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==== Asia ====
* Emperor [[Emperor Xuanzong of Tang|Xuan Zong]] begins to favor [[Taoism]] over [[Chinese Buddhism|Buddhism]], adopting the new reign title ''Tianbao'' ("Heavenly Treasures"), to indicate his divine [[Mandate of Heaven|mandate]]. The total number of enlisted troops in the Tang armies has risen to about half a million, due to Xuan Zongs's earlier military reforms.
* For the [[Municipality|municipal]] census of the Chinese capital city [[Chang'an]] and its [[metropolitan area]] of [[Jingzhou (ancient China)|Jingzhou]] (including small towns in the vicinity), the ''[[New Book of Tang]]'' records that in this year there are 362,921 registered families with 1,960,188 people. 
* [[Li Bai]] (also '''Li Po'''), Chinese [[poet]], is summoned by Xuan Zong to attend the imperial court. He and his friend [[Du Fu]] become the two most prominent figures in the flourishing of [[Chinese poetry]], during the mid-[[Tang dynasty]].