Sui

1. There are so few surviving examples that this seated Buddha is especially precious. To fashion the body of the image, the craftsman made a rough form of the sculpture in clay and then applied at least three layers of hemp cloth, each secured with a paste made of raw lacquer (the sap from the lac tree, and a fine powder of bone, horn, shell, ceramic, stone, or carbon. [] 2. Sui Yangdi was blamed as the ruthless and extragavant last dynasty ruler that exhausted the state treasure and the labour force of the popualtion. [] 3. They attacked Korea four times and each time they lost. [] 4. Traditionally, Emperor Yang (one of the 2 emporers of the sui dynasty) is portrayed as usurping the imperial power, and is criticized for the amount of money he spent and his cruelty to the people. 5. Famine was common later on and was caused by the desolation leaving the countryside in extreme misery. []