13 Reunification and Renaissance in Chinese Civilizations: The Era of the Tang and Song Dynasties 13.1 analysis
Chapter Overview Rebuilding the Imperial Edifice in the Sui-Tang Era Tang Decline and the Rise of the Song Tang and Song Prosperity: The Basis of a Golden Age
Key Concepts 13.1 Wendi Barbarian alliance Core unification Scholar gentry – status Tax policies Granaries and social peace Yandi Aristocrats and nomadic lords v scholars? Yandi = overreach?
Key Concepts 13.1 - #2 Li Yaun Barbarian problem solution? Rebuilding the Pervasive Bureaucracy? Aristocrats v Bureaucrats? Meritocracy/ Ministry of Rites/jinshi Who you know, not what you know? Confucianism v Buddhism and Empress Wu. Wuzong