EAS103H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Marine Energy, Gagaku, Uisang
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The cosmopolitan empires of sui and tang china. The northwest military aristocracy and the sui reunification of china. Wendi (yang jian) =shows ethnicity in china faded. =captured nanjing and yangzi river (attempt to reunify china) = nobles and officials to move to the sui capital at changan. = buddhism -> to legitimate the sui dynasty, imitate king ashoka. =developed civil service examination system to strengthen central control-> denies official"s power to select their subordinates. =construction of the grand canal-> tie north and south china, easy to put ship tax. = wanted to recover han dynasty"s territory (korea and vietnam) -> attacked koguryo but failed many times. =but repeating the war resulted in exhaustion and unrest. Power seized by leaders, local officials, local elites. Li shimin, taizong= talented general, astute strategist. =issued new legal code-> influence on the code of korea, japan and vietnam. =keep divisional militia as well as equal field system.
