Luoyang in the Middle Ages
The atlas holds 4 people and 10 moments here, from 602 to 758. The most recorded lives are Du Fu, Xuanzang and Li Bai.
Notable people
Du Fu
from 712 to 758
3 moments here
Tang-dynasty Chinese poet and minor official. His documented movements span the capital region, the northwest frontier, Sichuan, the Yangtze…
Li Bai
from 730 to 744
2 moments here
Li Bai (701–762), also known as Li Bo or Li Po, was a major Tang-dynasty Chinese poet. His surviving biography documents a childhood relocation to…
Wu Zetian
in 705
2 moments here
Chronology of documented physical presences of Wu Zetian (Wu Zhao), Tang empress consort, regent, and sovereign of the Wu Zhou.…
Xuanzang
from 602 to 645
3 moments here
Xuanzang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, translator, and pilgrim whose overland journey from Tang China through Central Asia to India…
Moments
- 602 Birth near Luoyang Xuanzang
- 611 Study at Jingtu Monastery Xuanzang
- 645 Audience with Emperor Taizong Xuanzang
- 705 Transfer to Shangyang Palace after the coup Wu Zetian
- 705 Death at Luoyang Wu Zetian
- 712 Birth near Luoyang Du Fu
- 730 Stop at Luoyang Li Bai
- 740 Domestic residence Du Fu
- 744 Meeting Du Fu at Luoyang Li Bai
- 758 Official business in Luoyang Du Fu