T'ai Tsung

Pinyin, Tai Zong

[tahy-dzoong]

noun

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

Example Sentences

The Emperor Harsha and the T'ang Emperor T'ai Tsung exchanged embassies but a second embassy sent from China arrived after Harsha's death and a usurper who had seized the throne refused to receive it.

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Even before they had conquered China, their prince, T'ai Tsung, ordered an inspection of monasteries and limited the number of monks.

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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.

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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.

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

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