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Tang, n.5|tæŋ|
Also T'ang, Tanga.
[a. Chinese táng.]
a. The name of a dynasty which ruled in China from a.d. 618 to c 906; a ruler belonging to this dynasty.
1669J. Ogilby Nieuhoff's Embassy from E.-India Co. to Emperor of China I. xviii. 282 At last having miserably worried and weakened each other, they were all subdued by the seventh Race called Tanga, which seized upon the whole Empire, and reigned with his Posterity till the Year of Christ 618. 1738J. B. Du Halde Descr. Empire China & Chinese Tartary I. 194 (heading) The Thirteenth Dynasty, call'd Tang, which had Twenty Emperors, in the Space of Two hundred eighty nine Years. 1788tr. Grosier's Gen. Descr. China II. vi. iii. 209 Under the Tang, this superstition still continued. 1837Penny Cycl. VII. 81/1 Ly-yuen..in A.D. 622 founded the dynasty of Tâng. 1925B. Rackham in R. Fry et al. Chinese Art 15 When the classic period of T'ang is reached, the potters are working with the easy mastery of artists in their craft. 1940E. Pound Cantos xiv. 41 Tang rising. And the first Tang was Kao Tseu, the starter. 1979Mills & Mansfield Genuine Article iii. 62 Ming, Sung and T'ang have become names synonymous with the finest ceramics. T'ang was the dynastic name of the pottery of China in the eighth century AD.
b. attrib. or as adj. Freq. used to designate artefacts, etc., of this period.
1831Canton Miscellany iv. 246 The Tang Dynasty was founded at the commencement of the Seventh century. 1854North-China Herald 17 June 184/1 The first emperor of the T'ang dynasty. 1910Encycl. Brit. VI. 213/2 It is in fact from the early religious schools of Japan that we can best conjecture the grandeur of the T'ang style. 1924M. Borden Three Pilgrims & Tinker ii. 21 The van was full of the favourite belongings of each member of the family: their mother's Tang horses. 1935Burlington Mag. Jan. p. xiii/2 The T'ang and Sung ceramics..should arouse much interest. 1943D. Welch Maiden Voyage xviii. 153 Chou bronzes, T'ang grave figures and Sung porcelain. 1955Times 6 Aug. 7/6 Eight Bodhisattvas, typical of early T'ang painting, and clearly owing their inspiration to Indian models. 1962E. Snow Other Side of River (1963) xviii. 130, I..remembered the description of the scene by the T'ang poet Chen Chang. 1976‘M. Delving’ China Expert xiii. 179 How many T'ang horses..really came from T'ang graves? 1980Times 1 Mar. 13/6 Two hours' drive north-west of Xian is the tomb complex of the Tang emperor. |
