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Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝, 569 – 11 April 618), personal name Yang Guang (楊廣), alternative name Ying (英), Xianbei name Amo (阿摩), was the second emperor of the Sui dynasty of China. Emperor Yang's original name was Yang Ying, but he was renamed by his father Emperor Wen, after consulting with oracles, to Yang Guang. Yang Guang ...
Emperor Yang of Sui (隋煬帝, 569 – 11 April 618 ), personal name Yang Guang ( 楊廣 ), alternative name Ying ( 英 ), Xianbei name Amo ( 阿摩 ), was the second emperor of the Sui dynasty of China.
Learn about the life and reign of Yang Guang, the second emperor of the Sui Dynasty in China. Find out how he inherited the throne, expanded the empire, and was killed by a revolution.
Yangdi (born 569, China—died 618, Jiangdu [now Yangzhou, Jiangsu province]) was the second and penultimate emperor (604–617/618) of the Sui dynasty (581–618). Under Yangdi, canals were built and great palaces erected.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Feb 1, 2007 · Emperor Yang, or Yangdi, was a younger son of Yang Jian, the Chinese prime minister of the non-Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty (535–80) who seized the Chang'an throne in 581 to establish his own Sui dynasty and then went on to reunify China.
- Pearce, Scott
Emperor Yang of Sui (569–618) ascended the throne after his father's death, possibly by murder. He further extended the empire, but unlike his father, did not seek to gain support from the nomads.
Sep 22, 2017 · The Sui Dynasty (581-618 CE) was a brief one with only two reigning emperors but it managed to unify China following the split of the Northern and Southern Dynasties period. As had happened previously...
