Era of Division vs. Sui-Tang
vEra of Division:
Ødominated by political division among many small warring
states often ruled by nomadic
invaders
Øperiod of Buddhist
dominance
Øloss of imperial
centralization
Øloss of dominance of scholar-gentry in favor of
militarized aristocracy
vSui-Tang:
Øreturn to centralized
administration
Øunified empire
Øreconstruction of
bureaucracy
Øreconstruction of Confucian scholar-gentry at expense of
both Buddhists and aristocracy
Ørestoration of Confucianism
as central ideology of state