jan 1, 960 - Zhao Kuangyin

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- Emperor Taizu; founder of Song Dynasty (reunited China under one dynasty)

- couldn't defeat northern Liao Dynasty of the Khitans; had to sign treaties where the Song gave the Liao tribute so they wouldn't be invaded

- Confucian scholar-gentry class more powerful; more routine civil service exams

- eventually moved to the South (Southern Song Dynasty) due to threat of Jurchens in the North who took Song territory

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