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
961 · first mapped · 902,700 km²
1056 · at its largest · 2.80 million km²
1260 · last mapped · 1.73 million km²
Where it sits in time
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
- Later Zhou · follows · 951 – 960
- Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period · replaces · 907 – 960
After it
- Yuan dynasty · replaced by · 1271 – 1368
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.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emperor Taizu of Song | 960 – 976 | 16 years | died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death | |
| Emperor Taizong of Song | 976 – 997 | 21 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Emperor Zhenzong | 997 – 1022 | 25 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Renzong of Song | 1022 – 1063 | 41 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Yingzong of Song | 1063 – 1067 | 4 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Shenzong of Song | 1067 – 1085 | 18 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Zhezong | 1085 – 1100 | 15 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Huizong of Song | 1100 – 1126 | 26 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Emperor Qinzong | 1126 – 1127 | 1 year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Gaozong of Song | 1127 – 1129 | 2 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Zhao Fu | 1129 – 1129 | under a year | deposed or removedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Gaozong of Song | 1129 – 1162 | 33 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | parent |
| Emperor Xiaozong of Song | 1162 – 1189 | 27 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | another recorded relative |
| Emperor Guangzong of Song | 1189 – 1194 | 5 years | ended by a named eventWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Ningzong | 1194 – 1224 | 30 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Lizong | 1224 – 1264 | 40 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | |
| Emperor Duzong | 1264 – 1274 | 10 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | nephew or niece |
| Emperor Gong of Song | 1274 – 1276 | 2 years | abdicatedWikidata's end cause on the term | child |
| Emperor Duanzong | 1276 – 1278 | 2 years | died in office, manner not recordedWikidata's end cause on the term | sibling |
| Zhao Bing | 1278 – 1279 | 1 year | died by suicideWikidata's manner of death | sibling |
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.
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 – 9996 rows · 1 risings, regime changes and massacres
- Emperor Taizu of Song · ruler · 927 – 976
- Emperor Taizong of Song · ruler · 939 – 997
- Emperor Zhenzong · ruler · 968 – 1022
- Fan Zhongyan · politician · 989 – 1052
- Xu Daoning · artist · 970 – 1052
- Chenqiao mutiny · adverse regime change · 960
1000 – 109931 rows
- Shen Kuo · inventor · 1031 – 1095
- Su Shi · philosopher · 1037 – 1101
- Wang Anshi · artist · 1021 – 1086
- Li Qingzhao · writer · 1084 – 1155
- Ouyang Xiu · philosopher · 1007 – 1072
- Emperor Huizong of Song · ruler · 1082 – 1135
- Sima Guang · politician · 1019 – 1086
- Emperor Renzong of Song · ruler · 1010 – 1063
and 23 more in the atlas.
1100 – 119918 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Zhu Xi · philosopher · 1130 – 1200
- Lu You · writer · 1125 – 1210
- Yue Fei · commander · 1103 – 1142
- Emperor Gaozong of Song · ruler · 1107 – 1187
- Emperor Qinzong · ruler · 1100 – 1161
- Emperor Xiaozong of Song · ruler · 1127 – 1194
- Emperor Ningzong · ruler · 1168 – 1224
- Xin Qiji · commander · 1140 – 1207
and 10 more in the atlas.
1200 – 129911 rows · 2 wars and battles
- Emperor Lizong · ruler · 1205 – 1264
- Emperor Duzong · ruler · 1240 – 1274
- Emperor Gong of Song · ruler · 1271 – 1323
- Zhao Bing · ruler · 1272 – 1279
- Qin Jiushao · scientist · 1208 – 1261
- Emperor Duanzong · ruler · 1268 – 1278
- Liang Kai · artist · 1200 – 1300
- Muqi · artist · 1210 – 1269
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.
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
- On the timeline, 928 – 1311, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1056, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
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.