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. 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 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 was interrupted by Empress Wǔ Zétiān [woo TZUH-tyen]. For 10 points, name this dynasty that succeeded the Suí [sway] and ruled from 618 to 907 CE. ■END■
ANSWER: Táng dynasty [or Táng Empire; accept Tángcháo]
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