Chinese people chapter 12 Flashcards

336140502	Wendi	man who was a member of a chinese noble family; seizes throne and declares himself emperor.(sui dynasty), gains support of neighboring nomadic tribes, extends empire across northern china, and lowers taxes and builds granaries	0
336140503	Yangdi	Son of Wendi, murders father to reach throne (Sui dynasty) he strengthens confucian education system, restores civil service exam, built temples, palaces and canals through peasant labor, led series of unsuccessful wars, suffers defeats by Asian turks, killed by his own officials	1
336140504	Li Yuan	Duke of the Tang Empire, court official of Yangi, (Tang) Turns against Yangi at the end of his reign, orchestrated Yangdi's assassination, emerges as leader, but then steps down and allows his son to be emperor	2
336140505	Tang Taizong	Li Yuan's son, repairs great wall, standing frontier armies, extends empire to Tibet, Vietnam, Korea, and Afghanistan, rebuilds the bureaucracy (revives confucian ideology, strengthen scholarly gentry class, moves capital to Changan	3
336140506	Emperor Xuabzong	strenghtnes bureaucratic sustem, patornizes the arts, looses two wifes, infatuated with concubine Yang Guifei	4
336140507	Yang Guifiei	Concubine of Emperor Xuanzong who uses her position to pack royal court with relatives and supporters, leads Xuanzong to neglect political and military affairs.	5
336580313	Empress Wu	ruler that makes Buddhism the state religion	6
336580314	General An Lushan	revolted against the Tang Empire	7
336580315	Zhao Kuangyin	scholarly military general, became the new leader of China after the downfall of the Tang empire	8
336580316	Emperor Wuzong	opens persecutions against Buddhists; fears increased influence of monasteries	9