عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
DS749.29.S85 V538 2006
DS749
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29
.
S85
V538
2006
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
0791465888
(Number (ISBN
9780791465882
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b602513
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
his life, times, and legacy
First Statement of Responsibility
Victor Cunrui Xiong.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Albany
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
State University of New York Press
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
©2006.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xiii, 357 p. : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
SUNY series in Chinese philosophy and culture.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
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.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Looking at the life and legacy of Emperor Yang (569-618) of the brief Sui dynasty in a new light, this book presents a case for his importance to Chinese history. Author Victor Cunrui Xiong utilizes traditional and secondary literature from China, Japan, and the West to go beyond the common perception of Emperor Yang as merely a profligate tyrant. Xiong accepts neither the traditional verdict against Emperor Yang nor the apologist effort to revise it, and instead offers a reassessment of Emperor Yang by exploring the larger political, economic, military, religious, and diplomatic contexts of Sui society. This reconstruction of the life of Emperor Yang reveals an astute visionary with literary, administrative, and reformist accomplishments.
While a series of strategic blunders resulting from the darker side of his personality led to the collapse of the socioeconomic orderand to his own death, the Sui legacy that Emperor Yang left behind lived on to provide the foundation for the rise of the Tang dynasty, the pinnacle of medieval Chinese civilization."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
China -- Kings and rulers -- Biography.
China -- Sui dynasty, 581-618. -- History.
Sui Yangdi, -- (569-618) -- Emperor of China.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
DS749
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29
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S85
Book number
V538
2006
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Victor Cunrui Xiong.
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
VictorCunrui Xiong
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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