Sui Dynasty (581 - 618)
Sui dynasty is Important and short-lived dynasty in China history. Sui dynasty only rules China for 38 years. Sui dynasty’s importance is that it has finished the division situations of 300 years of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the unprecedented prosperity appears in the society, establish the foundation for flourishing times of the Tang Dynasty. However, Sui Dynasty implemented the tyranny, this evoked the people’s strong discontent. People revolt one after another, have overthrown the governance of Sui Dynasty finally.
Sui Dynasty is compared with Qin Dynasty, these two dynasties have much similarity. Qin Dynasty and Sui Dynasty have enormous contribution in China history, are the dynasty that link the past up the future and have deep historical lesson. First of all, Sui Dynasty and Qin Dynasty both relied on the strong military force to unify China, then finished a series of reforms, make economy developed. Secondly, forced labor to people, cause the people can not livelihood, make regime destroy finally. However, rely on the accumulation of the material wealth of country at this moment, has created good material conditions for future development. After Sui Dynasty becomes extinct, the most prosperous and most powerful era in China history will come — Tang Dynasty.
