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China's Southern Tang Dynasty, 937-976 (Hardcover)
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China's Southern Tang Dynasty, 937-976 (Hardcover)
Series: Asian States and Empires
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The Southern Tang was one of China's minor dynasties and one of the
great states in China in the tenth century. Although often regarded
as one of several states preceding the much better known Song
dynasty (960-1279), the Southern Tang dynasty was in fact the key
state in this period, preserving cultural values and artefacts from
the former great Tang dynasty (618-907) which were to form the
basis of Song rule, and thereby presenting the Song with a direct
link to the Tang and it traditions. Drawing mainly on primary
Chinese sources, this is the first book in English to provide a
comprehensive overview of the Southern Tang, and full coverage of
military, cultural and political history in the period. It focuses
on a successful, albeit short-lived, attempt to set up an
independent regional state in the modern provinces of Jiangxi and
Jiangsu, and establishes the Southern Tang dynasty in its own
right. It follows the rise of the Southern Tang state to become the
predominant claimant of the Tang heritage and the expansionist
policies of the second ruler culminating in the occupation and
annexation of the two of the Southern Tang's neighbours, Min
(Fujian) and Chu (Hunan). Finally the narrative describes the
decline of the dynasty under its last ruler, the famous poet Li Yu,
and its ultimate surrender to the Song dynasty.
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