I. End of Tang
代 國
II. Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五 十 ) (907-960)
丹
Khitan (契 )
Xianbei
朝
Liao Dynasty (遼 ), 907-1125
III. The Sòng 宋Dynasty (960-1279)
Establishing the Dynasty
1. 太 Tàizǔ (reigned 960-976)
祖
开 Kāifēng
封
anti-militarism
changes in the civil service
衙 yámen
门
reunification of China
2. 太 宗 Tàizōng (reigned 976–997)
3. 真 Zhēnzōng (reigned 997–1022)
宗
4. 仁 宗 Rénzōng (reigned 1022–1063)
Reformers in the Bureaucracy
Idealists vs. conservatives
6. 神 Shénzōng (reigned 1067–1085)
宗
…and his reformer Wáng Ānshí (王 石 (1021 - 1086)
安 )
Effective Bureaucracy
Welfare State
Strong military
Opposition to Wang Anshi’s reforms
Fall of the Northern [Bei] Song
8. 徽 宗 Huīzōng (1100-1125)
Jurchens (女 )真
9. 欽 宗 Qīnzōng (1125-1127)
[2nd!] Jin Dynasty 金 (1115-1234; “Anchu” in Jurchen)
Beijing
Southern [Nan] Song (1127–1279)
Survival in the South
高 宗 Gāozōng (1127-62)
杭 Hángzhōu (a.k.a. Línan 临 “temporary safety”)
州 安
What to do about the Jurchen?