The Sui Dynasty

The Sui Dynasty

Introduction & Reason for take-over

When the northern zhou has gained its victory against the northern Qi dynasty in 577 AD, this was the perfect moment and the chance of great advantage for northern Chinese to conquer the south. The southern dynasties then had given up hope in defeating the north. This was what made the conquering accomplished delayed in 537 with the civil war. The Sui dynasty began and lasted from 580-618 A.D. The sui dynasty was then represented as a reunification of Southern and Northern China.

Leader of the civilization

The Sui dynasty’s governing system relies on the emperor. In this case, there were two emperors. The first emperor was emperor wen-di or known as yang chien, who was an official from the northern zhou, and a founder of the sui dynasty as well. Wendi was known to be famous for emptying out the state treasury with warfare and construction projects, but he also achieved in improving the infrastructure during his early reign. Plus, Yang chien also regulated the market prices from establishing granaries as sources of food.
Followed from emperor Wen-di was his son emperor Yang-Di. A rumor once said that Yang-Di murdered his father for the throne. Yang-Di restored Confucian education and exam system, which eventually made him lost contact and support from the nomads. He was known for his expensive (The Gand Canal of China) taste and his failures to invade Korea, and invasions into China from the Turkic nomads. Unlike his father, Yang-Di was considered a failure to the Sui dynasty and was the cause of the short lifespan of the Sui dynasty.

Accomplishments of the Sui Dynasty

Despite the short lifespan of the Sui dynasty, it also achieved some accomplishments such as the construction of the Grand Canal, the land equalization system, the rich-poor social gap reduced which inspires more agricultural productivity, government power was centralized, the spreading of Buddhism, coinage was standardized, the rebuilding of the Great Wall of China, and the Sui dynasty was the mark for the reunification of Southern and northern China.

Reason for Fall

There were few reasons to the fall of the dynasty due to the bad image of the emperor and war increased, which causes great rebellion. The rebellion took many China’s farm men which caused damage against the agricultural system and the economy. With the Sui dynasty left with troops of angry Chinese rebellion, the dynasty didn’t lasted.

Work cited from:

http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/prehistory/china/classical_imperial_china/sui.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui_Dynasty