Sui and Tang Dynasties: Traces of Rise and Fall

About This Novel

This volume begins with the Queen's accession to the throne and spans from the prosperous Kaiyuan era to the eve of the Anshi Rebellion. "Cosmopolitanism" has been the most commonly used concept by Chinese and foreign scholars for half a century to describe the Tang Dynasty. The characteristics of this kind of cosmopolitanism are robustness and tolerance, and it recreates Chinese civilization with an openness to all rivers, thereby bringing about the brilliance and glory of religion, culture, institutions, and knowledge. In the Tang Dynasty, especially in the prosperous Tang Dynasty and before, the Huayi debate did not occupy the mainstream. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty believed that both Huayi and Huayi were his own people. This book starts from the time when Empress Wu comes to power, spanning from the end of the prosperous Kaiyuan era to before the Anshi Rebellion. This period is a key turning point in the prosperity and decline of the Tang Dynasty, and it is also the period with the most distinctive characteristics of "cosmopolitanism" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Each volume is divided into ten chapters, mainly in chronological order, with selected important historical nodes and historical figures discussed and examined. The whole book not only retains the original literature materials, but also adds the author's wonderful explanations, allowing readers to read selectively. The latest research papers are specially noted in the footnotes to assist readers in need of further reading. There is also a "Tell me more" unit at the end of each chapter, which introduces readers to the methods of reading history and the key points of the chapter.

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