| | 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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| | to return to old ways (a Confucian aspiration) / to turn back the clock / neoclassical school during Tang and Song associated with classical writing 古文 / retro (fashion style based on nostalgia, esp. for 1960s) | |
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| | Tang dynasty (618-907) / surname Tang | |
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| | the Indian subcontinent (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) | |
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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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| | surname Tang | |
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| | Tang poetry; a Tang poem | |
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| | seat of government / government repository (archive) / official residence / mansion / presidential palace / (honorific) Your home / prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) | |
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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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| | Tang suit (traditional Chinese jacket) | |
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| | Tang emperor Xuanzong's 唐玄宗 reign name used during the Kaiyuan era (713-741), a peak of Tang prosperity | |
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| | ancient measuring vessel / fifty liters / dry measure for grain equal to five dou 五斗 (before Tang, ten pecks) | |
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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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| | guzheng (large zither with 13 to 25 strings, developed from guqin 古琴 during Tang and Song times) | |
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| | Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市｜咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天｜武则天 | |
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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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| | surname Zhu / abbr. for 天竺, India (esp. in Tang or Buddhist context) / (archaic) Buddhism | |
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| | prefectural magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | |
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| | Later Tang of the Five Dynasties (923-936) | |
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| | Wu Zetian (624-705), Tang empress, reigned 690-705 | |
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| | the Tang (618-907) and Song (960-1279) dynasties | |
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| | Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan City, built in 223, burnt down in 1884, rebuilt in 1985 / favored place of poet sages, who in legend arrived riding golden cranes / Tang poem by Cui Hao 崔顥｜崔颢, with theme 'the past will never return' / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yueyang Tower 岳陽樓｜岳阳楼 in Yueyang, north Hunan, and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣｜滕王阁 in Nanchang, Jiangxi | |
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| | fine rain / drizzle / poem by Tang poet Li Shangyin 李商隱｜李商隐 | |
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| | Tang Xianzu (1550-1616), Ming poet and dramatist, author of The Peony Pavilion 牡丹亭 | |
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| | Xuanzang (602-664), Tang dynasty Buddhist monk and translator who traveled to India 629-645 | |
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| | Shide, Tang Buddhist poet who lived at the Guoqing Temple on Mt Tiantai 天台山 | |
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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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| | Tang county in Baoding 保定, Hebei | |
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| | Nanzhao, 8th and 9th century kingdom in Yunnan, at times allied with Tang against Tibetan Tubo pressure | |
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| | capital of 府 prefecture (from Tang to Qing times) / prefectural seat | |
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| | Sui-Tang (premodern ethnic group) | |
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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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| | refers to academics employed as imperial secretaries from the Tang onwards, forming the Hanlin Imperial Academy 翰林院 | |
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| | the Five Legendary Emperors, usually taken to be the Yellow Emperor 黃帝｜黄帝, Zhuanxu 顓頊｜颛顼, Di Ku 帝嚳｜帝喾, Tang Yao 唐堯｜唐尧 and Yu Shun 虞舜 | |
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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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| | Li Xuan, personal name of nineteenth Tang emperor Xizong 僖宗 (862-888), reigned 873-888 | |
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| | name invented for herself by Tang empress Wu Zetian 武則天｜武则天 | |
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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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| | county magistrate (during Tang to Qing times) | |
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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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| | Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism | |
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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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| | Chu Suiliang (596-659), one of Four Great Calligraphers of early Tang 唐初四大家 | |
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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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| | Yang Jiong (650-693?), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑｜初唐四杰 | |
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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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| | a genius (literally, an immortal who has been banished from heaven to live on earth), an epithet for exceptional individuals such as the Tang poet Li Bai 李白 / (fig.) banished official | |
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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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| | Li Zhe, personal name of fourth Tang Emperor Zhongzong 唐中宗 (656-710), reigned 705-710 | |
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| | Li Dan, personal name of sixth Tang emperor Ruizong 唐睿宗 (662-716), reigned 684-690 and 710-712 | |
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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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| | Luo Binwang (640-684), one of Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑｜初唐四杰 | |
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| | Wang Bo (650-676), one of the Four Great Poets of the Early Tang 初唐四傑｜初唐四杰 | |
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| | seat of prefectural government (from Tang to Qing times) | |
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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 Bohu or Tang Yin 唐寅 (1470-1523), Ming painter and poet, one of Four great southern talents of the Ming 江南四大才子 | |
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| | Emperor Gaozu of Tang, reign name of first Tang emperor Li Yuan 李淵｜李渊 (566-635), reigned 618-626 | |
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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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| | Tang Emperor Xuanzong (685-762), also known as Emperor Ming of Tang 唐明皇, reign name of seventh Tang emperor 李隆基, reigned 712-756 | |
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| | Sun Zhu (1711-1778), poet and compiler of Three Hundred Tang Poems 唐詩三百首｜唐诗三百首 / also known by assumed name 蘅塘退士 | |
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| | Meng Jiao (751-814), Tang dynasty essayist and poet | |
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| | Li Shimin, personal name of second Tang emperor Taizong 唐太宗 (599-649), reigned 626-649 | |
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| | Emperor Xuanzong of Tang (810-859), reign name of seventeenth Tang emperor Li Chen 李忱, reigned 846-859 | |
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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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| | Li Song, personal name of eleventh Tang emperor Shunzong 順宗｜顺宗 (761-806), reigned 805-806 | |
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