Table of Contents

1. Introduction Denis Twitchett; 2. The Sui dynasty (581–617) Arthur F. Wright; 3. The founding of the T'ang dynasty: Kao-tsu (618–26) Howard J. Wechsler; 4. T'ai-tsung (624–49) the consolidator Howard J. Wechsler; 5. Kao-tsung (649–83) and the empress Wu: the inheritor and the usurper Denis Twitchett and Howard J. Wechsler; 6. The reigns of the empress Wu, Chung-tsung and Jui-tsung (684–712) Richard W. L. Guisso; 7. Hsüan-tsung (712–56) Denis Twitchett; 8. Court and province in mid- and late T'ang C. A. Peterson; 9. Court politics in late T'ang times Michael T. Dalby; 10. The end of the T'ang Robert M. Somers; Glossary and index.

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This volume covers the second great period of unified imperial power, 589–906.