The Tang 唐Dynasty title © Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University

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1 The Tang 唐Dynasty title © Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University
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2 Tang and its neighbors http://www.uglychinese.org/fresian_tang.gif
12 Oct 2005 Tang and its neighbors

3 Tang capital: Chang’an 長安
12 Oct 2005 Tang capital: Chang’an 長安

4 8th Station: Luo Yang (洛陽) Stone Image of Empress Wu (武則天) of the Tang Dynasty in Grotto of Dragon Gate (龍門石窟)-17

5 ”blank stele” at Qianling
”blank stele” at Qianling

6 12 Oct 2005 Silk Road – land routes

7 Silk Road – land and sea routes
12 Oct 2005 Silk Road – land and sea routes

8 9th Station: Xi An (西安) Tablet of Nestorian Christianity in China (大秦景教流行中國碑), made in the 2nd Year of Jian Zhong Reign (781AD), Tang Dynasty 此碑于唐建中二年（781年）由一個名叫景淨的波斯傳教士撰刻樹立，呂秀岩書並題額，立於大秦寺的院中。碑高279釐米，寬99釐米，正面寫著“大秦景教流行中國碑並頌”，上有楷書三十二行，行書六十二字，共1780個漢字和數十個敘利亞文。隨著景教的沒落，大秦寺的院落為佛教所用，此碑不知何時失落。 明天啟三年（1623年）出土，當時許多西方各國有不少的傳教士得知後，爭相拓片，把碑文拓片譯成拉丁文寄往歐洲本國。當地人怕此碑被他們盜走，秘密地把碑抬到附近的金勝寺內，豎起來交寺僧保管。清光緒年間一個叫荷爾姆遂熊熊的荷蘭人在金勝寺遊覽時看到此碑，為了得到它，他按原樣刻制了一座新碑欲換得古碑，遭到寺主持和民眾們的嚴厲拒絕，連官府的人也嚴保此碑，沒有讓他得逞。1907年入藏西安碑林（現西安碑林博物館）安置。 YUN Wenjie, reflected in the the 西安碑林博物館

9 Sianfu tablet 西安府碑 - ICC first floor

10 Nestorian tablet (close-up)

11 Fairbank & Reischauer, China: Tradition and Transformation, 99
Tang and its Neighbors

12 12 Oct 2005 early Tang empire

13 Talas River – Tang reversal in 751
12 Oct 2005 Talas River – Tang reversal in 751

14 Shaanxi Province (excavated 1959)
Standing woman Shaanxi Province (excavated 1959) Tang Dynasty ( ) (yang-guifei.pps) 13 Oct 2005 © Xiang Gang Lianhe Chubanshe

15 modern image of Yang Guifei
The statue of Yang Guifei, who was once Emperor Xuanzong's favorite concubine looms over the entire palace in the Huaqing Hot Spring. The palace itself was ordered built by the Emperor for Yang Guifei. Photo by Scott L. Kho, 13 May 2006 modern image of Yang Guifei

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17 Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳 (1894-1961) as Yang Guifei in 貴妃醉酒
Mei Lanfang 梅蘭芳 ( ) as Yang Guifei in 貴妃醉酒

18 Yang Guifei's Abduction 18th-19th century (Watanabe Nangaku ) Edo period Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk H: W: 98.6 cm Japan Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F title

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