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//China: Brought to you by the Sui Dynasty - you're welcome!//
 * The Sui Will Show You The Way (581-618) **

Our Message to You:

Although the Sui dynasty lasted a brief thirty-seven years, it reunited China and established a meritocratic examination system, military, and built the Grand Canal, thus paving the way for the future Tang dynasty.

How We Reunited China

After the collapse of the Han dynasty in 220, our nation was abandoned by authority- nasty Turkish nomadic invaders penetrated the Great Wall in the North while the barbaric dynasties fought among themselves. Our beloved Wendi, the "emperor of culture" who was previously known as Yang Jian, gained power as a military commander and courageously earned his crown after the last Zhou emperor died and the dynasty collapsed into chaos. He sent troops north to the cities of Shanxi and Gansu to attack the lowly Turkish nomads whose raids threatened the security and stability of our magnificent dynasty. Thus our powerful military gained control of Northern China. He promptly and easily defeated the corrupt state of Chen in southern China in the year 589 thereby incorporating its territory. By conquering these groups, our god-like, top drawer emperor managed to reunite our nation during the sixth century CE, after 369 years without an emperor and nearly 400 dark years of chaos, war, and brutality. Thus, our dandy Wendi's courageous feats reunited all of China!

Next, our wonderful Wendi ordered the reconstruction of our capital city Chang'an in Eastern China, a significant architectural achievement, and worked on another city at Yangzhou as well. On the topic of our wise emperor, he was brought up Confucian but adopted Buddhism and ordered the construction of thousands of pulchritudinous shrines and monuments. In addition, he had Buddhist temples built in every major city throughout China. Feel free to visit these Buddheous temples to satisfy all of your Buddhist needs! Wendi's actions thus united much of China religiously! After Wendi reunified China, he ensured its stability by consolidating our tax system and expanded the bureaucracy, overall making the government more effective. However, he doesn't steal your tax money for his own benefit; rather, he used your money to rebuild the Great Wall of China and start the Grand Canal. These two projects directly benefit you: the Great Wall protects the villages of our lovely dynasty, while the Grand Canal aids transportation of goods upon which our economy is based. Thus, under our rule, your tax dollars will make YOU more money! He also created the "equal field" system, which provided relief to our farmers by equally distributing land plots based on the number of people per household and lowered taxes on farmers. This method enables our economy to flourish, which allows us to spend more money on expanding our territory and furthering the development of our current territory. Thanks to the Sui emperors, our dynasty has reunified China and prepared it for a long, bright future.



The Grand Canal Our dynasty started a canal so grand it will likely never be surpassed by any canal in China. Our philosophers predict this 1,700 kilometer canal will never be outmatched, not even 1,394 years from now! This magnificent work of Sui engineering built during the reign of emperor Yang-di stretches from Beijing all the way to Hangzhou. As this canal is fantastically long, and flows North to South unlike most rivers in China, it is a chimerical and necessary part of Chinese trade for us and future dynasties. With a visionary canal like this, traveling anywhere in this divine dynasty of dreadful dynamism will be a simple task. Even if you do not enjoy travel by boat, those who do will bring various goods for all of our community to use. Even if you decide to not make use of the it, our cities in the North will be fueled by what is truly the greatest and grandest of all canals, benefiting you with stronger cities to support YOU, the splendid citizen of this exquisite empire. And remember, although other dynasties may have worked on our canal, we built it. Come buy the Sui dynasty today, and check out this fantastical waterway!

Military Force

Wendi, our glorious emperor, reformed the cruel Fubing system in which professional soldiers were controlled by corrupt generals, were not listed in household booklets of local states, and their families were forced to travel with them. Under Wendi, these soldiers were put on local lists and given the right to own farm land in times of peace. Soldiers, come and join us, and WE WILL GIVE YOU THE RESPECT YOU DESERVE! We often lead brave attacks against the northern Turkic people, forcing them to surrender to our extreme strategic brilliance! The Tuguhan tribe used to invade the Sui Dynasty, but in 59, our lovely, DEVOTED Princess Guanghua married a Tuguhun leader in order to improve our relations, thereby protecting our nation. Her willingness to marry for the good of our dynasty demonstrates the devotion with which our rulers serve us. Join us, and our rulers will work to help you succeed!

Examination System

What exactly is the imperial examination system??? If you choose to purchase our dynasty, the fabulous Imperial Examination System is pre-installed to hold against corruption! It tests officials for merits, whereas officials used to gain power due to family connections (aka nepotism = BAD). Now we have a true, just meritocracy. This great system is a safeguard against nepotism and puts the rightful people in power! It has been successfully used throughout China for 1,300 years since it was first employed by the Han and Wei Jin dynasties, and our warranty guarantees it for another 1,300! We first employed it in 606 CE under the rule of Emperor Yang-di, and it is also known as the Keju System. This man, our glorious emperor Yang-di, unified the people of China under this system and rules over our Three Departments and Six Ministries which make up our easily organized and extremely effective government. We'll get those Goguryeons yet!

We cleared out those nasty Turks! <span style="background-color: #ffa700; color: #c11010; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 250%;">We have paved a golden road for future dynasties to follow... media type="youtube" key="9XblbvrmgcM" height="315" width="420" <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">Feel free to enjoy this traditional Chinese music, undoubtably derived from the Sui Dynasty, as you peruse our product.

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<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">1.) McBeath, Carter. "Wendi." In //World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras//. ABC-CLIO, 2004-. Accessed January 14, 2012. []. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">2. )China Tour 360. "Sui Dynasty." China Tour 360. Accessed January 19, 2012.1.) McBeath, Carter. "Wendi." In //World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras//. ABC-CLIO, 2004-. Accessed January 14, 2012. []. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">http://www.chinatour360.com/history/sui-dynasty/. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">3.) "Sui Dynasty." //Warrior Tours//. Web. 17 Jan. 2012. []. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">4.) Draggoo, Kim. “Sui dynasty.” IN World History: Ancient and Medieval Eras. ABC-CLIO, 2004-. Accessed January 23, 2012. []. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">5.) China Tour. “Sui Dynasty(581-618).” ChinaTour. Accessed January 23, 2012. [] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">6.) Clubtime. “The Imperial Examination System and its Vagaries.” Clubtime. Accessed January 23, 2012. [] <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">7.) Travel China. “Political System of China Tang Dynasty.” Travel China. Accessed January 23, 2012. []. <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">8.) Forage, Paul "Grand Canal" In //Encyclopedia of Modern asia.// Gale Virtual Reference Library, 2002-. Accessed January 14, 2012 http://go.galegroup.com/ps/i.do?id=GALE%7CCX3403701064&v=2.1&u=mlin_m_wellhigh&it=r&p=GVRL&sw=w

<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 130%;">** WARNING: ** //This dynasty is not responsible for leaky canals, assassination by aids, Turk invasions, Goguryeons, the Korean military, corruption, or any problematic matters of this kind.//