(589 – 626)
(died at age 37)
(Chinese: 李建成; pinyin): “Lǐ Jiànchéng”)
(“Li Jiancheng” ( 589 – 2 july 626), formally Crown Prince Yin (Chinese: 隱太子; pinyin: Yǐn Tàizǐ, literally, “the hidden crown prince”), nickname Pishamen (Chinese: 毗沙門; pinyin: Píshāmén), was a ‘crown prince’ of the chinese ‘Tang Dynasty’)
(he was the oldest son of the founding emperor ‘Emperor Gaozu’ (‘Li Yuan’) and therefore was designated crown prince after the founding of the dynasty in 618)
(however, although he himself was fairly capable as a ‘general’, he was overshadowed by the contributions of his younger brother ‘Li Shimin’ (aka “prince pf qin”) and the brothers contended for power for years, with ‘Li Jiancheng’ aided by another younger brother, ‘Li Yuanji’ (aka “prince of qi’))
(in 626, ‘Li Shimin’, fearing that ‘Li Jiancheng’ and ‘Li Yuanj’i were about to kill him, laid an ambush for them at ‘Xuanwu Gate’ outside the palace and killed them)
(victim of “fratricide”)
(‘Li Shimin’ then effectively forced ‘Emperor Gaozu’ to yield the throne to him (as ‘Emperor Taizong’))