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	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.
		Zhao Kuangyin, as the commander of the Emperor's guard, allegedly reluctantly and only at the urging of his soldiers, took power in a coup d'etat.
		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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Emperor_Taizu_of_Song_China (483 words)

	history5
		Two years later, Yel¨¹ Abaoji, who was known as Emperor Taizu (the first emperor) of the Liao, set up his capital north of the Xar Moron River and named it Huangdu (imperial capital; later called Shangjing).
		The Northern Song's territories extended to the eastern and southern coastlines.
		The Song fled to Lin'an, abandoning the Huai River valley and the Yangtze River.
	acc6.its.brooklyn.cuny.edu /~hzhuo/song.html (1199 words)

	Chinese History - Song Dynasty å® religion and customs (www.chinaknowledge.de)
		Emperor Taizong å®å¤ªå®— who succeeded his older brother to the throne, had a Daoist priest fabricated a Heavenly commandment in order to justify his reign where his nephew was supposed to be emperor.
		Emperor Huizong, under the influence of his ministers Cai Jing è”¡äº¬ and Tong Guan ç«¥è²« was more interested in the teachings of his Daoist masters like Wang Laozhi çèå¿— and Lin Lingsu æ—éç´ than in the daily business of government.
		Song period Daoism experienced a shift from Outer Alchemy (waidan å¤—ä¸¹) to Inner Alchemy (neidan or neilian åç), a change that was supported by the theories of Chen Tuan and Zhang Boduan å¼µä¼¯ç«¯.
	www.chinaknowledge.de /History/Song/song-religion.html (3928 words)

	English Channel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Song Zu refers to Zhao Kuangyin, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty.
		The Song Dynasty is known for its economic and cultural prosperity.
		Zhao Kuangyin, the emperor who founded the Song Dynasty, was one of the important figures who opened up a new era.
	www.cctv.com.cn /english/tc/sanji/zhao.html (511 words)

	world history - narrative chronology from 900 to 1399 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Emperor Song Taizu, founder of the Song dynasty, encouraged the nomadic Jurchen to attack Liao, which they did successfully (1125).
		Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II (1220-1250) maintained an epistolary friendship with the Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt, Abdul al Malik, brother and successor of Saladin.
		German emperor Conrad II (1024-1039) declared Arles, mostly composed of local autonomies under the nominal lordship of the dukes of Provence, a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
	www.worldhistoryplus.com /900-1399.htm (4513 words)

	Zhao KuangYin and zhan GuangYi - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Yeah, the surname of the emperor of the Song Dynasty of the Southern-Northern Period is Liu,and this Song Dynasty,Zhao.
		Zhao Kuangyin is the founder of Song dynasty, notably known as Song Taizu.
		Song Taizu arose to leadership out of one of China's darkest periods, known as the Five Dynasties (907-960.) Following the woeful collapse of the mighty Tang Dynasty, China had plunged into this half century of war, treachery and chaos.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=780&view=old (2883 words)

	Summary and Evaluation of China, Korea & Japan to 1875 by Sanderson Beck
		Emperor Wen reigned 180-157 BC, and he was acclaimed a great exemplar for his benevolent policies that abolished cruel punishments, reduced taxes, and instituted civil service examinations.
		The Ming emperor Yongli fled to the southwest, reaching Yunnan in 1651, and in 1659 he went to Burma, where he was finally killed in 1662.
		The 14-year-old Mutsuhito became emperor in February 1867, and in November Shogun Keiki resigned to be the Emperor's prime minister; but in January 1868 Satsuma, Choshu, and Tosa forces made Keiki surrender, and Tokugawa lands were confiscated to finance the Meiji restoration of the Emperor.
	www.san.beck.org /3-13-Summary.html (16017 words)

	Early Modern China People (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Wang Anshi (1021-86); Northern Song statesman; advocate of the controversial "New Laws (Xinfa)" policies of the 1070s and 1080s; embroiled in court factionalism; his New Laws were considered too interventionist and "Legalist" to other Confucian statesmen of the time.
		Jianwen Emperor (reigned 1399-1402); eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son; throne usurped by his uncle, the Prince of Yan, in 1402.
		Restoration Society (Fu She); a second generation of Donglin scholars and political activists; gain influence in bureaucratic circles in the 1630s and 1640s; are not able to stem the tide of corruption and factionalism at court; internal fighting helps to doom their cause of restoration of the Ming Dynasty in the 1650s and 1660s.
	www.history.umd.edu /Faculty/agoldman/284/htm_pages/terms/emc_people.htm (1293 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.uglychinese.org /song.htm (8530 words)

	Song Dynasty - China History - China
		The Song dynasty (Chinese languageChinese: 宋朝) was a ruling dynasty in China from 960-1279.
		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.
		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)

	Facts About China
		His full posthumous title is "Taizu qi yun li ji yingwu ruiwen shende shenggong zhiming daxiao huangdi." A rough translation of this title would be "grand progenitor, the emperor who opened up the fortune [of the dynasty] and established the utmost [i.e.
		For example, when the Emperor Taizu of Song first became emperor in 960, he named his reign "Jianlong." About three years later, he decided to start over again, so 963 became the first year of the "Qiande" reign.
		For example, the founding emperor of the Ming dynasty is sometimes called Emperor Taizu ("Grand Progenitor") of Ming, but sometimes also called Emperor Hongwu (Hongwu being his reign title).
	www.hwwilson.com /Print/factschina_intro.htm (5481 words)

	976 - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		January 10 - Basil II becomes Eastern Roman Emperor, see Byzantine Emperors.
		January 10 - John I, Emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
		November 14 - Emperor Taizu of Song Chinaaf:976
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/976 (194 words)

	Journal of Buddhist Ethics: Bodhisattva Precepts in the Ming Society
		Both the Southern Song and the Ming dynasties in particular were founded on a country recovering from foreign invasions and, as such, their xenophobic sentiments were only matched by fervors to assert the centrality of ânativeâ learning.
		In the case of the Song, the state examination instituted for admitting new officials could be seen as this attempt to promulgate and preserve the tradition of orthodoxy.
		Yinshun 印順 (1906-), too, thought that Taizuâs rigid classification of temples and the greater emphasis on ritual performance over studies of monastic discipline in the Ming persisted into modern Chinese Buddhism, and were responsible for the generally poor quality of monastics and their narrow specialization.
	www.jbe.gold.ac.uk /13/chu-article.html (9303 words)

	POSSIBLE TOPICS
		Hongli (Qianling Emperor): 18th cen., the 4th Qing Emperor, ruler of China when it was perhaps at its wealthiest and most stable up to the changes of the 19th cen.
		Song general accused of treason and executed for his opposition to the imperial retreat from the Jurchen invaders of the north.
		Zhao Ji: 11th-12th cen., the Huizong Emperor, the last of the Northern Song period of the Song Dynasty, who was famous as a patron of the arts.
	home.nwciowa.edu /firth/chinabio.htm (874 words)

	Xi Xia or Western Xia Dynasty -- Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
		Song Emperor Zhenzong dispatched a minister (Zhang Qixian) to Jing-Yuan areas as jinglüe shi, and Zhang Qixian proposed that the city of Lingwu on the west Yellow River bend be abandoned.
		In 1005, Song Emperor Zhenzong sent a messenger to Li Deming for sake of pacifying him, and Li Deming dispatched general Wang Shen to Song for seeking suzerainty.
		Song Emperor Zhenzong stated that Song could not attack Tanguts while the Tanguts were in mourning status.
	www.uglychinese.org /xixia.htm (8261 words)

	Chinese Antique Furniture & Classical Chinese Furniture History & Datings
		Many basic patterns established during the Song dynasties continued to mature throughout the Yuan and Ming periods into beautiful well-rounded and robust forms that were smoothly finished with thick lacquer coatings and finely detailed with painted decoration.
		During the reigns of Emperors Kangxi (1622-1723), Yongzheng (1723-1736) and Qianlong (1736-1796) saw the Qing at its heyday.
		During the reign of Emperor Kangxi, Taiwan became part of the country and the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk was signed determining the border between the two countries.
	www.chinese-classical-furniture.com /chinese-furniture-age.html (2419 words)

	Silver Metal: Serene Dimension of Chaos
		Emperor Taizu's grandfather was a Tang Dynasty 'ci shi' (circuit inspector) of
		Emperor Taizu's father was Zhao Hongyin who had served Posterior Zhou as 'si tu', 'shang-jiangjun' (highest general), and 'tai wei' (grand captain) posthumously.
		When Posterior Zhou Emperor Shizong (Cai Rong) enthroned in AD 954, Zhao Kuangyin and his father (Zhao Hongyin) were both in charge of Posterior Zhou Emperor Shizong's imperial bodyguard column.
	www.freewebs.com /silver_metal (1344 words)

	Emperor Taizong of Song (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		During his reign as emperor, Song Taizong was a hardworking and diligent emperor.
		His only set back was that Taizong failed twice in trying to subdue the Liao people of the north.
		Song Taizong's accession to the throne have been shrouded in mystery which claimed that he murdered his elder brother, the Emperor Taizu and seized the throne.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Zhao_kuangyi.htm (287 words)

	Stories from Ancient China: Honest, Kind and Willing to Help Others \| Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe
		The Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, made a special trip to ask Wang Zhaosu about the principles of ruling a country and keeping a healthy body.
		Wang Zhaosu told the emperor: "To rule a country is no more than to love its citizens, to keep fit is no more than to limit desires." The Emperor Taizu painted these words on the wall and desk of his empirical court to remind himself all the time.
		Then, the emperor appointed his son as a professor of the National School [a teacher in the highest school of the nation].
	www.clearharmony.net /articles/200603/31878.html (589 words)

	Northern Song (Sung) Dynasty: Ancient China Dynasties
		His first task was to ensure that there would be no further military coups and he did this by establishing a professional army loyal to the dynasty with its military commanders under the strict control of the central government.
		Taizu was succeeded by his brother, Taizong who brought Zhejiang and Shanxi back into the fold.
		In the following year the Northern Song Emperor was deposed and along with his son was taken off to Manchuria.
	www.travelchinaguide.com /intro/history/song.htm (502 words)

	Chinagate: Symposium at the Metropolitan Museum on Chinese Paintings Dec. 11, 1999 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		In the Tang and early Northern Song, from the eight to the early eleventh century, space in compartmentalized…" individual elements, each a discrete image viewed frontally, are seen one by one, and organized on an additive basis.
		In contrast to the martial Song emperor Taizu, Li Yu, meek and scholarly in demeanor, was known for excessive, luxurious living, and as a composer of lyric songs.
		The momentous shift in the tenth century from a society ruled by hereditary privilege, one that automatically conferred official status on sons of officials, to a society governed by a central bureaucracy of commoners was accomplished by the rise of a new scholar-official class selected through a system of civil examinations.
	www.thecityreview.com /symposium.html (13571 words)

	Portraits of Emperors
		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)

	Imperial China 617-1644: Politics, Law, Military History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Zhao Kuanyin, known as the Emperor Taizu, founded the Song dynasty (960-1279) by reunifying North China.
		In the early Song era, scholars and officials advocated reforms to deal with the perceived problems.
		During the reign of the Renzong emperor (1023-1063), Fan Zhongyan proposed a ten-point program of reforms, including policies to improve the efficiency of the government, raise the standard of the examinations, increase agricultural yields, and reduce the demands on the people for labor service.
	www.bookrags.com /history-imperial-china-politics-law-military/sub14.html (235 words)

	perfection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Had been born in the Southern Song Dynasty principle ancestor treasure two years (in 1254), died to governs for two years from Yuan Yingzong (in 1322).
		Originally is Emperor Taizu in Song dynasty the Zhao Kuangyin 11 th grandsons, immature is intelligent, studies has a highly retentive memory, the manner talent overflows, correct manners discipline outstanding, prose Qingyuan, calligraphy and painting 双绝.
		Song Wanghou he is an official in Yuan Ting, "the official occupies one, world-famous", not only in art achievement huge, the glory border is also prominent in politics.
	www.duckdaotsu.org /8/perfection.html (520 words)

	AH 371/EA 356 (Murray): Answers to Third Midterm
		Similarities: Both were made to flatter their recipients and show statesmen at home in private estates.
		Differences: Liu's hanging scroll was designed for public display and clearly depicted a well-known story about a wise emperor of the past to advertise the purported virtues of the current emperor to courtiers who would see it hanging in the palace.
		Wen's painting used more generic motifs to depict an elegant gathering of friends in the garden villa of the recipient (an official named Xu Shen), and the handscroll format suited both private viewing and the accretion of commemorative inscriptions.
	www.wisc.edu /arth/ah371/answers3.html (587 words)

	AH 371/EA 356 (Murray): Slides Shown in Class #17 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Portraits of Ming emperors Hongwu [Zhu Yuanzhang, r.
		Emperor (Song) Taizu Calling on Zhao Pu on a Snowy Night, hanging scroll ink and color on silk.
		Remonstrating with the Emperor, hanging scroll ink and color on silk.
	www.wisc.edu /arth2test/ah371/study17.html (141 words)

	tour destinations zhengding intro
		Longxing Temple first built in A.D.586 of the Sui Dynasty with name of Longcang Temple which had later been changes into Longxing Temple on the Tang Dynasty.In A.D.971 Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty ordered to construct a bronze statue,Avalokitesvara (Goddess of Mercy) with thousand arms,and it was completed in A.D.975.
		In the Qing Dynasty the Emperor Kangxi built up a temporary dwelling place in the west of the Temple.
		Longxing temple is Like the Bright moon in the old city Zhengding, And the four ancient pagodas and other ancient architectures are like the gleaming stars enhancing each other's beauty with Longxing Temple in a distance.
	www.cntravel.biz /china_tour_destinations/zhengding/intro.shtml (726 words)

	Complete List of Rulers in Chinese History - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Emperor Song Taizong (宋太宗), Zhao Guangyi (赵光义), 976 — 997 AD Emperor Song Zhenzong (宋真宗), Zhao Heng (赵恒), 998 — 1022 AD Emperor Song Renzong (宋仁宗), Zhao Zhen (赵祯), 1023 — 1063 AD, (Portrait)
		Emperor Song Yingzong (宋英宗), Zhao Shu (赵曙), 1064 — 1067 AD Emperor Song Shenzong (宋神宗), Zhao Xu (赵顼), 1068 — 1085 AD Emperor Song Zhezong (宋哲宗), Zhao Xu (赵煦), 1086 — 1100 AD Emperor Song Huizong (宋徽宗), Zhao Ji (赵佶), 1101 — 1125 AD, (Portrait
		Emperor Han Wudi (汉武帝), Liu Che (刘彻), 140 BC — 87 BC I think I have seen portriats of Wudi, or as though fiction ones?
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=384&st=15 (1519 words)

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