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I. 隋Suí Dynasty (581-618)
Similarities to Qin
First Emperor: Wendi 文帝 (r. 581-604)
Governmental reforms
New Code (581)
censorate
Second emperor: Yangdi 煬帝 (r. 604–617)
Reputation, accomplishments
Integration of the south
End of the Sui Dynasty
II. 唐 Táng Dynasty (618 – 907)
高祖 Gāo Zǔ (r. 618- 626)
Government
Economics
太宗Tài Zōng (r. 626 – 649)
“era of good government”
examination system
feudalism?
foreign relations
武后 Empress Wǔ (r. 684-705) and her Zhou Dynasty (690 - 705)
political chaos
religion and legitimacy
crisis and the Tang restoration
玄宗Xuán zōng (r. 712-756)
prosperity
disasters:
Battle of Talas River (751)
An Lushan 安禄山 rebellion (756 – 763)
new tensions:
eunuchs vs. consort families
centre vs. provinces
Social trends
aristocracy collapses but powerful landowners remain
population movements
Economic trends
Cultural trends
patronage of Daoism
Buddhism
monasteries
persecution by emperor 武宗 Wǔ zōng (r. 840-846)
poetry: Lǐ Bó李白 (701-762) and Dù Fǔ 杜甫 (712 – 770)
printing
The Diamond Sutra (pu blished 868), found at Dunhuang