Details

Description

1 online resource (372 pages): ill., maps ;

text txt rdacontent

computer c rdamedia

online resource cr rdacarrier

Series

Project MUSE EBA.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-326) and index.

Contents

Part I: From Prince to Sovereign. The making of a crown prince -- Yangdi and his reign -- The collapse of the Sui -- Part II: Yangdi and his Empire. Luoyang and the Grand Canal -- The palace network -- The bureaucracy -- The educational, ritual and legal institutions -- Religions -- Economic order -- Foreign policy -- Epilogue.

Note

Description based on print version record.

Subject

Sui Yangdi, Emperor of China, 569-618.

China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.

China -- History -- Sui dynasty, 581-618.

Genre/Form

Electronic books.

Added Author

Project Muse. distributor

ISBN

9780791482681

079146587X

9780791465875