隋唐 (SuíTáng): Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907…

Meanings

1 Sui (581–618) and Tang (618–907) dynasties

Characters

隋

Examples

隋唐时期是中国封建社会的鼎盛阶段之一。

Suí-Táng shíqī shì Zhōngguó fēngjiàn shèhuì de dǐngshèng jiēduàn zhī yī.

The Sui-Tang period was one of the peak stages of imperial Chinese society.

他在研究隋唐的科举制度。

Tā zài yánjiū Suí-Táng de kējǔ zhìdù.

He is researching the imperial examination system of the Sui and Tang.

Tips

history

Treated as a single era because the Tang inherited Sui institutions (the 大运河 Grand Canal, 科举 imperial exams, 三省六部 'Three Departments, Six Ministries' bureaucracy). The Sui reunified China after centuries of division; the Tang scaled it into a cosmopolitan empire.

culture

Source for the popular novel cycle 隋唐演义 (Romance of the Sui and Tang) and countless TV dramas about figures like 李世民 (Li Shimin / Emperor Taizong) and 武则天 (Wu Zetian).