VIII.    Tang Dynasty (618 - 906)

A.    Golden Age of China
B.    Confucianism rises again
C.    Civil Service
D.    First book printed
E.    Tang Xuanaong (T'ang Hsuan-tsung)
F.    Li Po

IX.    Song (Sung) Dynasty (960 - 1279)

A.    Final end of aristocratic domination of government
B.    Neo-Confucianism and Wang An-shih
C.    Footbinding
D.    Northern China conquered, Song remain rulers in Southern portion

 

Part I: Ancient Dynasties
Part II: Dynasties Before the Golden Age
Part IV: A Period of Foreign and Peasant Dynasties
Part V: Modern Dynasties (Nationalist and Communist Rule)