WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The dominant religion during the Sui Dynasty was Buddhism. Emperor Wen established himself as a Buddhist leader and the religion became a unifying point in the culture for all of China. Poetry and painting were important art forms during the period.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wen Di was a Buddhist, but he also encouraged the practice of Confucian and Daoist ideals as a way to unify the people of his empire. To spread Buddhism he built thousands of Buddhist shrines and temples across China, and helped to support Buddhist monasteries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Buddhism flourished in the Tang and Song dynasties along with religious Daoism and a revival of Confucian thinking (referred to as “Neo-Confucianism”).

Detailed explanation-4: -Sui dynasty, Wade-Giles romanization Sui, (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.