| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 1095 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Cambridge history of China ; volume 5, part. 1 |
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Cambridge history of China ; v. 5, pt. 1.
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| Contents |
Introduction: the Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907-1279 / Paul Jakov Smith -- The Five Dynasties / Naomi Standen -- The Southern Kingdoms between the T'ang and the Sung, 907-979 / Hugh R. Clark -- Founding and Consolidation of the Sung Dynasty under T'ai-tsu (960-976), T'ai-tsung (976-997), and Chen-tsung (997-1022) / Lau Nap-yin and Huang K'uan-chung -- The Reigns of Jen-tsung (1022-1063) and Ying-tsung (1063-1067) / Michael McGrath -- Shen-tsung's Reign and the New Policies of Wang An-shih, 1067-1085 / Paul Jakov Smith -- Che-tsung's Reign (1085-1100) and the Age of Faction / Ari Daniel Levine -- The Reigns of Hui-tsung (1100-1126) and Ch'in-tsung (1126-1127) and the Fall of the Northern Sung / Ari Daniel Levine -- The Move to the South and the Reign of Kao-tsung (1127-1162) / Tao Jing-shen -- The Reign of Hsiao-tsung (1162-1189) / Gong Wei Ai -- The Reigns of Kuang-tsung (1189-1194) and Ning-tsung (1194-1224) / Richard L. Davis -- The Reign of Li-tsung (1224-1264) / Richard L. Davis -- The Reign of Tu-tsung (1264-1274) and His Successors to 1279 / Richard L. Davis |
| Summary |
Presents the political history of China from the fall of the T'ang Dynasty in 907 to the Mongol conquest of the Southern Sung in 1279. Surveys the personalities and events that marked the rise, consolidation, and demise of the Sung polity during an era of profound social, economic, and intellectual ferment. Places particular emphasis on the emergence of a politically conscious literati class during the Sung, characterized by the increasing importance of the examination system early in the dynasty and on the rise of the tao-hsueh (Neo-Confucian) movement toward the end. Highlights the destabilizing influence of factionalism and ministerial despotism on Sung political culture and the impact of the powerful steppe empires of the Khitan Liao, Tangut Hsi Hsia, Jurchen Chin, and Mongol Yüan on the shape and tempo of Sung dynastic events |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 963-1009) and index |
| Subject |
Song Dynasty (China)
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| SUBJECT |
China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024066
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China -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85024032
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| Subject |
China.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Twitchett, Denis Crispin, 1925-2006, editor.
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Smith, Paul Jakov, 1947- editor.
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| ISBN |
9781139055987 |
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1139055984 |
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9780511756689 |
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0511756682 |
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