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    Emperor Wen of Sui (隋文帝; 21 July 541 – 13 August 604), personal name Yang Jian (楊堅), Xianbei name Puliuru Jian (普六茹堅), alias Narayana (Chinese: 那羅延; pinyin:...
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    The Sui dynasty ([swěɪ], Chinese: 隋朝; pinyin: Suí cháo) was a short-lived Chinese imperial dynasty that ruled from 581 to 618. The re-unification of China...
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    Sui dynasty. Later, Yang Jian, who became Sui Wendi, conquered the Chen dynasty, and united China. However, this dynasty was short-lived. Sui Wendi's...
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    turmoil. Their tribes were fighting each other perhaps as a result of Sui Wendi strategy to increase tensions between nomads in order to create internal...
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  • the Five Punishments varied. Before the Western Han dynasty Emperor Han Wendi (r. 180–157 BC),[clarification needed] the punishments involved tattooing...
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  • wars against the Sui dynasty between 598 and 614, known as the Goguryeo-Sui Wars. He fended off four Sui campaigns by Emperors Wendi and Yangdi, including...
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  • Princess Qianjin, now known under the Sui dynasty title Princess Dayi. Her new name was given to her by the Sui Emperor Wendi in order to create a marriage alliance...
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    the invasion the Sui forces are all defeated, and Yang Liang is forced to retreat. King Yeongyang sends an embassy to Daxing; Wéndi accepts a peace agreement...
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  • AD, the new Sui dynasty emerged as the sole power in a unified China after having defeated the Chen dynasty. The new Sui Emperor Sui Wendi sent a 120,000-man...
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    and win a great victory at the Battle of the Hyrcanian Rock. Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty prepares a campaign against the Chen dynasty. He amasses 518...
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  • Emperor Wen, Wendi, or the Wen Emperor may refer to: King Wen of Zhou (1112 BC–1050 BC), Emperor Wen of Han (202 BC–157 BC), Emperor Wen of Wei (187–226)...
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  • Wendi of Sui established a new attire system by basing himself on the system of the Cao Wei, Western Jin, and Northern Qi dynasties; however the Sui dynasty...
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    intervention of his uncle, King Æthelberht of Kent. August 13 – Emperor Wéndi, age 63, is assassinated by his son Yángdi, after a 23-year reign in which...
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    and Picts, under King Áedán mac Gabráin of Dál Riata (Scotland). Emperor Wéndi sends diplomatic letters to the royal court of Goguryeo (Korea). He demands...
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    the surrounding countryside in revenge (approximate date). Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty organises the Grand Canal. He builds ships for transportation...
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    with the Malgal against Chinese Sui dynasty outposts along the border in present-day Hebei province. Sui Emperor Wendi ordered his fifth and youngest son...
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    as commander-in-chief in charge of the war against the Avars. Emperor Wéndi repairs and expands sections of the Great Wall in the north-west, which...
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  • the Sui dynasty (隋朝), which ruled China between AD 581 and 618. The dynasty was named for the family title: the Yang (楊) family were the Dukes of Sui. Those...
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  • an account of Vietnamese Buddhist history. Speaking of the period of Sui Wendi (sixth century), Thong ..." David G. Marr, Anthony Crothers Milner Southeast...
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    temple was built by a consort of Princess Yang Xiu, son of Emperor Wendi in the Sui dynasty (581–618). The temple was renamed "Miaoyuan Tayuan" (妙圆塔院)...
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    invasion. The Chinese Empire is reunited under the leadership of Emperor Wéndi (Sui dynasty), who defeats the Chen forces at Jiankang (modern Nanjing), ending...
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    a different character to avoid a naming taboo on the given name of Han Wendi). Other members of certain types of Chinese dragon are considered especially...
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    the 32nd emperor of Japan. Fall – The Liang dynasty ends: Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty abolishes Western Liang and expands his territory into the...
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    overrun, and his family flees to Powys (approximate date). Spring – Emperor Wéndi orders the confiscation and destruction of privately held weapons; he exempts...
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  • the invasion the Sui forces are all defeated, and Yang Liang is forced to retreat. King Yeongyang sends an embassy to Daxing; Wéndi accepts a peace agreement...
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  • the surrounding countryside in revenge (approximate date). Emperor Wéndi of the Sui dynasty organises the Grand Canal. He builds ships for transportation...
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    the Hard Rock Casino in Hollywood, Fla. In the early 1990s, after dating Wendi Stewart, Agassi dated American singer and entertainer Barbra Streisand....
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    attended a meeting on poverty and female mortality with Queen Rania and Wendi Murdoch, met for lunch with First Lady Laura Bush at the Metropolitan Museum...
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  • This interpretation, however, seems to be directly referencing the Sui emperor Wendi, who in the year 601 CE built hundreds of relic-shrines throughout...
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    Record of Linji, p. 159. University of Hawaii Press, Oct 31, 2008. Adamek, Wendi L. The Teachings of Master Wuzhu: Zen and Religion of No-Religion, p. 148...
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