China's Southern Tang Dynasty, 937-976The Southern Tang was one of China’s minor dynasties and one of the great states in China in the tenth century. Although often regarded as one of several states preceding the much better known Song dynasty (960-1279), the Southern Tang dynasty was in fact the key state in this period, preserving cultural values and artefacts from the former great Tang dynasty (618-907) which were to form the basis of Song rule, and thereby presenting the Song with a direct link to the Tang and it traditions. Drawing mainly on primary Chinese sources, this is the first book in English to provide a comprehensive overview of the Southern Tang, and full coverage of military, cultural and political history in the period. It focuses on a successful, albeit short-lived, attempt to set up an independent regional state in the modern provinces of Jiangxi and Jiangsu, and establishes the Southern Tang dynasty in its own right. It follows the rise of the Southern Tang state to become the predominant claimant of the Tang heritage and the expansionist policies of the second ruler culminating in the occupation and annexation of the two of the Southern Tang’s neighbours, Min (Fujian) and Chu (Hunan). Finally the narrative describes the decline of the dynasty under its last ruler, the famous poet Li Yu, and its ultimate surrender to the Song dynasty. |
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... of Li Bian 23 3 The reign of Li Jing 41 4 The reign of Li Yu and the decline of the Southern Tang 91 5 Epilogue 115 Notes Bibliography Index 119 129 133 Acknowledgements I would like to thank Peter Lorge, who asked Contents.
Johannes L. Kurz. Acknowledgements. I would like to thank Peter Lorge, who asked me in early 2007 if I would be willing to contribute a volume on Southern Tang history to the present series. I am grateful to friends and colleagues who ...
... asked to raise him as a Buddhist monk. The majority of historical texts record that his paternal uncle, Li Qiu, rescued the young boy and his mother and brought them to Haozhou.4 Soon after their arrival, the mother died, and the boy ...
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Contents
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2 The founding of the Southern Tang and the reign of Li Bian | 23 |
3 The reign of Li Jing | 41 |
4 The reign of Li Yu and the decline of the Southern Tang | 91 |
5 Epilogue | 115 |
Notes | 119 |
Bibliography | 129 |
Index | 133 |