character, china, emperor shang tang, emperor taizong, leadership, sacrifice

What Caring Emperors Do for Their People

Opening the chapter on Chinese history, we find that all good and caring emperors had something in common: They held the people in their hearts and treasured them as their children. If natural disasters occurred, emperors would first look within to decide whether they had sinned. They believed that when they had done something wrong, ...

Helen London

Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.