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| tyle="background:#ccf; border-bottom:2px solid" colspan=2|Emperor Gaozu of Tang China |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Birth and death: | style="border-top:1px solid"|566–Jun. 25, 635 |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Family name: | style="border-top:1px solid"|Li (李) |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Given name: | style="border-top:1px solid"|Yuan (淵) |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Courtesy name (字): | style="border-top:1px solid"|Shude (叔德) |
| lign=right style="border-top:3px solid"|Dates of reign: | style="border-top:3px solid"|Jun. 18, 618¹–Sept. 4, 626² |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Dynasty: | style="border-top:1px solid"|Tang (唐) |
| lign=right style="border-top:1px solid"|Temple name: | style="border-top:1px solid"|Gaozu (高祖) |
lign=center style="border-top:1px solid"|Posthumous name:
(short) | style="border-top:1px solid"|Emperor Shenyao³ (神堯皇帝) |
lign=center style="border-top:1px solid"|Posthumous name:
(full) | style="border-top:1px solid"|Emperor Shenyao Dasheng
Daguang Xiao4
神堯大聖大光孝皇帝 |
olspan=2 align=center style="border-top:3px solid"|General note: Dates given here are in the Julian calendar.
They are not in the proleptic Gregorian calendar. |
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olspan=2 align=center |1. Was already in control of Chang'an and de facto master of China
since December 12, 617 |
olspan=2 align=center |2. Abdicated in favor of his son, and was granted the title
Taishang Huang '(太上皇)', a title reserved for retired emperors. |
| olspan=2 align=center |3. Given in 674 |
| olspan=2 align=center |4. Given in 754 |