siege of Kaifeng

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battle of the Jin–Song Wars military campaign siege

The siege of Kaifeng was a pivotal 1126–1127 military campaign in which Jurchen Jin forces captured the Northern Song capital, leading to the Jingkang incident and the collapse of the Northern Song dynasty.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Siege of Kaifeng	1
fall of Kaifeng	1
siege and capture of Kaifeng	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle of the Jin–Song Wars ⓘ military campaign ⓘ siege ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jingkang campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Emperor Huizong of Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Emperor Qinzong of Song NERFINISHED ⓘ Jingkang incident NERFINISHED ⓘ Kaifeng city walls NERFINISHED ⓘ
belligerent	Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
cause	Jin attempt to conquer Northern Song ⓘ Jin demand for greater concessions from Song ⓘ
chronologyWithin	late Northern Song period ⓘ
combatant	Jurchen forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Song imperial forces ⓘ
conflict	Jin–Song Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	1127 ⓘ
followedBy	Jingkang incident NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	medieval siege warfare ⓘ
hasEffect	abduction of Emperor Huizong ⓘ abduction of Emperor Qinzong ⓘ destruction of Northern Song court culture ⓘ end of Northern Song rule in North China ⓘ establishment of the Southern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ large-scale looting of Kaifeng ⓘ mass deportation of Song imperial family and elites ⓘ
historicalPeriod	12th century ⓘ
historicalSignificance	major humiliation in Chinese dynastic history ⓘ pivotal turning point between Northern and Southern Song eras ⓘ
location	Kaifeng NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Song capital ⓘ
notableConsequence	division of China between Jin and Southern Song ⓘ long-term Jin control of North China ⓘ shift of Chinese capital to the south ⓘ
opponent	Jurchen-led Jin dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Song dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Jin–Song Wars NERFINISHED ⓘ history of Kaifeng ⓘ history of the Song dynasty ⓘ
precededBy	Jin invasion of Northern Song territory NERFINISHED ⓘ
region	North China Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Jin victory ⓘ Jingkang incident NERFINISHED ⓘ capture of Kaifeng ⓘ collapse of the Northern Song dynasty ⓘ
significantEvent	capture of the Song emperors ⓘ fall of Kaifeng ⓘ
startTime	1126 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jingkang incident → involves → siege of Kaifeng ⓘ

Jin–Song Wars → hasSignificantEvent → siege of Kaifeng ⓘ

this entity surface form: fall of Kaifeng

Mongol–Jin War → notableBattle → siege of Kaifeng ⓘ

this entity surface form: Siege of Kaifeng

Emperor Taizong of Jin → militaryCampaign → siege of Kaifeng ⓘ

this entity surface form: siege and capture of Kaifeng