Mastodawn

Tomb figure

Ceramic (earthenware), white slip, pigment #TangDynasty (AD 618-906)

China, probably Shaanxi Province

This scale model of 8th-century #Changan (now #Xian) shows how densely packed the analent city was. At its height during the #TangDynasty, the population reached nearly two million people

Mind Light Way

Feb 28

In the 7th century, the Chan master Huike was executed after rivals bribed the authorities and accused him of “demonic speech.”

The biography that preserves his life does not present him as a revolutionary. It stages a tension: teaching embodied rather than institutionalized, clarity recognized without formal office.

Huike: The Zen (Chan) Master They Killed
https://www.mindlightway.org/zen-history-blog/huike-the-zen-chan-master-they-killed

#ZenHistory #Chan #TangDynasty #zen

PArt 9 | Huike: The Zen (Chan) Master They Killed — MIND LIGHT WAY

A historical study of Huike, the Chan master executed for his teaching, and how direct insight can challenge institutional authority.

MIND LIGHT WAY

Hidden Gems Feb 26

The bronze mirror adorned with phoenixes exemplifies Tang dynasty artistry, merging rituals and reflections. Its intricate design symbolizes the harmony of yin and yang, connecting time and culture. What stories might this mirror still hold?
#ClevelandArt #TangDynasty #ArtHistory
https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.389

Liam O'Mara IV, PhD Feb 23

The #ShenlongCoup, on #ThisDayInHistory in 705, removed #WuZetian, #China's only empress regnant. She governed from 660-683 due to her husband's stroke, then held power in her own right until 705. Her reforms to the #CivilService expanded the #TangDynasty's meritocratic features.

Charring Auh Feb 22

#Tangdynasty (/tɑːŋ/,[7] [tʰǎŋ]; Chinese: 唐朝[a]), or the Tang Empire, was an imperial dynasty of China that ruled from 618 to 907, with an interregnum between 690 and 705. It was preceded by the Sui dynasty and followed by the

Charring Auh Feb 3

Although the paint on the statues in this case has faded, women of the #TangDynasty court wore richly #dyed gowns like the ones in this 8th-century scroll by the famous court painter #ZhouFang.

michael Jan 19

15-Jan-2026
How #climateChange contributed to the demise of the #TangDynasty

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1112788

#science #history #china

How climate change contributed to the demise of the Tang dynasty

Environmental phenomena and their consequences can disrupt social structures and destabilize political systems. An interdisciplinary research team demonstrated this using the example of the late Tang dynasty in medieval China.

EurekAlert!