HIST 208 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Yang Guifei, Han Yu, An Lushan Rebellion
8 Apr 2016
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The sui and tang military system is heir to that of the western wei (whereby. Numerous military campaigns lead to unification of the north (577), of north and south (589) and extend borders in all directions. There are limits to the expansion: sui/tang is faced with formidable enemies in the form of well-organized states with distinct culture and identity: tibetan empire, Western wei intergrade chinese soldiers in army, remove tax registers and put in military, pay tax in a different area, keep land and join army (good deal between the two) new group, strict division no longer there. Western wei reconquering the north; sui: south, reunified china. Sui and tang were successful towards dealing with turks in the north. Ruling elites of sui and tang are members of mixed xianbei northwestern aristocracy. Manage to exploit their double heritage: for the steppe people they are the. Open attitude to foreigners (as residents, merchants, diplomats) and their religions.
