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	Song Dynasty - MSN Encarta
		Emperor Taizu and his brother, who succeeded him as Emperor Taizong (T'ai-tsung) in 976, conquered the rest of the north and the several kingdoms in the south, unifying the empire in 978.
		The Song army was defeated, and in 1004 it signed a peace treaty with the Liao in which it agreed to make an annual payment of 100,000 ounces of silver and 200,000 bolts of silk.
		Gaozong used the power of his chief counselor, Qin Gui (Ch'in Kuei, 1090-1155), to control the bureaucracy, and concluded a peace treaty with the Jin in 1141 over the objections of those military and political leaders who demanded that every effort be made to retake the north.
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	Britain.tv Wikipedia - Song Dynasty
		The reason was that Qinzong, the last emperor of the Northern Song was living in Jin-imposed exile in Manchuria and had a good chance of being recalled to the throne should the Jin Dynasty be destroyed.
		Emperor Gaozong signed the Treaty of Shaoxing in 1141, which conceded most of the territory regained through the efforts of Yue Fei.
		Emperor WÃ¡nyÃ¡n LiÃ ng failed in taking the Song and was assassinated by his own generals in December of 1161.
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	Chinese History - Song Dynasty å® event history (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		Emperor Song Taizong for his part tried to gain peace at the northeastern border by bestowing Li Jiqian with some nominal military commands and granting him the imperial surname Zhao è¶ (as the Tang emperors had granted his family the imperial surname Li æ), but the ruler of the Xia empire refused.
		Emperor Jin Xuanzong é‘å®£å®— resumed war campaigns against the Song in the south, the first reason being a punishment for the delay of the annual tributes, the second reason was a territorial compensation for the losses to the Mongols.
		The court of Emperor Lizong å®çå®— was dominated by consort clans (Yan é—», Jia è³) and the eunuchs Dong Songchen è‘£å®è£ and Lu Yunsheng ç§åæ.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Song/song-event.html (8681 words)

	AnywhereChina.com - History Page - Song Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Because of the barbarian occupation of northern China the second half of the Song rule was confined to the area south of the Huai River.
		While the Song ruling class and the imperial court indulged themselves in art and luxurious living in the urban centers, the latest nomad empire arose in the north.
		The Song period was noted for landscape painting, which in time came to be considered the highest form of classical art.
	www.anywherechina.com /history/dynasties/song/song.htm (1158 words)

	The Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties
		In 960, amid the chaos in China, troops of the commander of the palace guard at the new capital at Kaifeng, surrounded him and demanded that he become emperor.
		China had a military but no warrior class, and its military was neglected, with little attention being given to the arts of warfare.
		China tried to meet its defense needs by hiring mercenary armies, but this was to prove inadequate.
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	Emperor Gaozong of Song - Timeline Index
		Emperor Gaozong, born Zhao Gou, was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the first emperor of the Southern Song.
		Gaozong abdicated in 1162 after reigning for more than 35 years but lived on until 1187.
		William of Normandy ruled as the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 and as King of England from 1066 to 1087.
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	CHINA
		Emperors turned to palace eunuchs (castrated men who served as palace servants) for help in ousting the maternal relatives, only to find that the eunuchs were just as difficult to control.
		China also had critics of Buddhism, who labeled it immoral, unsuited to China, or a threat to the state because monastery land was not taxed.
		From the Song period to the early 20th century, men in China who aspired to hold office or be part of the educated elite pursued years of intensive Confucian study and formed close, often lifelong relationships with their teachers.
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	Emperor Gaozong of Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Gaozong (June 12, 1107 – November 9, 1187), born Zhao Gou, was the tenth emperor of the Song Dynasty of China, and the first emperor of the Southern Song.
		Gaozong was the 9th son of Emperor Huizong and the younger half-brother of Emperor Qinzong.
		Gaozong then signed the Treaty of Shaoxing with the Jurchens which further ceded huge amounts of territories to the Jurchens in the hope of appeasement.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Gaozong (401 words)

	China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		It is essentially a corridor running from the upper Yellow River in the east, along the verge between the Tibetan plateau on the one hand and the Gobi desert on the other, to the edge of the Xinjiang wastes in the west.
		The northeastern portion of China, comprising the watershed of the Amur River.
		It formed with the encouragement of China, which needed a buffer zone between itself and the then-aggressive Tibetans, but Nan Chao soon became expansionist in it's own right, and proved to be a considerable threat to China at times.
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	AH 370/EA 355 Arts of China: #9 The Song Dynasty
		In 1126, the Jin invaded the Song and conquered much of its territory, including its capital at Kaifeng.
		1127-1162), re-established the Song in the south, and a capital was built at Hangzhou.
		The Song is generally regarded as a period of cultural introspection and consolidation, in contrast to the Tang.
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	Kao-tsung Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		As the ninth son of Emperor Hui-tsung (1082-1135) and child of a concubine, the Lady Wei, the future emperor Kao-tsung would not normally have risen to the throne, but after Emperor Ch'in-tsung (1100-1161) and the abdicated Hui-tsung were taken prisoner, he ascended the throne in what was then the Southern capital.
		The Emperor further demonstrated his good taste as well as his love for the arts by reestablishing the Painting Academy, where many of the artists who had served his father once again enjoyed imperial patronage.
		Retiring with him was Empress Wu, a remarkable, strong-willed lady who outlived the Emperor and rendered a final service to the dynasty when, in 1194, she effected the abdication of the mentally incapacitated Emperor Kuang-tsung and his succession by Emperor Ning-tsung.
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	Song Dynasty - China History - China
		The Song dynasty (Chinese languageChinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279.
		In 1276 the Southern Song court fled to Guangdong by boat, fleeing Mongol invaders, leaving Emperor Gong of Song China behind.
		On March 19, 1279 the Song army was defeated in its last battle, the Battle of Yamen, fought against the Mongols in the Pearl River Delta; subsequently a high official is said to have taken the boy emperor in his arms and jumped from a clifftop into the sea, drowning both of them.
	www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Song_Dynasty (1330 words)

	Southern Song (Sung) Dynasty: Ancient China Dynasties
		The period of the Southern Song is neither a period of power nor stability and the dynasty only controlled the area south of the Yangtze River.
		Some of the Song ministers went south to Fujian and Guangdong to reestablish the mini-Song court which was short-lived, ending in the 2nd year of Xiangxing (1279) at Yashan.
		Despite the precarious military situation, the Southern Song period was one of prosperity and creativity.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/song/southern.htm (675 words)

	Ethics of China 7 BC To 1279 by Sanderson Beck
		As the Sui empire was disintegrating, Yang Di fled to southern China, where he was assassinated in his bath by a descendant of the Yuwen family and the son of his general Yuwen Shu in 618.
		Ren Dejing, a former Song military commander whose daughter was an empress dowager, led the effort that suppressed the rebellion.
		While Emperor Gaozong was negotiating a peace treaty with the Jin empire in 1140, Yue came to Hangzhou to protest.
	www.san.beck.org /AB3-China.html (20851 words)

	Song Sung Dynasty
		The division was caused by the forced abandonment of north China in 1127 by the Song court, which could not push back the nomadic invaders.
		The founders of the Song dynasty built an effective centralized bureaucracy staffed with civilian scholar-officials.
		The Song dynasty is notable for the development of cities not only for administrative purposes but also as centers of trade, industry, and maritime commerce.
	www.asianartmall.com /dsong.htm (196 words)

	artnet.com: Resource Library: Gaozong, Emperor of the Song dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Gaozong received a thorough classical education, and his artistic interests were not discouraged, for he was not expected ever to rule.
		When his oldest brother, the Emperor Qinzong (reg 1126–7), was captured by the Jürchen nomads, founders of the Jin dynasty (1115–1234) in the north, Gaozong took the throne in order to perpetuate the Song dynasty in the south.
		China, §IV, 2(iv)(b): Calligraphy: Jin and Southern Song literati and imperial
	www.artnet.com /library/03/0306/T030639.asp (343 words)

	China's Dynasty: Song Dynasty
		The Southern Song Dynasty was initiated by Emperor Gaozong with the capital removed to the present-day Hangzhou from the northern area.
		The emperor had to appoint those who were confrontationists in authority.
		Since the Southern Song had a succession of many monarchs and did not take any particular defensive actions at all, it was rather difficult for the dynasty to maintain its power.
	www.warriortours.com /intro/history/song/southern.htm (179 words)

	Cobblestone&Cricket: A Teacher's Guide to Song Dynasty
		Look at the article on page 8 to find out how the first Song emperor unified the various parts of China and laid the groundwork for a dynasty that lasted for more than 300 years.
		During the Song, China's border territories were invaded by foreign enemies.
		During the Song Dynasty, scholars and thinkers argued for a return to the teachings of a.
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	China
		Note: Emperors are listed with their personal name (ming), followed by their temple name (miaohao), posthumous name (shi), and the era name (nianhao) roughly coextensive with the particular reign (note that the overlap is not perfect).
		On 5 Nov 1924, the Emperor was forced to leave the Forbidden City by a faction of the army of the Republic of China and the above mentioned privileges ended.
		Note: The name of the polity is still Republic of China, but it overlaps the preceding polity of that name, has a different flag and government system, and eventually a different capital (Nanjing; Beijing is in fact deprived of the name-part jing, meaning capital, and is renamed Beiping after the demise of the "warlord" regime).
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	Yangzhou Travel Informatioin, Travel Guide to Yangzhou China
		Emperor Yangdi of the Sui Dynasty (581-618) visited prosititutes here; emperors Huizong and Gaozong of the Song Dynasty (960-1279) built their temporary palaces here, and Qing Emperor Qianlong visited six times.
		Through all the ages, men of letters have lavishly praised Yangzhou in prose and poetry, pouring their love and yearning for this city in the most beautiful language.
		This is the only city in China that receives such an honour and it deserves, too.
	www.chinahighlights.com /yangzhou/index.htm (175 words)

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		It had long sought assistance in becoming a nuclear power from an uneasy USSR, but assistance stopped after the Sino-Soviet split and the weapon was developed as a deterrent against both the USA and the USSR.
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