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So Win T

SUI WEN TI

541-604 AD

The Chinese Emperor Su Win Ti succeeded in restoring the unity of China after it was divided for hundreds of years. The political unity that he created has remained steadfast for several centuries, and as a result of his work, China has become one of the most powerful countries in the world, and there is another consequence of that unity. And it is the population of China, which number (one-fifth) of the world's population, has become suffering from the scourge of wars less than what their peers from Europe, the Middle East, or most parts of the world were suffering.

There was an emperor named (Shi Hong Ti) who unified China in the third century BC, but his family was destroyed immediately after his death, then followed by the Han Dynasty, which ruled China from 206 BC to 220 AD, and after the fall of the Han Dynasty, China suffered a period of It is a long period of decay and corresponds to the Dark Ages in Europe that followed the fall of the Roman Empire.

Emperor (Su Win Te) was born in 541 AD. A powerful family in northern China, and he was of determination and rose quickly in the ranks that he had been appointed by the emperor of China in the north, and his assistance to this emperor to control most of northern China was of benefit to him, as his daughter married in the year 573 to the crown prince, and after five years he died The Emperor and the Crown Prince were mentally ill, and a dispute over the throne ensued, in which Su Win Te was the winner. In the year 581, he was recognized as a new emperor, and he was not satisfied with only northern China, but also invaded southern China in 588, and in 589 he became the ruler of all China.

He built a spacious new capital for his unified empire. And he began to construct the great canal that connected the two great rivers of China (Huan Hu) in the north (and Yang Tse) in the middle. This channel was established during the rule of his son to help complete the unity of northern China with its south.

The greatest reforms of this emperor was the establishment of a system for selecting state employees by examination, and this system remained followed in China for several centuries and the reason for the existence of a body of employees and administrators with high talents and from different social classes.

He has introduced by force what is called the principle of prevention, and this principle is forbidden to rulers. Provinces to rule in the provinces in which they were born, and this is a precautionary measure that prevents rulers from favoring their relatives and enables them to reach a strong base that threatens the authority of the emperor.

Emperor Su was brave and intrepid, but he was cautious and avoided extravagance. He eased the burden of taxation on the shoulders of his subjects, and his foreign policy was generally successful.

It appears that Emperor Su was weak in character with regard to his wife, as his capable wife shared power with him and helped him when he rose to power and during his reign. Emperor Su died in the year 604 at the age of sixty-three, and it is said that he was the victim of a dishonest game by his second son and was spoiled and beloved by his empress mother, who succeeded him on the throne.