1075 ⟶ Shen Kuo Defends Song Dynasty Borders Against Liao Claims
Chinese official and diplomat Shen Kuo asserts the Song dyna...
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🤝 Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty Sign Treaty of Shanyuan
The Treaty of Shanyuan is signed between the Chinese Song dynasty and the Khitan Liao dynasty.⟶
TreatyDiplomacySong DynastyLiao DynastyWarfareTruce
China📜 Qingli Reforms Introduced in Song Dynasty China
the Song dynasty Chancellor of China, Fan Zhongyan, and prominent official and historian Ouyang Xiu introduce the Qingli Reforms, which would be rescinded by the court in 1045 due to partisan resistance to reforms.⟶
Song DynastyPolitical ReformBureaucracyOuyang XiuChancellorDynastic Politics
China📜 Wang Anshi's New Policies Implemented
In 1076, Chancellor Wang Anshi enacted the New Policies under Emperor Shenzong, which included reforms like the Baojia system, low-cost loans, tax-based labor, government monopolies, land surveys, and changes to the imperial examination system. These policies aimed to strengthen the Song dynasty through societal and economic reforms.⟶
Song DynastyPolitical ReformEconomic ReformSocial ReformImperial ChinaBureaucracy
China📜 Shen Kuo Defends Song Dynasty Borders Against Liao Claims
Chinese official and diplomat Shen Kuo asserts the Song dynasty's rightful border lines by using court archives against the bold bluff of Emperor Daozong of Liao, who had asserted that Liao dynasty territory exceeded its earlier-accepted bounds.⟶
Song DynastyLiao DynastyBorder DisputesDiplomacyTerritorial ClaimsShen Kuo
China👑 Song Dynasty Political Shift and Renewed Conflict with Western Xia
when the Chinese Empress Dowager Gao dies, the conservative faction that had followed Sima Guang is ousted from court, the liberal reforms of Wang Anshi reinstated, and Emperor Zhezong of Song halted all negotiations with the Tanguts of the Western Xia, resuming in armed conflict with them.⟶
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China🤝 Treaty of Shaoxing Establishes Jin-Song Boundaries
The Treaty of Shaoxing ends the conflict between the Jin dynasty and Southern Song dynasty, legally establishing the boundaries of the two countries and forcing the Song dynasty to renounce all claims to its former territories north of the Huai River. The treaty reduces the Southern Song into a quasi-tributary state of the Jurchen Jin dynasty.⟶
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