Tang+Dynasty


 * __Tang Dynasty__**

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**__Social__** **During this time in early China, the society was centered around men. Women were regarded as no more than bond servants in China. At this time, male dominance was guaranteed and maintained by certain norms. The three cardinal guides (ruler guides subject, father guides son, and husband guides wife) and the five constant virtues (benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and sincerity) defined social behavior, and the three obediences (in ancient China a woman was required to obey her father before marriage, her husband during marriage, and her sons in widowhood) and four virtues (woman's fidelity, physical charm, propriety in speech and proficiency at needle work) guided the family order. In feudal China, women had no say at all as regards their marriage partner, being expected to comply unconditionally with their parents or brothers' arrangements. Women had neither the right to divorce their husbands, nor to remarry. Whether or not a woman outlived her husband, she was permitted to marry only once in her lifetime. On the other hand, a husband could lawfully abandon his wife if she committed one of the seven sins: being unfilial, barren, lascivious, jealous, succumbed to a repellent disease, meddling, or stealing.**

**__Political__** **In this dictator struck dynasty, there were five main emperors that ruled during this time period (618 - 907). Tang Kao Tsu - Founder of Tang Dynasty (618 - 626)

Tang Taizong - Second son of Li Yuan, a bold and powerful emperor good at both military strategy and Chinese calligraphy, who was the leader of the Reign Zhenguan which started the period of the Tang Dynasty (627 - 649)

Tang Gaozong - The 9th son of Tang Taizong; considered the weakest Emperor due to assistance from Empress Wu Zetian (650 - 683)

Tang Zhongzong - Was on the throne for two months in 684 until Wu disposed of him. After Wu was disposed in 705, Zhongzong ruled for five years with Empress Wei's interfering in court affairs (705 - 710)

Tang Ruizong - The eighth son of Li Zhi. His first ruling period came after Wu deposed Li Xian (684 - 690)**