Discovering China - The Song Dynasty

After the collapse of the Tang Dynasty, over 50 years of Chaos followed, until a military general named Zhao Kuangyin founded the Song Dynasty, reigning as emperor Taizu. The Song Dynasty started in the year 960 AD and lasted for over 300-years. It can be split into two periods the Northern Song starting in the year 960 and then from 1127 AD, after the north was invaded by the Jurchen tribes, the Southern Song. When Emperor Taizu came to power, he expanded the civil service examination system and oversa