摘要
Decorated bronze mirrors from the Tang Dynasty bore witness to the rise and fall of trade and governance,as well as ups and downs of the Silk Road,Famed Chinese Emperor Taizong,second emperor of the Tang Dynasty(618-907)who laid the foundations of the dynasty,has a meaningful statement about the success of governance,recorded in the Old Book of Tang,a history of the dynasty compiled in 945 after it had fallen.“When one uses a bronze mirror,one can adjust the attire.When one uses history as a mirror,one comprehends the rise and fall of a nation.When one uses a person as a mirror,a remonstrator,one sees the success and missteps.”
