Question

Write a short account of the public works undertaken by Tang dynasty.

Answer 1

1. Tang dynasty undertook enormous public works. Two capital cities, Boyang and Chang- on, were built.
2. Scholar officials, trained in Confucius Philosophy, were appointed to counterbalance the landowning aristocratic class.
3. The land was divided into small peasant holdings.
4. As a result, the agricultural surplus went to the state as taxes, not to the aristocrats as rents. State monopoly of salt, and tea added to its- revenues.