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Emperor Who Prescribed Death

The price of failure in ancient China could be steep. When the young daughter of the Tang dynasty emperor, Yizong (who reigned from AD 860 to 874), was struck down by fever, 20 leading physicians of China were summoned to the imperial capital, Changan, to minister to her. Each doctor prescribed a remedy, but none was successful, and the princess died. Consumed with grief and frustration, the emperor had the unfortunate experts beheaded.

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