were invented by Great Master Hongren of the Zen Sect of Buddhism after the Tang Dynasty. Spring rolls are a famous vegetarian dish (now also filled with meat) at home and abroad. After the Han ...

They looked to Tang Dynasty rulers in order to use their experiences to strengthen their states. Early Tang emperors, like ...

Enchin founded the Tendai Jimon sect after bringing back the teachings of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism from the Tang Dynasty. Designated as a national treasure, the documents include the actual pass ...

In ancient Eastern philosophy, thought holds transformative power. Master Huineng, a revered Tang Dynasty Buddhist monk, observed, "If one thought is deluded, it leads to reincarnation; if one thought ...

Empress Wu Zetian, the only woman in Chinese history to rule as emperor, remains a figure of fascination and debate. Born in 624 ...

When I was invited to talk about the civil service exams and Tang Dynasty poetry to a class of seventh graders ... the way the poets used dust to symbolize the city where life was “dirty” and “impure, ...

In the early years of the Tang Dynasty, it acknowledged allegiance ... the mounds of Western Xia mausoleums look like squat Buddhist pagodas, round or octagonal and about 20 meters high.