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唐玄宗

Mandarin · pinyin Táng Xuán zōng

Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇 Táng Míng huáng, reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基 Lǐ Lōng jī, reigned 712-756

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唐: táng · Tang dynasty; Chinese
玄: xuán · deep, profound, abstruse; Kangxi radical 95
宗: zōng · lineage, ancestry; ancestor, clan

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2–2–1 · Tang2 Xuan2 zong1

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