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Note to moderators: enjoy your lunch (hopefully after this round)! Thanks for reading our set today. While visiting this dynasty’s lands, the monk Ennin lied about his origins and wrote a detailed diary about his travels. (15[1])A person who married into this dynasty proclaimed themselves to be the reincarnation of the Devi of Pure Radiance by having monks write a commentary on the Great Cloud Sutra. The two (15[1])Wild Goose Pagodas were built during this dynasty. The Xī’ān Stele recorded that Christianity was introduced under this dynasty by the Nestorian missionary (*) Alopen. This dynasty’s emperor Wǔzōng included Christianity and Manicheism as forms of Buddhism in a Great Persecution that permanently reduced the religion’s influence in China. The rule of this dynasty (10[1])was (10[1])interrupted by Empress (10[1]) Zétiān [woo TZUH-tyen]. For 10 points, name this dynasty that succeeded the Suí [sway] and (-5[1])ruled from (10[1])618 to 907 CE. ■END■

ANSWER: Táng dynasty [or Táng Empire; accept Tángcháo]
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Sam ShottesGathererColumbia B3615
Cooper RohColumbia AColumbia C6815
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Eddie FuhrerLehigh ALehigh B12510
Owen MimnoNYU ANYU B141-5
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