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Fall of the Sui Dynasty

Type Event Region China Time 618

In 618 CE Emperor Yang of Sui was assassinated at Jiangdu, the Sui puppet regime at Luoyang collapsed, and Li Yuan replaced Sui with Tang at Chang'an…

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  1. 618Jiangdu (Yangzhou) · JiangsuThe Xiaoguo Army mutinied; Yuwen Huaji and others assassinated Emperor Yang of Sui, ending the Sui imperial line at Jiangdu. The realm was left without a ruler, and warlords everywhere proclaimed themselves emperors and kings.
  2. 618Luoyang · HenanAt the eastern capital Luoyang, Emperor Gong of Sui, Yang You, was nominally still emperor, but real power had passed to Li Yuan, Prince of Tang. The Luoyang garrison and bureaucracy lost unified command amid the chaos; the Sui house existed in name only.
  3. 618Chang'an · ShaanxiLi Yuan deposed Emperor Gong of Sui, took the throne, adopted the era name Wude, and proclaimed the state name Tang. The Sui dynasty formally ended as a great unified dynasty, and Chinese history entered the early Tang period.

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