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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.
		After unifying north and south, Emperor Taizong turned to the northeastern border (in the area of what is now Beijing) and tried to recover 16 prefectures with a mainly native-Chinese population from the Khitans, a tribal confederation that had established the Liao dynasty in 907.
		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.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761551755/Song_Dynasty.html (1646 words)

	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)

	Emperor Taizong of Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Emperor Taizong (November 20, 939 - May 8, 997), born Zhao Kuangyi, was the second emperor of the Song Dynasty of China from 976 to 997.
		Song Taizong's accession to the throne have been shrouded in mystery, with claims that he murdered his elder brother, the Emperor Taizu and seized the throne.
		Taizong died in 997 after a reign of 21 years and was succeeded by his son.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Zhao_kuangyi.htm (287 words)

	The Sui, Tang and Song Dynasties
		Taizong's son and heir, Gaozong, was weak, and rule in China descended again into conflict and murder.
		The last three Tang emperors (from 873 to 907) were the puppets of eunuchs, and to the Chinese people it seemed that the Tang dynasty had lost the mandate of heaven.
		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.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h06chin.htm (2704 words)

	AnywhereChina.com - History Page - Song Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Li Shimin: Tang Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Taizong is his posthumous temple name and means "Supreme Ancestor." His rule lasted twenty-three years (626-649) and he is considered to be one of the greatest of the Chinese emperors.
		Taizong would remind himself of this frequently by quoting a maxim of the great philosopher, Zhuangzi, 'the waters can both float and capsize a vessel.' The emperor clearly understood how these words were a metaphor for his relationship with the empire.
		Emperor Taizong's willingness to listen to the opinions of others and his ability to both seek and act upon good advice was a major factor of his successful reign.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/tang/emperor_taizong.htm (1589 words)

	Song Encyclopedia Article @ GetitFreeHere.com (Get It Free Here) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The art song of this period is often a duet in which the vocalist and accompanist share in interpretive importance.
		The song is constructed using three to five individually distinct musical sections, which are then strung together to form the complete song.
		Some extremely musically simple song structures have songs which have only a single section which is repeated with slight modifications in order to sustain a listener's interest in the song.
	www.getitfreehere.com /encyclopedia/Song (1183 words)

	Song Dynasty - China History - China
		The Song dynasty (Chinese languageChinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279.
		The effect was to inhibit the societal development of premodern China, resulting both in many generations of political, social, and spiritual stability and in a slowness of cultural and institutional change up to the 19th century.
		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)

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		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.
	www.webear.com /chinaengl.html (18522 words)

	Emperor Taizu of Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Emperor Taizu (March 21, 927 - November 14, 976, Chinese 太祖), born Zhao Kuangyin (Chinese 趙匡胤), was the founder of the Song Dynasty of China, reigning from 960 to 976.
		In 960, Song Taizu reunited China after years of fragmentation and rebellion after the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 and established the Song dynasty.
		In China's folk memory Song Taizong is said to have murdered his brother and invented his mother's advice as justification.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song_China (505 words)

	Song Dynasty - ikiW (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The Song Dynasty (Chinese: 宋朝; pinyin: Sòng cháo) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279.
		During the Song Dynasty, many groups threatened China's northern borders, namely by the Khitans of the Liao Dynasty, the Tanguts of the Western Xia Dynasty, and the Jurchens of the Jin dynasty.
		The Northern Song (Chinese: 北宋, 960-1127) signifies the time when the Song capital was in the northern city of Kaifeng and the dynasty controlled most of inner China.
	song-dynasty.ikiw.net /en/Song_Dynasty (320 words)

	Song Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
		Emperor Zhenzong dispatched a minister (Zhang Qixian) to Jing-Yuan areas as jinglüe shi, and Zhang proposed that the city of Lingwu on the west Yellow River Bend be abandoned.
		Song's new prime minister, Chen Yizhong, sent Liu Yue to Mongols in the attempt of expressing ackowledgement as a Mongol vassal, but Liu Yue was killed by a Song Chinese civilian on route, at Gaoyou of Jiangsu Province.
		Song Court was frequently on the run, from one island to another, along the coast, and on May 8th of AD 1278, the new Song Emperor died of illness within two years of enthronement.
	www.republicanchina.org /song.html (8570 words)

	Emperor Taizong of Song - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During his reign as emperor, Song Taizong was a hardworking and diligent emperor.
		The Liao dynasty of the north would also come to plague the Song dynasty in the ensuing centuries.
		This biography of a member of an Asian royal house is a stub.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Taizong_of_Song_China (319 words)

	China (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Revered in China during his lifetime in a way not easy for non-Chinese to understand, he was enormously influential around the world as well.
		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.
		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.
	www.hostkingdom.net /china.html (2189 words)

	Emperor Tang Taizong - China History Forum, chinese history forum
		China History Forum is an online chinese history forum, discussion board or community for all who are interested in learning and discussing chinese history from prehistoric till modern times, including chinese art of war, chinese culture topics.
		Tang Taizong was one of the few emperors in chinese history who really listened to the advice of his advisors officials.
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	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=352 (2370 words)

	Emperor Taizong of Tang: Tang Dynasty, China Dynasties, Chinese History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Emperor Taizong of Tang: Tang Dynasty, China Dynasties, Chinese History
		Emperor Taizong, Li Shimin, was the second emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
		The virtue of this admirable emperor also encompassed his self awareness but in his later years, he levied armies to go on expeditions to other countries and constructed palaces, which proved to be a waste of both money and man power.
	www.warriortours.com /intro/history/tang/taizong.htm (280 words)

	Stories from Ancient China: A True Gentleman Behaves in a Modest Manner, Naturally Gaining the Respect of the People \| ...
		Emperor Taizong recognised the large contribution that he had made in putting down the rebellion, and promoted him to governor of Yicheng.
		After the Song Dynasty was founded, the last ruler of the former Tang Dynasty ran away to Jilin (today’s Nanjing City) and formed the Southern Tang Dynasty.
		As the Song army prepared to lay siege to and attack the city of Jilin, Cao Bin was afraid that his soldiers would hurt innocent citizens living in the city.
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200512/30626.html (1552 words)

	Portraits of Emperors (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Qin, Han, Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties
		Kangxi was the 4-th emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
		On the marble top of the table there are paper, ink, brush and inkstone, the "Four Treasures of the Study"; they are the tools of the painter and calligrapher.
	www.chinapage.com /emperor.html (250 words)

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