| | Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature | |
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| | Tang dynasty (618–907) / surname Tang | |
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| | Nichang, abbr. for the Tang Dynasty song "Raiment of Rainbows and Feathers" 霓裳羽衣曲 or 霓裳羽衣舞 | |
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| | head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | HSK 6 |
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| | Tang dynasty (618–907) | |
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| | History of the Northern Dynasties, fifteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽｜李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 100 scrolls | |
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| | History of Qi of the Northern Dynasties, eleventh of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Baiyao 李百藥｜李百药 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls | |
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| | Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 | |
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| | medieval / Middle Ages / Chinese middle antiquity, 3rd to 9th centuries, including Sui and Tang Dynasties / Middle (of a language, e.g. Middle English) / used / second-hand | |
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| | old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩｜古体诗 | |
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| | academy of classical learning (Tang Dynasty - Qing Dynasty) | |
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| | Su Shi (1037-1101), aka Su Dongpo 蘇東坡｜苏东坡, Song dynasty writer, calligrapher and public official, one of the Three Su's 三蘇｜三苏 and one of the Eight Giants of Tang and Song Prose 唐宋八大家 | |
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| | (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers | |
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| | same as 舊唐書｜旧唐书, History of the Early Tang Dynasty, sixteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Liu Xu 劉昫｜刘昫 in 945 during Later Jin 後晉｜后晋 of the Five Dynasties, 200 scrolls | |
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| | the Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Li Bai (701-762), famous Tang Dynasty poet | |
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| | Wei Yingwu (c. 737 – c. 792), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | An-Shi Rebellion (755-763) of 安祿山｜安禄山 and 史思明, a catastrophic setback for Tang dynasty | |
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| | Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) | |
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| | General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty | |
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| | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge | |
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| | Guo Ziyi (697–781), Tang dynasty general who helped suppress the An Lushan Rebellion and served multiple emperors | |
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| | Li Yu (c. 937-978), given name of the final ruler of Tang of the Five Southern dynasties Li Houzhu 李後主｜李后主, a renowned poet | |
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| | Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou, posthumous title of Tang dynasty general Chen Yuanguang (657-711) 陳元光｜陈元光 | |
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| | Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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| | Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 | |
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| | Liu Xu (887-946), politician in Later Jin of the Five Dynasties 後晉｜后晋, compiled History of Early Tang Dynasty 舊唐書｜旧唐书 | |
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| | Bai Juyi (772-846), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry, relatively free in form, usually having four, five, six or seven characters per line | |
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| | Xue Rengui (614-683) great Tang dynasty general | |
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| | Cui Hao (-754), Tang dynasty poet and author of poem Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓｜黄鹤楼 | |
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| | Bianji (c. 620-648), Tang dynasty buddhist monk and disciple of 玄奘, author and translator of Great Tang Records on the Western Regions 大唐西域記｜大唐西域记 | |
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| | Di Renjie (607-700), Tang dynasty politician, prime minister under Wu Zetian, subsequently hero of legends / master sleuth Judge Dee, aka Chinese Sherlock Holmes, in novel Three murder cases solved by Judge Dee 狄公案 translated by Dutch sinologist R.H. van Gulik 高羅珮｜高罗佩 | |
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| | used in place-names, e.g. 溵水 was once the name of the Shahe River 沙河, Henan, and 溵州 was a Tang Dynasty prefecture | |
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| | Toushoudaiji, the temple in Nara, Japan founded by Tang dynastic Buddhist monk Jianzhen or Ganjin 鑒真和尚｜鉴真和尚 and his last resting place | |
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| | Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet | |
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| | a popular form of narrative literature flourishing in the Tang Dynasty (618-907) with alternate prose and rhymed parts for recitation and singing (often on Buddhist themes) | |
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| | Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645 | |
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| | Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty | |
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| | Han Yu (768-824), Tang dynasty essayist and poet, advocate of the classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动 and neoclassical 復古｜复古 movements | |
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| | Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書｜隋书 | |
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| | Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet | |
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| | story of Liu Yi, Tang fantasy fiction by Li Chaowei 李朝威, popular with dramatist of subsequent dynasties | |
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| | the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang | |
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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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| | Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書｜新唐书 | |
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| | Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) | |
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| | the Tang and Wu Revolts: the overthrow (c. 1600 BC) of the Xia Dynasty by the first king, Tang 商湯｜商汤, of the Shang Dynasty, and the overthrow (c. 1046 BC) of the Shang Dynasty by the Zhou Dynasty founder, King Wu 周武王 | |
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| | He Zhizhang (659-744), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Lu Yu (733-804), Chinese writer from Tang dynasty, known for his obsession with tea | |
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| | a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form | |
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| | Five Dynasties, period of history between the fall of the Tang dynasty (907) and the founding of the Song dynasty (960), when five would-be dynasties were established in quick succession in North China | |
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| | shepherd / Tang dynasty official with responsibility for animal husbandry / pastor (cleric in charge of a Christian parish) | |
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| | Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history | |
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| | Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | to wash / to rinse / any of three 10-day division of the month (during Tang dynasty) / Taiwan pr. [huan3] / also pr. [wan3] | |
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| | Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards | |
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| | Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty | |
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| | Chen Yuanguang (657-711), Tang dynasty general with posthumous title 開漳聖王｜开漳圣王, i.e. Sacred King, founder of Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian | |
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| | Sui (581-617) and Tang dynasties (618-907) | |
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| | Annam (Tang Dynasty protectorate located in what is now northern Vietnam) / Annam (autonomous kingdom located in what is now northern Vietnam, 10th-15th century) / Annam (central part of Vietnam during the French colonial period) / old name for Vietnam / Annan District in Tainan 臺南｜台南, Taiwan / Kofi Annan (1938-2018), UN secretary-general 1997-2006 | |
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| | Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天｜武则天 | |
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| | Confucian study of ethics / study of Daoism / school for Daoism in Tang and Song times / Daoist magic / another name for 理學｜理学, rational learning of Song dynasty neo-Confucianism | |
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| | Zhang Xu (probably early 8th century), Tang dynasty poet and calligrapher, most famous for his grass script 草書｜草书 | |
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| | Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書｜晋书 | |
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| | lit. the Mount Zhongnan shortcut (idiom) / fig. shortcut to a high-flying career; easy route to success (an allusion to the Tang Dynasty story of 盧藏用｜卢藏用, who lived like a hermit on Mt. Zhongnan in order to gain a reputation for wisdom, which he then used to gain a position in the Imperial Court) | |
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| | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | |
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| | Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975 | |
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| | Knowledge is not innate to man, how can we overcome doubt? / We are not born with knowledge, how does one achieve maturity? (i.e. without guidance from a teacher - Tang dynasty essayist Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈) | |
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| | Li Jing (570-649 AD), Tang Dynasty general and purported author of "Duke Li of Wei Answering Emperor Taizong of Tang" 唐太宗李衛公問對｜唐太宗李卫公问对, one of the Seven Military Classics of ancient China 武經七書｜武经七书 | |
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| | Dee Gong An (or Judge Dee's) Cases, 18th century fantasy featuring Tang dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑｜狄仁杰 as master sleuth, translated by R.H. van Gulik as Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee | |
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| | Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song | |
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| | Wan Qirong (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | lit. fence town / buffer region (between enemies) / Tang dynasty system of provincial administration under a provincial governor 節度使｜节度使 | |
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| | Li Zhao (c. 800), Tang dynasty scholar and official | |
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| | Sun Simiao (c. 581-682), doctor and herbalist of the Sui and Tang dynasty, author of Prescriptions Worth a Thousand in Gold 千金要方 | |
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| | History of the Sui Dynasty, thirteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Wei Zheng 魏徵｜魏征 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 85 scrolls | |
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| | Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty | |
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| | History of the Southern Dynasties, fourteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled by Li Yanshou 李延壽｜李延寿 in 659 during Tang Dynasty, 80 scrolls | |
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| | Later History of the Five Dynasties (between Tang and Song), nineteenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修 in 1053 during Northern Song Dynasty, 74 scrolls | |
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| | Dramatized History of Sui and Tang, novel by Qing dynasty author Chu Renhuo 褚人獲｜褚人获 | |
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| | Three Murder Cases Solved by Judge Dee, 1949 novel by R.H. van Gulik, featuring Tang Dynasty politician Di Renjie 狄仁傑｜狄仁杰 as master sleuth | |
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| | expert in a specialized field such as medicine, divination or chess, available on call to the emperor (in the Tang and Song dynasties) | |
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| | Wang Shuwen (735-806), famous Tang dynasty scholar, Go player and politician, a leader of failed Yongzhen Reform 永貞革新｜永贞革新 of 805 | |
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| | notes on poetry, an essay genre consisting of informal commentary on poems and poets and their lives (old) / a genre of narrative literature interspersing prose with poetry, popular in the Tang and Song dynasties | |
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| | Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Imperial Hanlin Academy, lasting from Tang dynasty until 1911 | |
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| | Xue Juzheng (912-981), Song historian and compiler of History of the Five Dynasties between Tang and Song 舊五代史｜旧五代史 | |
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| | He Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | the Shiwei tribes who inhabited an area to the northeast of Tang-dynasty China | |
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| | History of the Later Tang Dynasty, seventeenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修｜欧阳修 and Song Qi 宋祁 in 1060 during Northern Song 北宋, 225 scrolls | |
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| | Li Ao (774-836), Tang dynasty scholar and writer, colleague of Han Yu 韓愈｜韩愈 in promoting classical writing 古文運動｜古文运动 | |
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| | Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties | |
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| | the three foreign religions that had been introduced to China by the time of the Tang dynasty: Nestorianism, Manichaeism and Zoroastrianism | |
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| | History of Zhou of the Northern Dynasties, twelfth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Linghu Defen 令狐德棻 in 636 during Tang Dynasty, 50 scrolls | |
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