈdzʊŋ /
Pinyin, Tai Zong

noun

  1. Li Shih-min, a.d. 597–649, Chinese emperor of the T'ang dynasty 627–649.


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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

The Money-tree In later times, however, these Door-gods were supplanted in popular favour by two ministers of the Emperor T’ai Tsung of the T’ang dynasty, by name Ch’in Shu-pao and Hu Ching-tê.

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

T’ai Tsung had fallen sick, and imagined that he heard demons rampaging in his bedroom.

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

The second Sung Emperor also, T'ai Tsung, was not hostile, for he erected in the capital, at enormous expense, a stupa 360 feet high to contain relics of the Buddha.

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

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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