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Part One: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279

Series The Cambridge History of China, Volume 5

Edited by Denis Twitchett and Paul Jakov Smith

Publication Date 2009

Hardback ISBN-13 9780521812481

Digital Object Identifier (DOI) 10.1017/CHOL9780521812481

Overview

This first of two volumes on the Sung Dynasty (960-1279) and its Five Dynasties and Southern Kingdoms precursors 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. Its twelve chapters survey 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. The authors place 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. In addition, they highlight 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.

For more details of the print book, and how to buy it online, please see Part One: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279 in the Cambridge University Press online catalogue.

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The Cambridge History of China Vol. 5: Part One: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279

Frontmatter

Introduction: the Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279 by Paul Jakov Smith

The Five Dynasties by Naomi Standen

The Southern Kingdoms between the T'ang and the Sung, 907–979 by 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) by Lau Nap-yin and Huang K’uan-chung

The Reigns of Jen-tsung (1022–1063) and Ying-tsung (1063–1067) by Michael McGrath

Shen-tsung's Reign and the New Policies of Wang An-shih, 1067–1085 by Paul Jakov Smith

Che-tsung's Reign (1085–1100) and the Age of Faction by Ari Daniel Levine

The Reigns of Hui-tsung (1100–1126) and Ch'in-tsung (1126–1127) and the Fall of the Northern Sung by Ari Daniel Levine

The Move to the South and the Reign of Kao-tsung (1127–1162) by Tao Jing-shen

The Reign of Hsiao-tsung (1162–1189) by Gong Wei Ai

The Reigns of Kuang-tsung (1189–1194) and Ning-tsung (1194–1224) by Richard L. Davis

The Reign of Li-tsung (1224–1264) by Richard L. Davis

The Reign of Tu-tsung (1264–1274) and His Successors to 1279 by Richard L. Davis

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