Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Maps and Tables vii
4. Weights and Measures ix
5. Dynastic Powers in the Han-Tang Period xi
6. Acknowledgments xiii
7. From Prince to Sovereign
8. Introduction 3
9. The Making of a Crown Prince 9
10. Yangdi and His Reign 29
11. The Collapse of the Sui 51
12. Yangdi and His Empire
13. Luoyang and the Grand Canal 75
14. The Palace Network 95
15. The Bureaucracy 107
16. The Educational, Ritual, and Legal Institutions 123
17. Religions 143
18. Economic Order 173
19. Foreign Policy 197
20. Epilogue 221
21. Central Government Appointments 235
22. Appendix 2 249
23. Chronology of Sui Yangdi (569–618) 253
24. Notes 263
25. Bibliography 307
26. Index 327