Arising out of the Zhou, the last of the Five Dynasties in the preceding period of turmoil, FTP identify this Chinese dynasty that lasted from 960 to 1279 AD and was succeeded by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
Its first period ended when the capital was lost to a dynasty founded by Aguda. The second half of this dynasty was founded by the signer of the Treaty of Shaoxing with Aguda's dynasty, the Jurchen Jin Dynasty, and ended with defeat at the battle of Yamen, where the royal palace had moved from the capital of Hangzhou. This dynasty saw the bureaucratic reforms of Wang Anshi, who was opposed by officials such as the poet Su Dongpo. Zhu Xi and other notable neo-Confucians also lived during this dynasty. Arising out of the Zhou, the last of the Five Dynasties in the preceding period of turmoil, FTP identify this Chinese dynasty that lasted from 960 to 1279 AD and was succeeded by the Mongol Yuan Dynasty.
Its first period ended when the capital was lost to a dynasty founded by Aguda.
{Song} or {Sung} Dynasty