Pastlasby Oleh Voronko

State · 960 – 1279

Song dynasty

A state of 960 – 1279 — 319 years in East and Southeast Asia. It replaced Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period and followed Later Zhou. It was replaced by Yuan dynasty. The atlas records 66 things within it — wars and battles 4 · regime change 1 · treaties 1 · people 60. Its line of rulers holds 19 people. Its own article says it was conquered by Yuan dynasty.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood
319 years
960 – 1279
Rulers
19
the Emperor of China
Most ground
2.80 million km²
in 1056
Within it
66
recorded rows
Map: Song dynasty in 1056, its borders in gold among its neighbours
Song dynasty in 1056, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 2.80 million km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.
Song dynasty in 961, first mapped

961 · first mapped · 902,700 km²

Song dynasty in 1056, at its largest

1056 · at its largest · 2.80 million km²

Song dynasty in 1260, last mapped

1260 · last mapped · 1.73 million km²

The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

3000 BCE2000 BCE1000 BCE110002000Later Zhou: 951 – 960Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period: 907 – 960Yuan dynasty: 1271 – 1368Song dynasty: 960 – 1279

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

After it

How it ended, as its article says

Conquered by Yuan dynasty. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.

After retreating to southern China following attacks by the Jin dynasty, the Song was eventually conquered by the Mongol-led Yuan dynasty.

One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rulers

The line of Emperor of China.

Emperor Taizu of Song · 960 – 976 · died in office of natural causesEmperor Taizong of Song · 976 – 997 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhenzong · 997 – 1022 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Renzong of Song · 1022 – 1063 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Yingzong of Song · 1063 – 1067 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Shenzong of Song · 1067 – 1085 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Zhezong · 1085 – 1100 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Huizong of Song · 1100 – 1126 · ended by a named eventEmperor Qinzong · 1126 – 1127 · deposed or removedEmperor Gaozong of Song · 1127 – 1129 · ended by a named eventZhao Fu · 1129 – 1129 · deposed or removedEmperor Gaozong of Song · 1129 – 1162 · ended by a named eventEmperor Xiaozong of Song · 1162 – 1189 · ended by a named eventEmperor Guangzong of Song · 1189 – 1194 · ended by a named eventEmperor Ningzong · 1194 – 1224 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Lizong · 1224 – 1264 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Duzong · 1264 – 1274 · died in office, manner not recordedEmperor Gong of Song · 1274 – 1276 · abdicatedEmperor Duanzong · 1276 – 1278 · died in office, manner not recordedZhao Bing · 1278 – 1279 · died by suicide100011001200
deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular road
RulerReignLengthHow it ended · sourceTo the ruler before
Emperor Taizu of Song960 – 97616 yearsdied in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death
Emperor Taizong of Song976 – 99721 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Zhenzong997 – 102225 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Renzong of Song1022 – 106341 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Yingzong of Song1063 – 10674 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Shenzong of Song1067 – 108518 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Zhezong1085 – 110015 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Huizong of Song1100 – 112626 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Emperor Qinzong1126 – 11271 yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Gaozong of Song1127 – 11292 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Zhao Fu1129 – 1129under a yeardeposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Gaozong of Song1129 – 116233 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termparent
Emperor Xiaozong of Song1162 – 118927 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termanother recorded relative
Emperor Guangzong of Song1189 – 11945 yearsended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Ningzong1194 – 122430 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Lizong1224 – 126440 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term
Emperor Duzong1264 – 127410 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termnephew or niece
Emperor Gong of Song1274 – 12762 yearsabdicatedWikidata's end cause on the termchild
Emperor Duanzong1276 – 12782 yearsdied in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the termsibling
Zhao Bing1278 – 12791 yeardied by suicideWikidata's manner of deathsibling

19 rulers, 19 with terms dated as terms, covering 960 – 1279. Median reign 15.5 years. 3 of 19 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

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2.77 million km² in 985, 1.73 million km² in 1260; at its largest 2.80 million km² in 1060. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

900 – 999: 6 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other9001000 – 1099: 31 recorded — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 31 other10001100 – 1199: 18 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other11001200 – 1299: 11 recorded — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1200

900 – 9996 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres

1000 – 109931 rows

and 23 more in the atlas.

1100 – 119918 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 10 more in the atlas.

1200 – 129911 rows · 2 wars and battles

and 3 more in the atlas.

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

  • How long it stood319 years

    stood longer than 75% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.

  • The most ground it held2,802,500 km²

    held more ground at its peak than 94% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.

  • Wars recorded per centurynone

    had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.

  • How long a reign lasted, at the median16 years

    had longer reigns, at the median, than 51% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.

  • Rulers on record19

    has more rulers on record than 91% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 11 causes the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

Mid-Imperial China · Linked · 581 – 960Mid-Imperial ChinaFive Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period · Linked · 907 – 960Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms …Later Zhou · Linked · 951 – 960Later ZhouLiu Jun · Coincidence · 926 – 968Liu JunLiu Jiyuan · Coincidence · 950 – 992Liu JiyuanLiu Ji'en · Coincidence · 950 – 968Liu Ji'enSong dynasty · 960 – 1279Song dynastyYuan dynasty · Linked · 1271 – 1368Yuan dynasty60080010001200
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Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

Wikidata Q7462 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.