Transforming Society Through Government

Emperor Taizu, Founder of the Song dynastyr. 960-976

Northern Song 960-1126 SongLiaoXi XiaTibetan TribesTurkic TribesDaliLiao 907-1125

the multi-centered south

Southern difference multiple languages

Population growth AD 2-1990

canals in Tongli, Jiangsu

houses on the canal in Tongli, Jiangsu

paper currency

Han Zizais Night Revels

From one empireFrom state ownership of the landFrom silk as the store for wealth

From one great capital with population of 1 million From restrictions on trade and commerceFrom an aristocracy of great clans supported by the court

To a multi-state worldTo a private market in landTo coin, paper money, and silver (money supply increases 20-30 times)To multiple great cities with population 500,000-1 millionTo the accumulation of wealth through tradeTo literati local elites who do not depend on the court

The technology of sea travel the mariners compass

Song period Shipspaddle-wheels, oars, and sails

GUNPOWDER and its uses

Paper making

Wang Anshi(1021-1086)The Classics and the New Policies

Guo Xi Early Spring

Sima Guang (1019-1086)

Su Shi (1037-1101)

Song State