FTP identify this Chinese dynasty lasting from 618 to 906 AD and preceded by the Sui Dynasty.
This period officially ended when Zhu Wen deposed the last emperor and established the Liang Dynasty. One of this dynasty's rulers founded the short- lived Zhou Dynasty in an attempt to be a female Emperor. Another of its rulers, Xuanzhong (read "shuan chong"), fell in love with a woman that was about forty years younger than he was; that woman, Yang Guifei (read "gway fay") had as a favorite an Iranian-Turkish general who would lead a rebellion against this dynasty, An Lushan. Xuanzhong also founded an academy for poets, in which Li Po served. FTP identify this Chinese dynasty lasting from 618 to 906 AD and preceded by the Sui Dynasty.
This period officially ended when Zhu Wen deposed the last emperor and established the Liang Dynasty.
{Tang} dynasty