14 Facts About Sui Dynasty

The Sui unified the Northern and Southern dynasties, thus ending the long period of division following the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, and laying the foundations for the much longer lasting Tang dynasty.

Sui Dynasty is often compared to the earlier Qin dynasty for unifying China after prolonged division.

Sui Dynasty's daughter was the Empress Dowager, and her stepson, Emperor Jing of Northern Zhou, was a child.

The city was razed to the ground, while Sui Dynasty troops escorted Chen nobles back north, where the northern aristocrats became fascinated with everything the south had to provide culturally and intellectually.

Sui Dynasty established granaries as sources of food and as a means to regulate market prices from the taxation of crops, much like the earlier Han dynasty.

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Sui Dynasty Emperors were from the northwest military aristocracy, and they cited as their ancestors the Yang of Hongnong ????, a Han clan.

Sui Dynasty noted that the ruler was named "Taisson", which he claimed meant "Son of God", perhaps Chinese Tianzi or even the name of the contemporary ruler Emperor Taizong of Tang.

Emperor Yang of Sui Dynasty ascended the throne after his father's death, possibly by murder.

Sui Dynasty further extended the empire, but unlike his father, did not seek to gain support from the nomads.

Sui Dynasty started many expensive construction projects such as the Grand Canal of China, and became embroiled in several costly wars.

One of the major work projects undertaken by the Sui Dynasty was construction activities along the Great Wall of China; but this, along with other large projects, strained the economy and angered the resentful workforce employed.

The eventual fall of the Sui dynasty was due to the many losses caused by the failed military campaigns against Goguryeo.

Sui Dynasty had gone South after the capital being threatened by various rebel groups and was killed by his advisors .

Buddhism was popular during the Sixteen Kingdoms and Northern and Southern dynasties period that preceded the Sui dynasty, spreading from India through Kushan Afghanistan into China during the Late Han period.