Imperial China II
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Song Dynasty, AD 960-1279
Figure 1.
Northern Song Dynasty, 960-1127
Figure 2.
Southern Song Dynasty, 1127-1279
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Emperor Taizureunified China in AD 960, established capital atthe northern city of Bianjing.
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By 1127, the Song lost control of Northern China to the JinDynasty and moved their capital southwards in Lin’an.
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Cities no longer administrative; centers of trade, industry, andmaritime commerce.
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Song Dynasty ended with Mongol invasion in 1279.
Song Dynasty, AD 960-1279
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Imperial Examinations
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paper (1
st
-2
nd
c. AD)
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books, printing
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Yin
privelege
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Neo-Confucianism
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Fan Zhong-yan(called forreforms in the educationsystem)
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Wang Anshi(attacked basisof local family wealth; curbcorruption in government)
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Zhu Xi (emphasis on theduality of
li
and
qi
; education
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Scholar-gentry class
Figure 3.
Song Imperial Examination
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