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1) Tang maintained a strong, modernized government but for what
reasons could it easily fall apart?
2) How were the officials in Tang's bureaucratic government able
to maintain a close relationship with their people? How does this
relationship differ or compare to the relationship we hold with
out own government today?
3) What jobs or purpose did the government departments generally
hold?
4) Though independent, this department of government was able to
maintain control over the government officials:
a) Imperial Secretariat
b) Department of Civil Appointment
c) Department
of State
d) Censorate
5) What purpose did the Tang Code serve and how is it similar to
present day laws?
6) The government examinations were used for obtaining government
officials and it was indeed successful, but what were some of its
small faults?
7) How did family background affect the relationship between emperor
and noble? Name the seven clans and explain why it was so difficult
to match their power.
8) How was Emperor Tang Hsüan Tsung's reign similar to that of
second Emperor Tang T'ai Tsung?
9) Empress Wu was an exceptionally competent ruler but what proved
that she was power hungry and cruel as well?
10) Though a "Brilliant Monarch", for what is Emperor Tang Hsüan
Tsung most known for?
