Song dynasty

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The Song dynasty was a major Chinese imperial dynasty (960–1279) known for its economic prosperity, urbanization, technological innovation, and flourishing arts and culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese imperial dynasty
historical state
administrativeSystem civil service examination system
capital Kaifeng
surface form: Bianjing

Hangzhou
surface form: Lin'an
conflict Jin–Song Wars
Mongol–Song War
continent Asia
country China
culturalAchievement Ci poetry
calligraphy
scholar-official painting tradition
currency copper cash coins
paper money
dividedInto Song dynasty self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Song

Southern Song
economicCharacteristic commercialized agriculture
developed market economy
endTime 1279
eraName Song dynasty self-linksurface differs
surface form: Northern Song

Southern Song
event Jingkang incident
governmentForm bureaucratic empire
monarchy
knownFor advances in printing technology
compass navigation
development of Neo-Confucianism
economic prosperity
flourishing arts and culture
gunpowder weapons development
landscape painting
maritime trade expansion
porcelain production
technological innovation
urbanization
locatedInTime Middle Ages
neighbor Jin dynasty
surface form: Jin dynasty (1115–1234)

Liao dynasty
Western Xia
notablePerson Ouyang Xiu
Shen Kuo
Sima Guang
Su Shi
Zhu Xi
notableRuler Emperor Gaozong of Song
Emperor Huizong of Song
Emperor Taizong of Song
Emperor Taizu of Song
officialLanguage Classical Chinese
populationPeak over 100 million
predecessor Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period
Later Zhou
religion Buddhism
Confucianism
Daoism
startTime 960
successor Yuan dynasty
technologicalInnovation improvements in shipbuilding
movable-type printing
widespread use of gunpowder

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Blue Cliff Record placeOfOrigin Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Song dynasty China
Blue Cliff Record era Song dynasty
Sayings records (yulu) of Chan masters developedIn Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Song dynasty China
Emperor of China usedByDynasty Song dynasty
Chinese Buddhist Canon timePeriod Song dynasty
Dahui Zonggao era Song dynasty
Huangdi usedInDynasty Song dynasty
Fayan Wenyi era Song dynasty
this entity surface form: early Song dynasty
Chinese Jews historicalPeriod Song dynasty
subject surface form: Kaifeng Jews
this entity surface form: Northern Song dynasty
BYD Song namedAfter Song dynasty
Six Harmonies Pagoda builtIn Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Northern Song dynasty
Six Harmonies Pagoda rebuiltIn Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Southern Song dynasty
Great Yuan predecessor Song dynasty
Dali Kingdom borderedBy Song dynasty
Da Yuan precededBy Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Southern Song dynasty
Son of Heaven historicalPeriodUsed Song dynasty
Song associatedWith Song dynasty
subject surface form: Song (surname)
Haozhou historicalPeriod Song dynasty
Haozhou associatedDynasty Song dynasty
Emperor Taizu of Jin alliedWith Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Song dynasty (initially, against Liao)
Jurchen contemporaryWith Song dynasty
Jurchen contemporaryWith Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Southern Song dynasty
Jurchen conflictedWith Song dynasty
Eisai studiedIn Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Song dynasty China
Wanyan Aguda contemporaryDynastyInSouth Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Northern Song dynasty
Emperor Aizong of Jin opponent Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Southern Song dynasty
Hongcun historicalPeriod Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Southern Song dynasty
Hundred Family Surnames compiledIn Song dynasty
Hundred Family Surnames historicalContext Song dynasty
this entity surface form: Northern Song period
Hundred Family Surnames poem compiledInPeriod Song dynasty
subject surface form: Hundred Family Surnames