The Chinese Dynasty’s Blueprint That Built East Asia - The Empire Everyone Copied

The Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE) wasn't just an empire; it was the "operating system" for East Asia.
From the grid streets of Kyoto to the exam halls of Vietnam, the Tang blueprint shaped how civilizations in the region governed, wrote, and thought for over a millennium.

In this video, we explore how Korea, Japan, and Vietnam adopted—and adapted—the Tang model to build their own unique civilizations.


Topics Covered:
The Blueprint (Exams, Law, & Soft Power)
Korea: The Eager Student (Silla)
Japan: The Ambitious Reformer (Taika)
Vietnam: The Reluctant Adopter
The Secret Sauce: Buddhism
What Did NOT Transfer?


📚 Sources & Further Reading
This video relies on recent scholarship to ensure historical accuracy.


Ordering Tang China: Cultural Memory, Emperor Taizong, and the Essentials"** by Kelly Ngo (2024).
[Link to Book](https://www.amazon.com/Ordering-Tang-...)


Early Tang China and the World, 618–750 CE"** by Shao-yun Yang (2023).
[Link to Book](https://www.cambridge.org/core/elemen...)

The Tang Empire"** by Mark Edward Lewis (in *The Oxford World History of Empire*). Publisher page: https://academic.oup.com/book/39071/c...


Tang ‘cosmopolitanism’: Towards a critical and holistic approach"** by Shao-yun Yang (2025). Open-Access article: DOI link given in journal; e.g. via Cambridge: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0026749X2300...

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