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Medieval China

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Medieval ChinaThe Rise and Fall of the Sui, Tang, and Song

Dynasties

Before the Medieval Period

• Han Dynasty (202BCE–220 CE): growthand expansion

• “Mandate of Heaven”• Medieval China’s three

dynasties:• Sui Dynasty (580–618)• Tang Dynasty (618–906)• Song Dynasty

(960–1127)

• Recovery and a time ofgreat glory anddevelopment

Zhang Qian, explorer during the Han dynasty,travels west

The Collapse of the Han Dynasty

• The Handynastyended in 220CE

• Strongregionalstatesreplaced theHan dynasty

• “Period ofthe ThreeKingdoms”

Map of the Three Kingdoms

Power Struggles Betweenthe Han and the Sui

• People longed forcentralizedgovernment

• Daoism

• Political instabilitydid not result in aloss of culture

Daoist and Alchemist Tao Hengjing

The Sui Dynasty• After the fall of the

Han, warlords ruledChina

• In 581, Yang Jianseized power andchanged name toEmperor Wendi

• Reunited north andsouth to restore theempire

• ReestablishedConfucianism Emperor Wendi

Emperor Wendi’s Reforms

• Land reforms improvedposition of the peasants

• Higher status for the militia

• Improved currency system

• Unification facilitated trade

• Strengthened governmentalcentralization

Portrait of Emperor Wendi

Yang Di’sConstruction Projects

• Repair projects

• The Grand Canal

• Large labor force

• Costs: financesand human lives

The Collapse of the Sui

• Peasantrebellions

• Failed militarycampaigns

• Financialproblems

Yang Di, the last major Sui emperor

The Tang Dynasty• Li Yuan

• Emperor Tang Taizong

• Policies

Tang TaizongLi Yuan

Gaozong :Domestic Policies

• Restored the feudal order• Land reform for peasants• State involvement in

economic production• Other economic

endeavors• Education and governing

officials• Growth of towns and

cities