Branches of Heaven: A History of the Imperial Clan of Sung China by John W. Chaffee

Harvard East Asian Monographs (Hardcover)

Branches of Heaven: A History of the Imperial Clan of Sung China

John W. Chaffee

441 pages hardcover

1 edition

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By the end of the Sung dynasty (960-1279), known descendants of the three Chao brothers who had founded the dynasty numbered over 20,000. Unlike the rulers of many other Chinese dynasties, however, the Sung emperors were not plagued by challenges ...

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