Posted 2016/10/28
The story of The Incident at Xuanwu Gate (玄武门之变) goes like that on July 2, 626, when Li Shimin the Prince of Qin, a son of Emperor Gaozu of Tang (the founding emperor of China's Tang Dynasty), in an intense rivalry with his older brother Li Jiancheng the Crown Prince and fearing that Li Jiancheng was about to kill him, hence he conspired and set an ambush at Xuanwu Gate, the gate leading to Emperor Gaozu's palace, and killed Li Jiancheng and a younger brother, Li Yuanji the Prince of Qi, who had supported Li Jiancheng. He then sent forces into Emperor Gaozu's palace. Emperor Gaozu, under intimidation, resigned and installed him as crown prince, and two months later passed the throne to him (as Emperor Taizong).
