HIST 270: China
STUDY GUIDE
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CHAPTER FIVE
The Cosmopolitan Empires of Sui and Tang China (581-960)
GLOSSARY
Look up the following terms in a dictionary or encyclopedia if you do not know them.
cosmopolitan
King Ashoka
Iconoclastic
Bodhisattva
IDENTIFICATION
Briefly identify the meaning and significance of the follow terms:
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Jinshi exam __________________________________________________________________________
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Chang’an ____________________________________________________________________________
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Tea _________________________________________________________________________________
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Empress Wu _________________________________________________________________________
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Emperor Xuanzong ___________________________________________________________________
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Du Fu _______________________________________________________________________________
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Han Yu ______________________________________________________________________________
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MATCHING
Match the following people with the appropriate description
___ 1. An Lushan
A. Enlightenment can be achieved suddenly through insight
into one’s own Buddha nature.
___ 2. Bodhidharma
B. Beneath the blossoms with a pot of wine,
No friends at hand, so I poured alone;
___ 3. Huineng
C. Founder of the Tang dynasty, his family belonged to the
same aristocracy as the Sui emperors.
___ 4. Li Bai
D. Drew on Buddhism to legitimate the Sui dynasty.
___ 5. Li Shimin (Taizong)
E. With an army of 100,000 troops, he led a rebellion against
the Tang dynasty.
___ 6. Li Yuan (Gaozu)
F. Wrote the most successful of the Tang dynasty short
stories.
___ 7. Mulian
G. Journeyed to the netherworld to save his mother from
her sufferings.
___ 8. Yang Jian (Wendi)
H. By leading the Korean campaigns himself, he was
personally humiliated by their failures.
___ 9. Yangdi
I. Ambushed his brother, killing their sons, and demanded
his father abdicate in his favor.
___ 10. Yuan Zhen
J. First patriarch of Chan Buddhism, he rejected the
authority of the sutras and taught enlightenment can be
achieved through meditation.
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TRUE/FALSE
Mark the following statements either T (True) or F (False):
___ 1. The Sui successful rebuilt an empire comparable to the Han.
___ 2. The establishment of the Tang dynasty marks a radical break with the Sui.
___ 3. Even sons of officials who could have entered the government by grace of their father’s rank
often would attempt the jinshi examination.
___ 4. During the Tang dynasty, Buddhist monasteries retreated to the mountains and had little
impact on civil society.
___ 5. In 845 a Tang emperor ordered more than 4,600 monastaries and 40,000 temples and shrines
closed and more than 260,000 Buddhist monks and nuns returned to secular life.
___ 6. Empress Wu became China’s first and only female emperor.
___ 7. Emperor Xuanzong was deposed by Lady Yang Guifei who became the Empress Wu.
___ 8. By 779 over half the central government revenues came from tax receipts from the silk
monopoly.
___ 9. During the Tang dynasty, skill in calligraphy was so highly respected that it was evaluated in
the civil service examinations.
___ 10. Political collapse following the An Lushan rebellion led to severe economic collapse in the
South.
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