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Emperor Gong of Sui. Emperor Gong of Sui may refer to two rulers at the end of the Sui dynasty: Yang You (605–619, reigned 617–618), puppet emperor installed by the rebel Li Yuan (future Emperor Gaozu of Tang) Yang Tong (604–619, reigned 618–619), puppet emperor dominated by the rebel Wang Shichong.
Yang You, also known by his posthumous name as the Emperor Gong of Sui (隋恭帝) (605 – 14 September 619), was an emperor of the Chinese Sui dynasty. He was installed as a puppet emperor by Li Yuan. After Li Yuan founded the Tang dynasty, he had Yang You executed.
The Sui dynasty led a series of massive expeditions to invade Goguryeo, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. Emperor Yang conscripted many soldiers for the campaign. This army was so enormous it recorded in historical texts that it took 30 days for all the armies to exit their last rallying point near Shanhaiguan before invading Goguryeo. In one ...
May 25, 2018 · Although a new emperor, Emperor Gong of Sui, was proclaimed by Li Yuan (the founder of the Tang Dynasty) in 617 AD, he was but a puppet emperor, and was only recognized in the areas controlled by Li Yuan.
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Jun 13, 2024 · Sui dynasty, (581–618 ce), short-lived Chinese dynasty that unified the country after four centuries of fragmentation in which North and South China had gone quite different ways. The Sui also set the stage for and began to set in motion an artistic and cultural renaissance that reached its zenith.
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Apr 17, 2019 · Emperors of the Sui Dynasty of China. During its short reign, China's Sui Dynasty reunited northern and southern China for the first time since the days of the early Han Dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE).
A Sui prince, Gongdi, was enthroned as “emperor” in 617, while Yangdi was designated “retired emperor.” In the summer of 618, after Yangdi’s death, Li Yuan (known by his temple name, Gaozu) deposed his puppet prince and proclaimed himself emperor of a new dynasty, the Tang, which was…
