Sui Dynasty

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Across
  1. 4. — Waterway linking the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers
  2. 5. — Site of a catastrophic Sui defeat in 612
  3. 7. — Land allocation system to stabilize tax and labor obligations
  4. 8. — Second Sui emperor whose campaigns overstretched the state
  5. 10. — Sui capital later renamed Chang’an
  6. 11. — Texts tested in early examinations
  7. 13. — Short-lived dynasty that reunified China after centuries of division
  8. 16. — Mandatory labor and military service
  9. 17. — Goguryeo general who defeated Sui forces
  10. 18. — Eastern capital under the Sui
  11. 19. — Founder of the Sui dynasty
Down
  1. 1. — Early merit-based system for recruiting officials
  2. 2. — Northern section of the Grand Canal built by the Sui
  3. 3. — Central government structure restored by the Sui
  4. 6. — Korean kingdom resisting Sui expansion
  5. 9. — State food reserves expanded under the Sui
  6. 12. — Canal linking Luoyang to the Huai River
  7. 14. — First Sui emperor known for legal and administrative reform
  8. 15. — Series of Sui invasions against Goguryeo