The Sui Dynasty

By Arthur F. Wright,

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1 author picked The Sui Dynasty as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

This book by the famous Yale sinologist Arthur Wright is written with the general readership in mind. It covers the rise and fall of the Sui empire with great clarity. The Sui empire reunited China for the first time since the fall of the Western Jin in the early 4th century. The Tang dynasty rose on the ashes of the Sui. Many important characters in my book were key actors in the Sui-Tang transition, including Tang Taizong Li Shimin and his father Tang Gaozu Li Yuan. 

From Victor's list on China in the Tang period.

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