Compare And Contrast Tang And Song Dynasty

The Preeminence of china started in 589-1279 with Sui dynasty, Tang dynasty and Song Dynasty. China’s history didn’t occur twice but it had similar reoccurrence which was in the third century and the sixth century. The political structures, and social and economic structures of the Sui, Tang and Song dynasty happened at different times. The Sui dynasty started from 589 and ended at 618 and had a young ruler Yang Jian. Yang Jian was a general in northwest China which helped united northern China under its rule. Yang Jian as Emperor Wendi. He worked out a law code and reinvented the civil service which begun by Han rulers. He had regime at Chang’an which was earlier the Han’s Capital and built it into the world’s biggest city, he also constructed

The Tang’s most presentable leader was Li Shimin which was one of duke’s son. Li led skillful campaigns then killed two of his older brothers, convince his father to give up and assumed the throne himself at age 26. Li reigned as Emperor Taizong from 626 to 649. The Tang dynasty expanded China into to Central Asia reopening routes. Taizong conquered Turkestan and invaded central Asia when he forced the northern vagrant to become his allies and vassals. It had another Tang leader which was Wu Zhao who was later known as Wu Zetian and as Empress Wu. She was allowed to enter a Buddhist retreat after Taizong died and she was a reluctant nun who was at the age of 24. She changed couple things such as tax relief, improved civil service, decreased the power of the old nobility, fostered military expansion and promoted economic prosperity. Her grandson took the throne as Emperor Xuanzong, he fell in love with a princess name Yang Guifei who neglected his duties and let her relatives run things. In 907 the local warlord shaped the country up leading to a new disunity when one of them overthrew the

The Confucian civil service was restored and strengthen and promoted professional governance by him. The Song rulers attempted to conquer foreign lands that mainly drained China’s resources. The dynasty focused on its energy instead on expanding out. The Song dynasty join the Confucian civil service to administer the realm. The civil servants were conservative. One civil servant tried to enforce a change to search for ways to finance the army and bureaucracy. Wang Anshi the emperor main advisor tried to increase the wealth of farmers and merchants that paid taxes and duties. He wanted more talented men to take the civil service exams but they were horrified by his actions. The non-producers generated advances in money and bank, trade and support, manufacturing and technology, and fostering a commercial revolution that were ranked by the Confucian. The Song China seemed to have all it needed for economic and industrial