The forces of this dynasty emerged victorious at the Battle of Fishing Town.
The forces of this dynasty emerged victorious at the Battle of Fishing Town. This dynasty's founder hosted a banquet at which he persuaded all his generals to resign. One of this dynasty's scientists built a giant hydraulic clock tower, while another described using a magnetic compass for navigation in his Dream Pool Essays; the latter is Shen Kuo. Its other intellectuals included the poet and politician Su Shi, an author of the prominent commentary on the four books of Confucius, Zhu Xi, and the author of a Comprehensive Mirror to Aid in Government, Sima Guang. This dynasty moved its capital south from Kaifeng to Hangzhou. This dynasty followed the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period and lost some territory to the Jin Dynasty before falling to the Mongols. For 10 points, what culturally significant but militarily weak Chinese dynasty lasted from 960 to 1279?
The forces of this dynasty emerged victorious at the Battle of Fishing Town.
Song Dynasty or Empire