Refers to a southern Chinese dynasty of the period 557 to 589 CE that was the last of the Six Dynasties. The dynasty was founded in 557 when Chen Baxian deposed the Liang emperor but the territory controlled by the Chen was smaller than that of its dynastic predecessors.After consolidating power in the north, General Yang Jian, Duke of Sui, took Jiankang in 589, establishing the Sui dynasty and reuniting all of China.——艺术与建筑索引典  @en