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Emperor Dezong of Tang (27 May 742 – 25 February 805), personal name Li Kuo, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the oldest son of Emperor Daizong. His reign of 26 years was the third longest in the Tang dynasty (surpassed only by Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Gaozong ).
Dezong was the temple name (miaohao) of the 10th emperor (reigned 779–805) of the Tang dynasty and the only emperor in the latter half of the dynasty to reign more than 20 years. In spite of his long reign, he never successfully controlled the militarists who commanded the provinces and ignored.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Emperor Xianzong of Tang (4 March to 1 April 778 – 14 February 820; r. 805 – 820), personal name Li Chun, né Li Chun (李淳), was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty. He was the eldest son of Emperor Shunzong , who reigned for less than a year in 805 and who yielded the throne to him late that year.
This is demonstrated through close analysis of the political rhetoric surrounding Tang relations with neighboring steppe or Central Asian powers during the periods 625–645 and 734–739, with particular attention to contextualizing the rhetoric of the emperors Taizong and Xuanzong.
- Martin Slobodnik
Li Kuo (742 — 805), Emperor Dezong of Tang, was born and raised during one of the most prosperous eras in Chinese history. When Li Kuo was a teenager, the turning point of the Tang Dynasty occurred with the outburst of the destructive An-Shi Rebellion (755 — 763).
Emperor Dezong of Tang (27 May 742 – 25 February 805), personal name Li Kuo, was an emperor of the Chinese Tang dynasty and the oldest son of Emperor Daizong. His reign of 26 years was the third longest in the Tang dynasty (surpassed only by Emperor Xuanzong and Emperor Gaozong).
This article deals with the political strategies of the Tang Emperor Dezong towards the Tibetan Empire and the Uighur Empire and some reasons which lay behind his preferable treatment of the Tibetans before the year 787.
