Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy

Index

Abo (Apa) qaghan (Daluobian) (leader of Abo branch of Eastern Tujue; r. 581–587), 210, 299n acrobatic shows, 98, 212 adolescent males (zhongnan), 184, 185 adolescents (zhong), 180, 181 adult males (dingnan; dingfu), 180, 187 adults (ding), 180, 181 aeromancer, 150 Afghanistan, 207 age, 265n Ajātaśatru (Shewang; Asheshi) (Magadha king), 165, 290n Altars of State (sheji), 128 Ancestral Temple (zongmiao), 128–29, 140, 154 ancestral worship, 128–29, 154 Anyi, Princess (wife of Tuli/Qimin), 210–11 Apa. See Abo Aral Sea, 207 archaeology, 8 aristocracy, 120, 222, 223; ranking of, 112 Aśoka (Indian king), 157 August Earth God (huangdiqi), 128 Augustine, St., 221 bagong (Eight Lords) of Huainan, 147, 286n Bai Juyi (Tang poet), 86 Baichi (Hundred Foot) Brook (in Western Park), 99 Baifu (Hundredfold Happiness) (courtyard), 98 Baihumen Street (in Luoyang), 84 baisha (white gauze) cap, 134 Baiwu (White Raven) (Xiang Haiming’s reign title), 62 Balkhash, Lake, 207 Banzhu (north of Xingyang, Henan), 86–87 Baocheng (Treasured City) (Luoyang Palace City gate), 97, 99 Baoyang Monastery, 161 Bei shi (History of the Northern Dynasties), 7; on Tujue, 208; on xiucai exam, 125 beijiao (Northern Suburban Altar), 127 Beimang/Mang Mountains, 60, 97 Beiping Commandery (seat: Lulong, north Hebei), 101, 259 Beipolomen (North Inida), 204 beishen fu ([Left and Right] Imperial Bodyguard Garrison Commands), 115, 238 benji (basic annals), 4 bi (pheasant design) regalia, 133 bian (cap). See wubian bian (flagellation), 136 Bian River, 93 biejia (mounted escort), 114 Bielenstein, Hans (20th c.), 296n Bilgä Qaghan Monument, 208 bin (reception ceremonies), 127 Index 327 328 Index Bing Prefecture/Bingzhou (mainly in Shanxi), 11, 78, 104, 166, 228, 253–56 bingbu (Board of War), 236; president, 111 bingong (guest nominee), 124–25 Bingzhou Area Command, 14 Bingzhou da zongguan, 115 black fur regalia. See daqiu bo (earl), 112 board presidents, 243, 248 bodhi (enlightenment), 166 bodhisattvas, 163, 200 Boduo (Mohe tribe), 54 Bokhara (Anguo) (state in Transoxiana), 204 Boling Commandery (seat: Dingzhou, Hebei), 258 Book of Changes (Yi jing), 76–77, 79 Bore (prajñā) Convent (in Tong Prefecture), 153 boshan (mountain symbol), 134 Bozhi, Lake, 90 Brahman (Poluomen), 200 budao (depravity), 136 Buddha Heaven (fotian), 153–54 Buddha, 200 Buddhism, 124, 143, 151–71, 203, 225; dominant religion, 170; institutions in Daxingcheng, 159; institutions in Daxingcheng closed by Yangdi, 169; refusal of Buddhists to reverence the sovereign, 167 bujuan (silk cloth), 183 bumu (discord), 136, 139 bureaucracy, 107–122, 222 Bushou Palace (in Weinan, Shaanxi), 96 buwang (arrest and flight), 137 buxiao (lack of filial piety), 136 buyi (unrighteousness), 136 Cai, Lady (Ronghua) (Wendi’s consort), 230; and Yangdi, 32 cangku (warehouses), 138 capital granaries, 177 carriage system, 131–32 Celestial God (tianshen), 208, 300n Cen Mountains (southwest of Ningwu, Shanxi), 101 cenotaph, Wendi’s (Tianjing Palace in Luoyang), 129 Censorate (Terrace of Censors), 48 Central Asia, 204–205, 259, 297n central government, 107–112 Central Plain, 104, 180, 232 ceshi (oral exam), 125 Chancellery (menxia sheng), 3, 46; presidencies of, 117–19 Chang Jun (Yandi’s envoy to Chitu), 200, 256 Chang’an (Daxingcheng), 4, 8, 233 Changbai, Mount (northeast of Zhangqiu, Shandong), 53, 62, 257, 259 Changchun (Long-lasting Spring) (courtyard), 98 Changchun Palace, 278n Changfu Park (near Fenyang Palace[?]), 101 changping cang (price-regulating granaries), 177–78 Changping Granary (west of Sanmenxia, Henan), 87, 176–77 changping jian (Inspectorate of Priceregulating Granaries), 178 changqiu jian (Directorate of Palace Domestic Service), 111–12, 237 chanyu (Xiongnu chieftain), 135 Chao Kang (20th c.), 251 Chaoyang (Facing Yang) (Western Park gate), 97 Chaoyang (Facing Yang) Palace (in Western Park), 99 Chen Baochi (Louguan Daoist), 146 Chen dynasty/area, 10; conquest of, 17, 253; rebellion against Sui occupation, 18 Chen Leng (general and conqueror of Liuqiu), 201, 257 Index 329 Chen Mao (de facto chief minister), 118, 242 Chen Shou (W. Jin historian), 132 Chen Shubao/Houzhu (r. 582–589), 166, 210; denounced by Sui Wendi, 16; posthumous title, 227 Chen Yinke (20th c.), 120, 131, 166, 221; and debate on primacy of the Guanlong bloc thesis, 224; primacy of the Guanlong bloc thesis, 116–17, 223–24, 303n Chen, Lady (Xuanhua), 230; and Yangdi, 29–30, 32 cheng (assistant supervisor) of a monastery, 114 cheng (vice president of a board), 111 Chenghua (Received Flowers) (courtyard), 98 Chengzhou (old Luoyang), 77 cheqi jiangjun (chariot and horse general), 115 chi (length measure), 174 chi (light stick punishment), 136 chi. See xi (rice-grain design) regalia...