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Aug 21, 604
Sui Yangdi
Sui Yangdi- 2nd emperor of Sui
- completed Grand Canal
- used Yangzi River Valley to increase food supplies
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Nov 11, 605
(Economical) Grand Canal
Link- started finished during Sui Yang's reign
- facilitated trade between North, South
- Hangzhou --> Chang'an
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Nov 11, 621
(Economical) Coinage
Link- to facilitate trade
1. the Kai Yuan Tong Bao (Main)
2. the Qian Feng Quan Bao
3. the Qian Yuan Zhong Bao -
Nov 12, 624
(Political) Tang Code
Link- served as a codified law
- created in 624 C.E., modified in 627 C.E. and 637 C.E.
- merged legalist and confucian ideas of law
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Sep 4, 626
Tang Taizong
Tang Taizong- 2nd emperor of Tang Dynasty
- capital at Chang'an
- lowered taxation and rice price
- well articulated transportations & communications
- equal field system
- bureaucracy based on merit
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Nov 11, 626
Wu Zhao
Wu Zhao- was a concubine of Taizong
- took power during his disease
- 1st woman emperor
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Nov 11, 626
(Political) Transportation & Communication
Link- facilitated trade within a country
- international trade was carried out
- camels carried goods (porcelain, silk) to Mediterranean Sea
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Nov 11, 626
(Social) Civil Service Examination
Link- an examination people took to get an occupation
- to maintain centralized government
- higher score = better placement as official
- an examination people took to get an occupation
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Nov 11, 645
(Political) Goguryeo-Tang War
Link- 645 C.E ~ 668 C.E
- Until The Tang-Silla Allaince that brought down the Goguryeo Kingdom, all the other campaigns didn't have many successes
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Nov 12, 1004
(Political) The Shanyuan Treaty
Link- peace treaty between Liao and Song
- helped stabilized both nations
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Nov 12, 1041
(Economic) Moveable-type Printing
Link- 1041~1048 C.E
- inventor = Bi Sheung
- helped the increment of book production
- often used in trade
- 1041~1048 C.E
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Nov 12, 1101
(Economical) Coinage
Link- (Northern Song Dynasty) used Chong NIng Zhong Bao which was used in the reign of Hui Zhong
- (Southern Song) used Shao Zing Yuan Bao which was used in the reign of Gao Zong
- facilitated the trade
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Nov 12, 1126
(Emperor) Qinzong
Link- reign 1126 - 1127 C.E
- 9th emperor of Song
- removed Li Gang from fighting against the Jurchens in search for peace
- Jurchens instead attacked and ended the Northen Song Empire
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Nov 12, 1130
(Social) Foot Binding
Link- cloth was used to tightly wrapped girls' feet to prevent it from growing
- as a result createdtiny & curved feet
- husbands could gain more supervisions for their wives
- women with foot binds could not move easily
- cloth was used to tightly wrapped girls' feet to prevent it from growing
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Yang Jian
Yang JianPicture Link- first emperor of Sui Dynasty
- imposed tight political discipline
- centralized government
- levied high taxes
- demanded compulsory labor services
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Song Taizu
Song Taizu- 1st emperor of Song Dynasty
- improved civil service examination
- took control through his military power
- expanded bureaucracy
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(Political) Territory
Link During the Sui Dynasty it had control over
- Korea
- southern Manchuria
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(Economical) Coinage
Link- standardized coin called "Sui Wu Zhu"
- iron paper and leather were used instead of coinage and caused the decrease the commonization of coinage
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(Economical) Equal-Field System
Link- allotted according to land's fertility and recipients needs
- increased population
- land lost from Buddhists
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(Social) Social Classes
Link- kingship (Yang Jian and Sui Yangdi)
- bureaucrats = elite class
- gap between rich and poor
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(Political) Kaihuang Code
Link- made by emperor Wan of Sui
- 5 punishments, 8 deliverations, 10 abominations
- death, exile, imprisonment, severe beating
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(Political) Three Departments and Six Ministries
Link- Three Departments had
- secretariat in charge of all imperial decree
- chancellery who gives advice to the secretariat and the emperor
- State affair who controls the six ministeries
-Ministry of Personnel
-Ministry of Revenue
-Ministry of Rites
-Ministry of Defense
-Ministry of Justice
-Ministry of Works - Three Departments had
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(Economical) Maritime Trade
Link- traded with Korea, Japan
- sent missionaries to convince other countries to trade
- their ships were fairly larger than other countries trading ships
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(Social) Religion
Link- Buddhism emerged during the Tang
- believed in afterlife, so they carried out funerals and placed valuables with the dead
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(Social) Women
Link- role such as taking care of the households and kids
- could achieve higher occupation by being Daoist priestesses
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(Social) Relationships with Foreign Countries
Link- Sui people had a control over the northern Turkic people
- (596) improved the relationships with Tuguhun group by arranging a marriage with princess Ganghua
- (608) Emperor Yangdi attacked and took down Tuguhun
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(Political) Goguryeo-Sui Wars
Link (598~614 A.D)
- Sui Dynasty had created / planned 4 campagins to conquer Gogyryeo but failed.
- The war led to the fall of the Sui as the rebellions broke out around 610 A.D. -
(Social) Imperial Examination
Link- was there in order to create successful bureaucrats and to sustain centralized government
- had prefectural, provincial, and final imperial exams
- scores would grant their rewarded occupations
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(Emperor) Zhenzong
Link- reign from 997~1022 C.E
- 3rd emperor of Song
- planned series of wars with Liao Empire
- paid Kithan tributes of 100000 ounces of silver and over 200000 bolts of silk
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(Political) Beaucracy
Link- citizens were to take civil service examination
- bureaucrats studied social behavior and philosophy
- established laws and maintain unity of the government/society
- established laws and maintain unity of the government/society
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(Political) Three Departments and Six Ministries
Link- the central administrative system which was developed during the Tang Dynasty
- secretariat (in charge of all imperial decree),
- chancellery (give advice to the secretariat and the emperor)
- Department of State affair (controls the six ministeries)
- 6 ministries
->Ministry of Personnel
->Ministry of Revenue
->Ministry of Rites
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(Emperor) Gaozu
Link- 1st emperor & founder of Tang Dynasty
- competed against other rulers to unified China
- reigned 202~195 B.C
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(Social) Foreign Relations
Link- Song was unable to conquer the Tibet and Kitan Empire in the north
- Song had to pay tribute to Tibet to prevent robbery and plundering
- had a conflict with Liao Empire but later solved through peace treaty
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(Social) Family
Link- followed Confucius ideas
- moral discipline
- social order (ancestors)
- descendents pay respect to their earliet traceable forfathers and perform rituals
- the idea of the first born male to inherit the family's weath was no longer practiced
- followed Confucius ideas
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Period: to
Sui Dynasty
Sui Dynasty
First dynasty united under a centralized ruler called Yang Chien, Certain economic and political advances were made such as a construction of Grand Canal. It fell from disloyalty and revolts. -
Period: to Nov 9, 1279
Song Dynasty
Song Dynasty
Founded by the emperor Taizu. It was the fisrt dynasty to use paper money, gunpowder, and navy. It was divided into two periods: Northern and Southern Song. Northern Song was ended by the invasion of Jin. -
Period: to
Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
It is founded by Li family and it is recognized as one of the most prosperous state in Chinese history. Printing skills were invented and Buddhism rose and influenced the country.
