Li Shimin’s grandfather is Li Bing.
Li Bing (514-572), also known as Li Bing, had a surname of Li and a courtesy name of Mingze. He was a native of the Northern Zhou Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. His ancestral home was Chengji, Longxi. He was the father of Li Yuan, the founding monarch of the Tang Dynasty. His wife is Empress Yuanzhen Dugu. He was born in the Li family of Longxi, and his family had served in the Northern Dynasties for generations. His father Li Hu was one of the eight pillar states of the Western Wei Dynasty, and was called the Duke of Longxi. Longxi County Duke Li Hu had eight sons, and Li Bing was the third son. Because Li Bing's eldest brother Li Yanbo served as an official in the Northern Qi Dynasty and his second brother Li Zhen died in the country, Li Bing inherited the title of Longxi County Duke in 551. In 564, he was granted the title of Tang Guogong. He once served as the general manager of Anzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty and the general of Zhuguo. After Li Bing's death, he was given the posthumous title of Duke Ren of Tang Dynasty. After Li Yuan ascended the throne, he was revered as emperor, with the temple name Tang Shizu and his posthumous title Emperor Yuan.
Li Shimin (January 28, 598 - July 10, 649), also known as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty (reigned from 626 to 649), was born in the Wugong branch (today's Shaanxi Wugong). The second son of Tang Emperor Li Yuan and Queen Dou, the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty, an outstanding statesman, strategist, military strategist, and poet.
Li Shimin joined the army as a young man and went to Yanmen Pass to rescue Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty. After the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin served as Shangshu Ling and General Youwuhou. He was named the Duke of Qin and later the King of Qin. He led his troops to put down warlords such as Xue Rengao, Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong. During the establishment and unification process of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongli made great military exploits.
On the fourth day of the sixth lunar month in the ninth year of Wude (July 2, 626), Li Shimin launched the "Xuanwumen Incident" and killed his elder brother, Prince Li Jiancheng, his fourth brother, King of Qi Li Yuanji, and two other princes. The son was established as the prince. Soon after the Tang Emperor Li Yuan abdicated, Li Shimin ascended the throne and changed the Yuan Dynasty to Zhenguan.
During his reign, Li Shimin actively listened to the opinions of his ministers, governed the world internally with civility, accepted advice with an open mind, practiced strict economy, and encouraged farmers to teach farming, so that the people could recuperate and live in peace, and the country and the people were peaceful, creating a famous country in Chinese history. The rule of Zhenguan. Expanding territory, conquering Eastern Turks and Xueyantuo, conquering Gaochang, Qiuci, and Tuyuhun, inflicting heavy losses on Goguryeo, and establishing the four towns of Anxi. All ethnic groups lived in harmony, and were respectfully called "Tian Khan" by the people of all ethnic groups, setting the foundation for the later Tang Dynasty. More than a hundred years of prosperity have laid an important foundation.
On the fourth day of May in the twenty-third year of Zhenguan (July 10, 649), Li Shimin died of illness in Hanfeng Hall at the age of fifty-two. In the twenty-third year of his reign, the temple name Taizong was buried in Zhaoling.
Li Shimin loves literature and calligraphy, and has poems and calligraphy handed down from generation to generation.