Question

Statement 1: The Tang dynasty built two capital cities.
Statement 2: Under the Tangs, land was divided into small peasant holdings.

• A. Statement 1 is true and statement 2 is false.
• B. Statement 2 is true and statement 1 is false.
• C. Both statement 1 and 2 are true.
• D. Both statement 1 and 2 are false.

Answer 1

The correct option is C Both statement 1 and 2 are true.

The Tangs built two capital cities, Boyang and Chang-on. To counter the landowning aristocratic class, officials were appointed, who were scholarly people. They spent years studying the philosophies of Confucius, China’s greatest teacher, philosopher, and political theorist. To keep the power of the aristocrats at bay, the land was divided into small peasant holdings. This way, the agricultural surplus was devised to go to the state as taxes, instead of going to the Aristocrats as rent.