#115 - Tang 27: The Third Disaster of Wu

from The History of China Podcast · host Chris Stewart

The new Emperor Wuzong will have a lot on his plate right from the get-go. Foreign threats and domestic squabbles will frame his early reign, but it's his own fanatical devotion to Daoism and antipathy to Buddhism that will define his reign. Period Covered: 840-846 CE Major Historical Figures: Tang Dynasty: Emperor Wuzong of Tang (Li Chan/Yan) [r. 840-846] Crowned Prince Li Yi [810-859] Chancellor Li Deyu [787-850] Qiu Shiliang [d. 843] Uighur Khaganate: He-Sa Khagan [d. 840] Ormizt Tigin (Prince)[d. ca. 847] Kirghiz Khaganate: Bilga Khagan

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