As a Result of Early Tang Rule

question 76

Multiple Choice

As a result of early Tang rule,

• A) Chinese cultural development was stifled.
• B) Buddhist influence helped to produce a blossoming of Chinese culture.
• C) Buddhist monastic activities were curtailed.
• D) internal weakness became endemic throughout China.
• E) Nestorian beliefs became dominant in the Yangtze Valley.

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