Episode 1.5 - Emperor Wen of Sui

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Episode 1.5 is about Yang Jian, Emperor Wen of Sui, or, Sui Wen-di. Emperor Wen unified China for the first time in 300 years, since the great Han Dynasty. In doing so, he helped to usher in 6 centuries of unified and ascendant China.

Sources:

  • The Cambridge History of China, Ed. Denis C. Twitchett

  • Ann Paludan, Chronicle of Chinese Emperors

  • Victor Cunrui Xiong, Historical Dictionary of Medieval China

  • Charles Holcombe, Southern Integration: The Sui-Tang (581-907) Reach South

  • Denis A Graff, Medieval Chinese Warfare, 300-900 AD

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