The dynasty's history is divided into two periods: during the Northern Song (北宋; 960–1127), the capital was in the northern city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng) and the dynasty controlled most of what is now East China.

2024年12月5日 · Song dynasty, (960–1279), Chinese dynasty that ruled the country during one of its most brilliant cultural epochs. It is commonly divided into Bei (Northern) and Nan (Southern) Song periods, as the dynasty ruled only in South China after 1127.

The Song dynasty (960–1279) was culturally the most brilliant era in later imperial Chinese history. A time of great social and economic change, the period in large measure shaped the intellectual and political climate of China down to the twentieth century.

The Northern Song Dynasty sought to defeat the Liao. They allied themselves with the Jurchens (or Jin) and started a war that ended in their disaster in the year 1125. The combined armies of the Jurchens and the Song defeated the Liao Empire.

2017年9月26日 · The Song (aka Sung) dynasty ruled China from 960 to 1279 CE with the reign split into two periods: the Northern Song (960-1125 CE) and Southern Song (1125-1279 CE).

During the Northern Song dynasty (960–1125/26), when the capital was moved to Kaifeng, the canal became even more important, and by the 11th century the volume of traffic on it was probably about three times that in Tang times. The Bei Song (also known simply as the Song) was the last major Chinese dynasty to be founded by a coup d’état.

The loss of northern territory and shifting of the capital marks the division of the dynasty into two distinct periods: the Northern Song (960–1127) and the Southern Song (1127–1279). The Southern Song developed a new navy to combat the Jin dynasty formed in the north.

Zhao Kuangyin, a military general of the Latter Zhou Dynasty established the Northern Song Dynasty in Kaifeng. The development of science, culture, and art was advanced during the dynasty.

2023年7月1日 · The Northern Song Dynasty (北宋, Běi Sòng, 960-1127 CE) following the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (五代十国), was collectively referred to as the Song Dynasty (宋朝, Sòng) with the Southern Song Dynasty (南宋, 1127-1279 CE).

2023年7月30日 · Split into two major periods, the Northern Song (960–1127) and the Southern Song (1127–1279), the dynasty faced both internal political challenges and external pressures, particularly from nomadic neighbors to the north and west.