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“Nag Bhat I, king of the Gurjar Pratihar Empire, was chosen as the leader of the Indian alliance comprising of Rashtrakuta, Guhil, Chalukya, and Gurjar armies to face the enemy. This alliance was between North Indian and South Indian rulers. Vikramaditya II was then the king of the Chalukya dynasty and Bappa Rawal of the Guhils.”
Nagabhata I (750–780) said by 780 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Rawal M. S. & Rawal Y. S. (2019). Saffron swords. Garuda Prakashan.
“念天地之悠悠，独怆然而涕下”
陈子昂 (661–702) said by 702 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“可憐樓上月徘徊，應照離人妝鏡台。”
張若虛 (660–720) said by 720 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“妾能制之，然須三物，一鐵鞭，二鐵□，三匕首。鐵鞭擊之不服，則以□□其首，又不服，則以匕首斷其喉。”
Wu Zetian (624–705) said by 705 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Zizhi Tongjian (1084), Volume 206
“海上生明月，天涯共此時。”
张九龄 (678–740) said by 740 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“黄河远上白云间， 一片孤城万仞山。 羌笛何须怨杨柳， 春风不度玉门关。”
Wang Zhihuan (688–742) said by 742 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is the Last Abode; we appoint it for those who desire not exorbitance in the earth, nor corruption. The issue ultimate is to the godfearing.”
Umar II (681–720) said by 720 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“翘首望东天，神驰奈良边。三笠山顶上，思又皎月圆。”
阿倍仲麻吕 (698–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Five souls are the most dignified in creation: a scholar who is not self-indulgent (moderate), a Sufi jurisprudent, a humble rich person, a thankful poor one, and a noble who follows the Sunnah.”
Sufyan al-Thawri (716–784) said by 784 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Difficulties are the result of sin. The sinful therefore does not have the right to lament when difficulties befall him.”
Abu Hanifa (699–767) said by 767 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Alternate translation: Christ gives us the relics of saints as health-giving springs through which flow blessings and healing. This should not be doubted. For if at God’s word water gushed from hard rock in the wilderness-yes, and from an ass’s jawbone when Samson was thirsty -why should it seem incredible that healing medicine should distill from the relics of saints”
John of Damascus (675–749) said by 749 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In Relics: The Shroud of Turin, the True Cross, the Blood of Januarius: History, Mysticism, and the Catholic Church, by Joan Carroll Cruz, 1984 <!--, Our Sunday Visitor, Huntington, Indiana, ISBN 0879737018 ISBN 9780879…
“綠葉青枝，緣溝覆池，映連旗以搖豔，輝長劍兮陸離。”
宋之問 (656–712) said by 712 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。”
王之涣 (688–742) said by 742 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Kings can tolerate everything but three practices– revealing a secret, an outrage on his harem, or a blow aimed at his power.”
Al-Mansur (713–775) said by 775 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“若欲直會其道。平常心是道。何謂平常心。無造作。無是非。無取捨。無斷常。無凡無聖。經云：非凡夫行。非聖賢行。是菩薩行。只如今行住坐臥。應機接物。盡是道。道即是法界。”
馬祖道一 (709–788) said by 788 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“忽如一夜春風來，千樹萬樹梨花開。”
岑參 (715–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“誰能絕人命，以作時世賢。”
元結 (719–772) said by 772 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A visible darkness grows up mountain paths; I lodge by the river gate high in a study, Frail cloud on a cliff edge passing the night. The lonely moon topples amid the waves; Steady, one after another, a line of cranes in flight. Howling over the kill, wild dogs and wolves. No sleep for me. I worry over battles— I have no strength to right the universe.”
Du Fu (712–770) said by 770 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“莫愁前路無知己，天下誰人不識君。”
高適 (702–765) said by 765 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ibn Ishaq/Hisham 992: - "Fight everyone in the way of Allah and kill those who disbelieve in Allah.”
Ibn Ishaq (704–768) said by 768 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“鄉心新歲切，天畔獨潸然。”
劉長卿 (709–790) said by 790 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“To the Buddhas considering parinirvarna I join my hands in prayer Do not abandon the beings in sorrow But remain and teach for countless ages.”
Shantideva (685–763) said by 763 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source