The Rise of Genyue: Emperor Huizong’s Imperial Fantasy In the spring of 1127, as the last emperors of Northern Song […]
A Kingdom in Crisis: The Fall of Northern Song The year 1127 marked one of the most humiliating moments in […]
The Paradox of Imperial Loyalty in Song Dynasty China When the Zhao imperial family wept over the tragic fate of […]
The Collapse of an Empire The year 1127 marked a catastrophic turning point in Chinese history—the fall of the Northern […]
The Collapse of an Empire and Its Human Cost The year 1127 marked one of the most humiliating episodes in […]
A Dynasty in Crisis: The Collapse of Northern Song The year 1127 marked one of the most humiliating moments in […]
The Last New Year in Bianjing The year was 1127, the second year of the Jingkang era. On what should […]
The Siege of Bianjing and a Monarch’s Dilemma In the winter of 1126, the once-magnificent capital of the Northern Song […]
The Siege Begins: Jin Forces Close In on the Song Capital In the fourth year of the Jin dynasty’s Tianhui […]
The Gathering Storm: Diplomatic Failures and Military Reorganization In the eighth month of 1126, the Jin Empire, having grown impatient […]
A Kingdom Divided: The Aftermath of Jin Withdrawal When the Jin armies withdrew from Kaifeng in early 1127, they left […]
The Gathering Storm: Northern Song’s Precarious Position In the winter of 1126, the Northern Song capital of Bianjing (modern Kaifeng) […]
The Gathering Storm: Northern Song’s Precarious Position In the winter of 1125-1126, the Northern Song dynasty faced its greatest crisis […]
The Fractured Frontier: Song-Jin Border Geography The mountainous border between the Northern Song and Jin dynasties stretched from Shanxi to […]
The Fragile Peace Between Song and Jin In the early 12th century, the balance of power in northern China underwent […]
The Rise of the “Resentment Army” and the Fall of Liao In the sixth year of the Zhenghe era (1116 […]
The Meeting of Two Worlds: A Diplomatic Mission to the Jin In the tenth month of 1120, a Song dynasty […]
The Tumultuous Rise of the Jurchen In the winter of 1116 AD, a rebellion erupted in the Liao Dynasty’s eastern […]
The Collapse of the Later Jin Dynasty In the fourth year of the Kaiyun era (947 CE), on the fifth […]
The Dawn of an Unprecedented Era In March 1063, the longest-reigning emperor of Northern Song China, Renzong, passed away and […]
The Weight of Imperial Extravagance In an era devoid of modern machinery, even imperial power bowed before the forces of […]
