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*''Reign: [[581]]-[[604]]''

*''Reign: [[581]]-604''

*''Other Names'': [[楊]] 堅 ''(Yáng Jiān)''

*''Chinese'': 隋文帝 ''(Suí Wéndì)''

Emperor Wen of Sui, also known as Yang Jian, was the first emperor of China's [[Sui Dynasty]].

Emperor Wen of Sui, also known as Yang Jian, was the first emperor of China's [[Sui Dynasty]].

Taking the name Emperor Wen, or Wendi, he established a series of policies aimed at restoring a unified Chinese culture & identity, since the north had been subject to strong Turkish-Mongolian cultural influences for many years at this point, while the culture of the more dominantly Chinese south developed in a different direction. A new law code attempted to count all as equal under the law.

Taking the name Emperor Wen, or Wendi, he established a series of policies aimed at restoring a unified Chinese culture & identity, since the north had been subject to strong Turkish-Mongolian cultural influences for many years at this point, while the culture of the more dominantly Chinese south developed in a different direction. A new law code attempted to count all as equal under the law.

In [[580]], Emperor Wen revoked bans on Buddhism and Taoism put into place by the Northern Zhou six years earlier, and employed the popularity of Buddhism to help strengthen support for the legitimacy of his rule.

In [[580]], Emperor Wen revoked bans on Buddhism and Taoism put into place by the Northern Zhou six years earlier, and employed the popularity of Buddhism to help strengthen support for the legitimacy of his rule. Promoting himself as a major patron of Buddhism, he ordered the establishment of a national network of Buddhist temples, along with a new central temple in the capital which would oversee all the rest, supervise all the country's monks, translate Buddhist texts, and establish standards for the clergy. His capital featured roughly 120 new temples in total, and in [[601]], he ordered the construction of [[stupa]]s all across the country, to house relics of the Buddha.

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==References==

==References==

*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 193.

*Valerie Hansen, ''The Open Empire'', New York: W.W. Norton & Company (2000), 193.

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[[Category:Emperors|Wen]]

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