6+Dynasty+Era


 * Political turmoil was a problem during this period
 * During this period the empire's bureaucratic apparatus
 * When the 6 dynasty era started the scholar-gentry class lost ground to landed families
 * Non-Chinese nomads ruled a lot of China
 * Buddhism replaced Confucianism during this period (Buddhism was a foreign religion)
 * There was an economic, technological, intellectual, and urban decline