T'ai Tsung
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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.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir
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 Eliot, Charles, Sir
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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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 Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
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 Yule, Henry
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