玄武门之变

1. • 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

Character by character

• 玄(xuán)black
• 武(wǔ)surname Wu
• 门(mén)surname Men
• 之(zhī)(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的 de)
• 变(biàn)change