玄武門之變 [ㄒㄩㄢˊ ㄨˇ ㄇㄣˊ ㄓ ㄅㄧㄢˋ; xuan2 wu3 men2 zhi1 bian4] Xuanwu gate coup of June 626 in early Tang, in which Li Shimin 李世民 killed his brothers, seized the throne from his father as Emperor Taizong 唐太宗 ◄ ►