Reason for Take-over

Li Yuan, the founder of Tang Dynasty

Before the Tang dynasty came to power there was the Sui Dynasty in charge, which came to a collapse from rebellions caused from ‘bandit leaders’ of the Sui Dynasty. The Yang Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was also acting too much like a tyrant, eventually sending his country to chaos. Peasants rebelling can be seen almost everywhere. Li Yuan, the governor of Taiyuan (a city in China), was a rebellious person. He was a person of military experience, who raised an army in Taiyuan on the month of May, 617 AD. Several months later in November, Li Yuan brought his army to capture the capital city of Chang’ an. He proclaimed himself as the king of Tang. In 618 AD. Emperor Yang was killed by his chancellor and Li Yuan found it was a great chance and grabbed to chance of becoming a new emperor of China. He made Sui Dynasty history and changed China into a Tang Dynasty with Chang’ an still the capital of the country.