| | head / director (of an organizational unit) / (police) commissioner / inspector-general / rank of local governor in Tang dynasty administration | HSK 6 |
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| | legendary / fantasy saga / romance / short stories of the Tang and Song Dynasty | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) / surname Tang | |
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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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| | 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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| | the Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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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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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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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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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) | |
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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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| | 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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| | Chang'an (ancient name of Xi'an 西安) capital of China during Tang Dynasty 唐朝 / now 長安區｜长安区, a district of Xi'an | |
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| | Xuanzang (602-664) Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator, who traveled to India 629-645 | |
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| | Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature | |
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| | Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 | |
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| | Tang of the Five Southern Dynasties 937-975 | |
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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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| | 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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| | name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒 | |
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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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| | History of the Jin Dynasty, fifth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史, compiled under Fang Xuanling 房玄齡｜房玄龄 in 648 during Tang Dynasty 唐朝, 130 scrolls | |
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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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| | Tang and Song dynasty provincial governor, in Tang times having military and civil authority, but only civil authority in Song | |
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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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| | 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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| | a genre of poetry, developed in the Tang Dynasty, characterized by its strict form | |
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| | magistrate (during Tang and Song dynasties) / mythological underworld judge | |
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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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| | 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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| | Linghu Defen (583-666), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Zhou of the Northern dynasties 周書｜周书 | |
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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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| | 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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| | Li Bai (701-762), famous 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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| | 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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| | Wenbu or Ombu village in Nyima county 尼瑪縣｜尼玛县, Nagchu prefecture, central Tibet / Tang dynasty equivalent of 吏部, personnel office | |
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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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| | 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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| | Du Fu (712-770), great Tang dynasty poet | |
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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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| | Lü Yan (lived c. 874), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | He Chao (active c. 711), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Qian Qi (c. 710-780), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | Zhang Ji (767-830), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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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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| | Du Mu (803-852) Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | 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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| | Tang dynasty province in modern Xinjiang, around Hami 哈密 / Illinois (US state) | |
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| | the Sage of intoxication / refers to Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai 李白 (701-762) | |
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| | Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet | |
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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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| | Wang Wei (701-761), Tang Dynasty poet | |
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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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| | 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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| | Li Fang (925-996), scholar between Tang and Song dynasties, author of fictional history | |
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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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| | Cheng Yaojin (589-665), aka 程知節｜程知节, Chinese general of the Tang dynasty | |
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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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| | blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate) | |
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| | (Tang dynasty) official responsible for tracking down and arresting lawbreakers | |
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| | Princess Taiping (c. 665-713), Tang Dynasty princess, politically powerful and known for her beauty | |
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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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| | Li Huaiyuan (-756), senior Tang dynasty official | |
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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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| | Chen Zi'ang (c. 661-702), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Wei Yingwu (c. 737 - c. 792), Tang dynasty poet | |
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| | Yan Zhenqing (709-785), a leading calligrapher of the Tang Dynasty | |
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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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| | the Six Dynasties period (222-589) between Han and Tang | |
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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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| | 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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| | Observatory or Bureau of Astronomy (official title) from the Tang dynasty onwards | |
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| | Sima Chengzhen (655-735), Daoist priest in Tang dynasty | |
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| | Lü Dongbin (796-), Tang Dynasty scholar, one of the Eight Immortals 八仙 | |
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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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| | Shang Tang (1646-? BC), legendary founder of the Shang Dynasty | |
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| | equal-field system of Wei of the Northern dynasties 北魏 and Tang 唐 dynasties | |
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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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| | Meng Haoran (689-740), Tang Dynasty Poet | |
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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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| | the Shiwei tribes who inhabited an area to the northeast of Tang-dynasty China | |
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| | General Yuchi Gong (585-658), famous military man instrumental in founding the Tang dynasty | |
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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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| | Zhang Yizhi (-705), Tang dynasty politician and favorite of Empress Wu Zetian 武則天｜武则天 | |
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| | Zhang Ruoxu (c. 660-720), Tang dynasty poet, author of yuefu poem River on a spring night 春江花月夜 | |
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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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| | Fang Xuanling (579-648), Tang dynasty historian, compiler of History of Jin dynasty 晉書｜晋书 | |
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| | Tang dynasty compendium of herbal medicine | |
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| | Zhu Wen (852-912), military governor 節度使｜节度使 at the end of Tang, founder of Later Liang of the Five Dynasties (907-923), also known as Emperor Taizu of Later Liang 後梁太祖｜后梁太祖 | |
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| | Li Jilan 李季蘭｜李季兰 or Li Ye (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet | |
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| | Li Jilan or Li Ye 李冶 (713-784), Tang dynasty female poet | |
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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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| | Li Baiyao (565-648), Tang dynasty writer and historian, compiler of History of Qi of the Northern dynasties 北齊書｜北齐书 | |
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