1080 ⟶ Su Shi's Exile for Criticizing Reforms
– The Chinese poet Su Shi is exiled from court for writing p...Year
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🖋️ Birth of Poet Su Shi
– Birth of the Chinese poet Su Shi, one of the renowned poets of the Song dynasty, who also penned works of travel literature.⟶

Song DynastyPoetryLiteratureChinese LiteratureTravel LiteratureSu Shi

📜 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of China, Fan Zhongyan, and prominent official and historian Ouyang Xiu introduce the Qingli Reforms, which would be rescinded by the court in 1045 due to partisan resistance to reforms.⟶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

📜 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

📜 Su Shi's Exile for Criticizing Reforms
– The Chinese poet Su Shi is exiled from court for writing poems criticizing the various reforms of the New Policies Group.⟶

Song DynastyExilePoetryLiteratureSu ShiReformPolitical Dissent

👑 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.⟶

Song DynastyPolitical IntrigueImperial CourtEmpress DowagerMilitary ConflictChinese History

📚 Dongpo Academy Established in Hainan
the Dongpo Academy of Hainan, China is built in honor of the Song dynasty Chinese official and poet Su Shi, who was exiled there for criticizing reforms of the New Policies Group.⟶

Song DynastyConfucianismLiteraturePoetryExileSu ShiEducation
