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Tang Dynasty china looks like it was peak human civilization
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Date: May 31st, 2025 1:47 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Just based on what they wrote you can tell people lived pretty stress free lives. People got absorbed by tales of palace intrigue, with really intricate plot lines that would bore any modern reader to death. A "scandalous" tale might involve someone lying about his credentials to get some high level jerb at the court, or a janitor hiding a diplomat's hat in order to get maid fired (since she was responsible for taking care of it when the diplomat was visiting).
These people didn't give a fuck about money or disease or war or any of that shit, because they had no experience with it. The USA would need ten consecutive generations of boomers to produce a society so satiated and self-absorbed. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 1:51 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX During the Tang Dynasty, particularly with the An Lushan Rebellion, an estimated 36 million people died due to conflict and its aftermath. This represented a significant loss of population and was one-sixth of the world's population at the time. The rebellion, which lasted from 755 to 763, caused widespread devastation and disruption. Additionally, famines and natural disasters also contributed to the loss of life during the Tang Dynasty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48975784) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 2:11 AM Author: 400 lb black woman in wheelchair pre-boarding (✅🍑) lmao (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48975792) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 10:50 AM Author: Restless Penis Syndrome (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976315) |
Date: May 31st, 2025 1:49 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX Just do multiple rebellions and millions of deaths.
LJL at Chinas “golden” age. Their entire history is a rancid TTT
The Tang Dynasty saw numerous peasant rebellions, with the most notable being the An Lushan Rebellion (755-763) and the Huang Chao Rebellion (875-884). These rebellions were often fueled by grievances such as high taxes, corruption, and famine. While the An Lushan Rebellion ended in Tang's favor, it significantly weakened the dynasty and marked the end of its golden age. The Huang Chao Rebellion was even more devastating, leading to the near-destruction of the dynasty and causing widespread destruction |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 1:58 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Oh wow, I thought it lasted forever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48975785) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 2:58 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX The Tang Dynasty ruled China from 618 to 907 CE, lasting a total of 289 years. There was a brief interregnum between 690 and 705 CE, during which Empress Wu Zetian ruled as the Emperor of the Wu Zhou Dynasty. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48975818) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 6:56 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK That totally invalidates my thread title and you're not Indian. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48975933) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 7:56 AM Author: AZNgirl PD defending Darnell in Dad's Murder Trial Posting from China I can confidently say they are living in peak human civilization, it's unbelievable theyve done it all (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976008) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 8:02 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK They still worry about bullshit like GHG emissions and invading Taiwan/Nvidia export restrictions. Tang Dynasty people were only worried about trivial shit like whether the old mayor of a town was being well taken care of. That was the biggest worry anyone had. That's how content they were. lol@ poasters trying to deny this (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976017) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 9:20 AM Author: AZNgirl PD defending Darnell in Dad's Murder Trial I know little abt Tang Dyn but I find it hard to believe they werent warring and raping left and right, everyone did back in the day (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976112) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 9:47 AM Author: wangfei the first 200 years or so was a very peaceful and prosperous time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976136) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 9:39 AM Author: wangfei for a period of time, the tang dynasty was pretty nice like you said, especially for the commonfolk. emperor tang tai zong instituted a land distribution system which gave most commoners land to grow and prosper. slavery was prohibited and did not exist for tang citizens, though you could make foreigners and some criminals slaves. justice was relatively uncorrupted from the emperor.
late tang dynasty, the nobles starting consolidating power and land and then enacted heavy tax burdens or forced labor upon many commoners. this led to many revolts. along with excessive state spending, this led to the eventual downfall of the tang dynasty.
earlier tang dynasty was definitely a good time to live, all things considered, for a commoner in china. most people cite the tang emperor tai zong as one of the fairest and best emperors of chinese dynasties who really tried to look after people. he was a benevolent dictator. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 10:48 AM Author: Pope Leo XXX LJL at China feeling superior to the rest of the world and boasting about their successes when they were fighting with the Chad TIBETAN empire during that period
Early Tang had its shit pushed in too
During the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), natural disasters and political turmoil were significant challenges. Droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events caused widespread suffering and impacted crop production. Additionally, rebellions like the An Lushan Rebellion and the Huang Chao Rebellion destabilized the empire and weakened central authority.
During the Taizong era of the Tang Dynasty (626-649 AD), while there were some natural disasters like floods and droughts, the most significant challenges were internal power struggles and external conflicts. These included the An Lushan Rebellion (755-763), which significantly weakened the dynasty, and the ongoing struggle with the Tibetan Empire. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 10:57 AM Author: wangfei you understand it was the tibetan EMPIRE at the time, hostile to tang. it was not tibet as you know it today, mr google. the tibetan empire was known for violence and cruelty, even to its own people. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976329) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 11:48 AM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK You keep failing to rebut every claim made in this thread. It's staggering. How can you write so much yet have no point? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48976428) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 3:41 PM Author: ,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,... whats the POTUS dynasty in your opinion? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48977213) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 10:36 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK cq (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5731704&forum_id=2#48977948) |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 1:26 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK These people were really concerned about growing old and what that entails. Example:
https://100tangpoems.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/the-golden-robe/
That implies that most people expected to live well into old age. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 3:29 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Visiting Mr. Liu (Bai Ju-Yi, 772-846 AD):
The green wine is freshly brewed. A small red-clay stove fires the mood. It’s dark and about to snow too. Sparing me just one drink will do. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 3:31 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK Bamboo Lodge (Wang Wei, 699-761 AD):
Amidst the shadowy bamboos I sit alone, Playing the zither and howling long. Deep in the forest forever unknown, Comes and shines only the bright moon. |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 3:39 PM Author: ,..,,......,....,,,,..,.,... an lushan rebellion is 180, look at how this eunuch bro got his revenge
The Tang imperial forces were also helped by the newly formed dynasty's internal fighting. On 29 January 757, An Lushan was betrayed and killed by his son, An Qingxu, (An Lushan's violent paranoia posed too much of a threat to his entourage). The rebel An Lushan had a Khitan eunuch named Li Zhu'er (李豬兒, Li Chu-erh) who was working for An Lushan when he was a teenager but An Lushan used a sword to sever his genitals and he almost died after losing multiple pints of blood. An Lushan revived him after smearing ashes on his injury. Li Zhu'er was An Lushan's eunuch after this and highly used and trusted by him. Li Zhu'er and another two men helped carry the obese An Lushan when he was taking off or putting on his clothes. (A horse was once crushed to death under An Lushan's sheer weight due to his fatness.[36]) Li Zhu'er helped clothe and unclothe him at the Huaqing (Hua-ch'ing) steam baths granted by Emperor Xuanzang. Li Zhuer was approached by people who wanted to assassinate An Lushan after An Lushan became paranoid and blind, stricken with skin disease and started flogging and murdering his subordinates. An Lushan was hacked to death by Li Zhuer and another conspirator, Yan Zhuang (嚴莊, Yen Chuang) who was beaten by An previously. An Lushan screamed "this is a thief of my own household" as he desperately shook his curtains since he could not find his sword to defend himself. An Lushan's intestines came out of his body as he was hacked to death by Li Zhuer and Yan Zhuang.[34][35]: 41 [36] |
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Date: May 31st, 2025 10:35 PM Author: https://imgur.com/a/o2g8xYK The genre know as chuanqi, or short stories of the Tang Dynasty (618-906), was a vehicle for writers of those days to express their thoughts and feelings by recounting the adventures and destinies of characters. The social life and human feelings described in the stories aroused people's interest and sympathetic response, and gained for them a huge popular following. Particular favorites down the centuries were such masterpieces as Ren the Fox Fairy, The Dragon King's Daughter and Price Huo's Daughter, and these, among others, were also adapted into the forms of local operas and later vernacular fiction. English and Japanese translations of many of these stories have also appeared.
https://www.hceis.com/home/book_view.aspx?id=8249&ISBN=9787119044217&EnName=Library+of+Chinese+Classics%3ASelected+Tang+Dynasty+Stories |