什麼是隋文帝

Wendi，亦拼作Wen-ti。

本名楊堅（Yang Jian）

中國隋朝的創建者，在數世紀的動亂不安後重新統一中國。楊堅出生於中國北方極有權勢的家族，該區域適爲非中國族裔的北周（西元557～581年）朝廷所掌控。當北周皇帝意外死亡，楊堅掌握皇位，征服政敵，並於西元581年宣佈成立隋朝。文帝有意創建一強大、中央集權的國家，他在長安設計了龐大的新首都，並拔除根深蒂固的地方利益。在地方上擁有世襲權力的家族，被以考試制度選拔的官員取代；這些官員被禁止在家鄉服務，並頻繁輪調。文帝征服了中國南方的王朝，並擊垮位於土耳其斯坦（Turkistan）和蒙古（Mongolia）的突厥帝國的威權。他將均田制付諸實行，制訂新的法典。他的政府徵收賦稅，並主持調控市價的穀倉。文帝晚年，變得深信佛教，他建造了佛龕並奉祀佛教遺物。亦請參閱Yang Di。

541～604年

Wendi

Founder of the Chinese Sui dynasty, which reunified China after centuries of instability. He was born into a powerful family in northern China, an area controlled by the non-Chinese Northern Zhou dynasty (557-81). When the Zhou emperor died unexpectedly, Wendi seized the throne, overcame his rivals, and in 581 proclaimed the Sui dynasty. Intending to build a strong, centralized state, he designed a huge new capital at Changan and attacked entrenched local interests. Families with hereditary local power were replaced with officials selected by examination, who were forbidden to serve in the areas from which they came and were rotated frequently. Wendi conquered the dynasties of southern China and breaking the power of the Turkish empires in Turkistan and Mongolia. He put the equal-field system into practice and produced a new legal code. His government brought in tax revenues and maintained price-regulating granaries. In old age he became deeply involved with Buddhism, building shrines and dedicating relics. See also Yang Di.