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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907-1279, Part 1 (Hardcover)
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The Cambridge History of China: Volume 5, The Sung Dynasty and its Precursors, 907-1279, Part 1 (Hardcover)
Series: The Cambridge History of China
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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 Yuan on
the shape and tempo of Sung dynastic events.
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