Kaihuang
Kaihuang (開皇, February 581 – 600) was the first era name of Emperor Wen of Sui (文帝), Yang Jian (楊堅), and the first era name of the [[Sui dynasty]]. It was used for 19 years and 11 months. During this period, China was reunified for the first time in 370 years since the Three Kingdoms period, and it
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- Introduced
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- Sui
- Ruler
- Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian
Kaihuang (開皇, February 581 – 600) was the first era name of Sui dynasty Emperor Wen (文帝) Yang Jian (楊堅) and the first era name of the Sui dynasty. It was used for 19 years and 11 months. During this period, China was reunified for the first time in 370 years since the Three Kingdoms period, and it began to regain stability.
Changes of era name
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In the second month, on the 14th day1 (4 March 581), after the founding of the Sui dynasty under the Northern Zhou era name Dading (大定) of the first year, the era name was changed to Kaihuang (開皇).2345
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On the first day of the first month of the 21st year of Kaihuang6 (8 February 601), the era name was changed to Renshou (仁壽).7385
Contemporaneous era names
Korea
Silla (新羅)
- Hongje (鴻濟) (572 – 584)
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