Sui Dynasty
The Sui Dynasty (隋朝 581-618) followed the Southern and Northern Dynasties and preceded the Tang Dynasty in China. It ended nearly four centuries of rule by warlords.
The Sui Dynasty has often been compared to the earlier Qin Dynasty in tenure and the ruthlessness of its accomplishments. The Sui dynasty's early demise was attributed to the government's tyrannical demands on the people, who bore the crushing burden of taxes and compulsory labor. These resources were overstrained in the completion of the Grand Canal--a monumental engineering feat-- and in the undertaking of other construction projects, including the reconstruction of the Great Wall. Weakened by costly and disastrous military campaigns against Korea in the early seventh century, the dynasty disintegrated through a combination of popular revolts, disloyalty, and assassination.
Rulers of Sui Dynasty
Related Articles
Referenced By
Bozhou | Capital of China | Capitals of China | Ch'in Dynasty | Ch'ing | Ch'ing Dynasty | Ch'ung-Ch'ing | Chaochou | Chaozhou | Chaozhou City | Chen Dynasty | Chin Dynasty | Chin Wu-ti | China after Mao | China under Mao | Chinese History | Chinese capital | Chinese dynasties | Chinese dynasty | Ching Dynasty | Chiuchow | Chong-Ch'ing | Chong-Ching | Chong Ch'ing | Chong Ching | Chongqing | Chongqing City | Chongqing Municipality | Chou Dynasty | Chungking | Commanderies | Commandery | Commandries | Commandry | Dong Jin dynasty | Dynastic China | East Han | Eastern Chou | Eastern Han | Eastern Han Dynasty | Eastern Jin Dynasty | Eastern Zhou | Eastern Zhou Dynasty | Eastern Zhou dynasty (770-221 B.C.) | Eunuch | First Zhou Dynasty | Five Dynasties | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms | Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period | Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms Period | Five dynasties and the Ten kingdoms | Former Han Dynasty | Four Great Ancient Capital of China | Four great ancient capitals of China | Fuling | Grand Canal of China | Han China | Han Dynasty | Han Empire | History of China | History of ROC | History of Republic of China | History of Republican China | History of the PRC (1949-1976) | History of the PRC (1976-present) | History of the People's Republic of China (1949-1976) | History of the People's Republic of China (1976-present) | History of the ROC | History of the Republic of China | Hsuan Tsang | Hsuan Tswang | Hsuchow | Jiangsi | Jiangxi | Jiangxi Province | Jiankang | Jin Dynasty (265-420) | Jinghang Canal | Jinghang Grand Canal | Kaisho | Kaishu | Kiangsi | Lianchiang | Liang Dynasty | Lianjiang | Lianjiang County | Lienchiang | Lienchiang County | List of China-related topics M-Z | Manchu Dynasty | Manchu Empire | Ming | Ming China | Ming Dynasty | Ming Empire | Mongol Dynasty | Northern Song | Northern Song Dynasty | Northern Yuan | Northern and Southern Dynasties ...
|
