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The Book of Sui (Chinese: 隋書; pinyin: Suí Shū) is the official history of the Sui dynasty, which ruled China in the years AD 581–618. It ranks among the official Twenty-Four Histories of imperial China. It was written by Yan Shigu, Kong Yingda, and Zhangsun Wuji, with Wei Zheng as the lead author.
The Book of Sui relates that Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty sent three expeditions to a place called "Liuqiu" early in the 7th century. [3] They brought back captives, cloth, and armour. The Liuqiu described by the Book of Sui had pigs and chicken but no cows, sheep, donkeys, or horses. It produced little iron, had no writing system, taxation ...
Chinese Liuqiu was first attested in the Book of Sui (636), which stated that Sui China had sent expeditions to what it called Liuqiu (流求) three times in 607 and 608. [3] The Book of Sui places the report on Liuqiu second to last within the chapter on "Eastern Barbarians" , following the report on Mohe and preceding the report on Wa (Japan ...
The Book of Sui provides an account of the "first cavalry battalions" of the dynasty's Twenty-four armies. They wore "bright-brilliant" ( mingguang ) armour made of decarburized steel connected by dark green cords, their horses wore iron armour with dark green tassels, and they were distinguished by lion banners.
Map showing major uprisings and rebellions in the last years of Sui dynasty. The greatest extent of Li Mi's Wagang Army is shown as shade in light green. Li Mi ( Chinese : 李密 ; 582 – 20 January 619 [ 1 ] ), courtesy name Xuansui ( 玄邃 ), pseudonym Liu Zhiyuan ( 劉智遠 ), was a Chinese military general, monarch, poet, politician, and ...
The Sui emperors were from the northwest military aristocracy, and they cited as their ancestors the Yang of Hongnong 弘農楊氏, a Han clan. [14] [15] They emphasised their Han ancestry, and claimed descent from the Han official Yang Zhen. [16] The New Book of Tang traces their patrilineal ancestry to the Zhou dynasty kings via the Dukes of ...
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In 581 CE, the first year of the Kaihuang (开皇/開皇) Era, Emperor Wen of Sui embarked on the reform of the old legal system.He ordered Gao Jiong and other senior ministers including Yang Su, Zheng Yi, Su Wei and Pei Zheng (裴政) along with 14 other individuals to make extensive use of the meritorious laws of Cao Wei as well as the Jin, Qi and Liang Dynasties.