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*''Reign: [[604]]-[[617]]''
Emperor Yang of Sui, also known as Yang Guang, was the second and last emperor of China's [[Sui Dynasty]]. Though generally regarded quite negatively in the traditional dynastic histories, as all last emperors are, Yang is credited with, among various other achievements, the completion of the [[Grand Canal]].
When he was young, Yang Guang was betrothed to a girl from Southern China, and was sent there, to the South, for a time, where he organized the copying of numerous Buddhist scriptures and the construction of a number of Buddhist temples. While there, he engaged in correspondence with [[Zhiyi]], founder of Tiantai (J: [[Tendai]]) Buddhism.
Yang Guang became emperor in [[604]], possibly after arranging to remove his brothers from the line of succession. As emperor, he rebuilt the Imperial capital of [[Luoyang]], and completed the Grand Canal linking the relatively desolate north with the lush, agriculturally productive south. The vast amount of conscripted labor involved in these projects is said to have helped consolidate the cultures of north and south, as laborers from different parts of the empire traveled great distances to work on these projects, interacting with people along the way, as well as in the locations where they were put to work.
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|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Wen of Sui|Emperor Wen]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Sui Dynasty|Sui]]<br>[[604]]-[[617]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]]'''
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==References==
*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 195.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]
Emperor Yang of Sui, also known as Yang Guang, was the second and last emperor of China's [[Sui Dynasty]]. Though generally regarded quite negatively in the traditional dynastic histories, as all last emperors are, Yang is credited with, among various other achievements, the completion of the [[Grand Canal]].
When he was young, Yang Guang was betrothed to a girl from Southern China, and was sent there, to the South, for a time, where he organized the copying of numerous Buddhist scriptures and the construction of a number of Buddhist temples. While there, he engaged in correspondence with [[Zhiyi]], founder of Tiantai (J: [[Tendai]]) Buddhism.
Yang Guang became emperor in [[604]], possibly after arranging to remove his brothers from the line of succession. As emperor, he rebuilt the Imperial capital of [[Luoyang]], and completed the Grand Canal linking the relatively desolate north with the lush, agriculturally productive south. The vast amount of conscripted labor involved in these projects is said to have helped consolidate the cultures of north and south, as laborers from different parts of the empire traveled great distances to work on these projects, interacting with people along the way, as well as in the locations where they were put to work.
<center>
{| border="3" align="center"
|- align="center"
|width="35%"|Preceded by<br>'''[[Emperor Wen of Sui|Emperor Wen]]'''
|width="25%"|'''Emperor of [[Sui Dynasty|Sui]]<br>[[604]]-[[617]]'''
|width="35%"|Succeeded by<br>'''[[Emperor Gaozu of Tang]]'''
|}
</center>
==References==
*Valerie Hansen, The Open Empire, New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 195.
[[Category:Emperors]]
[[Category:Asuka Period]]