Transcript Sui Dynasty (581

Sui Dynasty (581-618 A.D.)
• Sui Dynasty reunified China
and brought order
• Yang Jian founded the
dynasty and leader of the
army of the Zhou
• He killed the heir of the
throne in 581 and killed 59
royal princes
• 589 he conquered the south
and reunified China
Yang Jian
• Declared himself emperor and
called himself Wendi
• Restored old political
traditions
– Robe with a red sash
• Allowed people to follow their
own belief system
– Civil service exams
• Began public work projects
– Build the Grand Canal
Tang Dynasty
• Began in 618
• Expanded its borders,
networks, roads and canals
• Empire becomes so large
that they adopt Confucian
idea
• Most advanced & complex
in the world at the time
Tang Emperors
• Taizong takes the throne after
killing his two brothers
– Many felt he was fair and just
– Did not tax the poor
• Wu Zhao (only women emperor)
– Reconquest of Korea
• Xuanzong
– Brought art and literature to new
levels