Proper Attire Quotes
In 1925 his administration had passed a law banning the wearing of the traditional Muslim hat. See {593676} for his reasoning.
In almost all nations until modern times, criticism of the monarch was dangerous and often life threatening and it didn’t happen very often. Taizong, one of the great Chinese Emperors, was unique in that he not only tolerated criticism of him and his administration but he purposely required that his advisors criticize him. Weizheng was his favored subject who criticized him freely and constructively. See related quote for a more modern statement of Taizong’s principle.