chapter 8

In A.D. 200, China plunged into civil war for nearly this long.

• 200 years

• 300 years

• 400 years

This general established the Sui Dynasty.

• Taizong

• Wendi

• Yangdi

to join together again

• reincarnation

• reunify

• reestablish

The son and successor of Wendi.

• Yangdi

• Taizong

• Gaozong

This connected the Chang Jiang river in the south with the Huang He river in the north.

• Great Wall

• Grand Canal

• Grand Aquaduct

rebirth

• reunify

• reincarnation

• reestablish

The end of reincarnation and suffering of life.

• paradise

• heaven

• nirvana

The understanding of life based on Siddhartha Gautama.

• Buddhism

• Confucianism

• Daoism

Life is full of suffering;

the cause of suffering is desire and ignorance;

to end the cycle of desire is to end suffering;

one can be free of desires by following the Eight Fold Path.

• The 4 Noble Truths

• The 4 Noble Desires

• The 4 Notable Sufferings

This philosophy made a comeback in the 600s and impacted government and family.

• Daoism

• Taoism

• Confucianism