total of some 50,000 oil cups is lit, the radiance of it can be seen for miles. Xuan Zong allots the money of 20 million copper coins, and assigns about 1,000 craftsmen to construct a hall at a Buddhist monastery with tons of painted portraits of himself, and of deities, ghosts, etc. Xuan Zong wins a power struggle with his sister, Princess Taiping. He executes a large number of her allies and forces her to commit suicide. By topic Literature During the Tang Dynasty, publication of Kaiyuan Za Bao ("Bulletin of the Court"). First newspaper, hand printed on silk (approximate date). Religion Construction begins on the Leshan Giant Buddha near Leshan, Sichuan Province (China). Upon its completion in 803, it will become the largest stone carved Buddha in the world. Births Carloman, mayor of the palace (approximate date) Stephen the Younger, Byzantine theologian (or 715) Zhang Xuan, Chinese painter (d. 755) Deaths Ali ibn Husayn, fourth Shia Imam and great-grandson of Prophet Muhammad Ealdwulf, king of East Anglia Huineng, Chinese Zen Buddhist patriarch (b. 638) Li Jiao, chancellor of the Tang Dynasty (b. 644) Philippicus, Byzantine emperor Taiping, princess of the Tang Dynasty Suitbert, Anglo-Saxon missionary bishop Ursmar, Frankish abbot and missionary bishop Yijing, Chinese Buddhist monk and traveler (b. 635) References