It served as the royal residence of the Tang emperors for more than 220 years.

Tang emperors also improved the education of scholars in the Chinese bureaucracy.

The Later Tang emperor fled in a panic with heavy losses.

In addition to extending the bureaucracy itself and its powers, Tang emperors also improved the education of its scholars.

Without a Tang emperor, however, he was in effect the ruler of a new state of Hongnong.

He recaptured for the Tang Emperor the western capital Luoyang.

After capture, Wang refused to submit to the Later Tang emperor and was executed.

The Later Tang emperor, impressed with Wang, initially wanted to spare his life and get him to submit.

"One of the Tang emperors lavished so much attention on a fat lady, it started a fashion for Rubenesque women," he said.

Pang issued a declaration stating that while he did not originally want to rebel against the Tang emperor, he was doing so at this point.