MMW 12 Chapter Article Notes: Succession Struggle and the Ethnic Identity of the Tang Imperial House

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 12
• Professor: Alexander B Stewart

Document Summary

Mmw 12 article notes succession struggle and the ethnic identity of the tang. Sui and tang said to be native regimes. The ethnic identity of the tang imperial house. Official histories from tang period were falsified to hide the fact that the family had intermarried with barbarians". Elite families refused marriages with imperial house for two centuries. Tang fashions had a lot of foreign influence. Patronage of performing arts: confucians didn"t like this, gave artists prestigious titles. Began to reject chinese identity/heritage, use turkish language, dressed in turkish outfits: called him crazy, but he was probably no different from any of his other relatives. Was the heir apparent, but crown was taken away and given to brother who eventually became emperor gaozong. Gaozong ordered that sons had turk companions in inner palace. The succession to the throne in the early tang.