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Victor Cunrui Xiong. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty: His Life, Times, and Legacy. (SUNY Series in Chinese Philosophy and Culture.) Albany: State University of New York. 2006. Pp. xiii, 357. $75.00.

This book is about an emperor who ruled China for only thirteen years (604–617) in the short-lived Sui dynasty (581–617), and who is one of the notorious evil rulers with the disparaging posthumous title, Yang, meaning lusting after beautiful women, abandoning ritual, defying Heaven, and abusing people (p. 227). Throughout the four thousand years of Chinese written history, many kings and emperors have passed through many dynasties, yet there have not been many books in English devoted to one emperor only. Why a book about Sui Yangdi, Emperor Yang of the Sui dynasty?

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