When Li Shimin was born around 600 CE, there was no expectation that he would become emperor. His father, Li Yuan, Duke of Tang, was a military officer who served the Sui dynasty. The Sui was ...

And that was just the beginning. The Sui dynasty emperor, Yangdi, was credited with hoarding an incredible 100,000 women in his Yangzhou palace; Tang emperors kept palaces with 3000, 8,000 or ...

When the dissolute last emperor of the Sui Dynasty tries to hold an empirewide beauty contest a corrupt official takes advantage of the opportunity to divert money into his own coffers and steals ...

A Study in the Urban History of Medieval China,” “Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy,” “A Historical Dictionary of Medieval China,” and “Heavenly Khan: A Biography of Emperor ...

For example, Q3(a) in Paper One only asked about Emperor Wen of Sui dynasty and his achievements, whereas Q3(b) focused on Emperor Taizong of Tang, his politics and the situation in the Tang dynasty.

The pagoda was built during the Northern Wei Dynasty and reconstructed during the Northern Qi and Sui dynasties ... built during the reign of Emperor Yuanfeng. The octagonal thirteen-storey ...