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The 60 pages that link to Song dynasty, each with the reason it gives.

• Tang dynastyRelated: Song rulers inherited Tang institutions while curbing the power of regional military governors.

• Imperial examinationRelated: Song reforms made examinations more central to recruitment and bureaucratic administration.

• Yuan dynastyRelated: The Yuan emerged after the Mongols defeated the Southern Song.

• Kublai KhanCompared with: Kublai’s conquest ended Song rule and brought southern China into the Yuan realm.

• Chinese literatureRelated: Printing and expanding readership supported new literary forms and circulation.

• Maritime Silk RoadRelated: Song trade, shipbuilding, and port activity greatly expanded China’s seaborne connections.

• Liao dynastyCompared with: The Song was the Liao’s principal southern rival and diplomatic counterpart.

• Four BooksNarrower topic: The curriculum’s decisive reorganization occurred in the Song intellectual world.

• Su ShiNarrower topic: Its institutions and cultural life formed the setting for Su Shi’s career.

• Mongol conquest of ChinaNarrower topic: Its defeat ended nearly three centuries of Song rule.

• Ink wash paintingRelated: Landscape painting and ink-based expression flourished in its court and scholarly cultures.

• Jingkang IncidentNarrower topic: The incident ended its northern period but not the dynasty itself.

• Northern Song dynastyNarrower topic: The Northern Song was the first half of this longer dynasty.

• SuzhouNarrower topic: Suzhou’s prosperity and cultural prominence expanded during the Song era.

• Civil service examinationBroader topic: The Song greatly enlarged the examination system and made it central to official recruitment.

• ZhejiangRelated: Hangzhou served as the Southern Song capital, transforming the region’s political importance.

• CompassRelated: Accounts from the Song period describe compasses used for navigation.

• Han YuNarrower topic: Song writers revived Han Yu’s prose ideals and strengthened his place in literary history.

• KoanRelated: Song-era Chan writers compiled and commented on earlier encounter stories.

• Ci poetryRelated: Song poets made ci a central form of elite literary expression.

• Jin–Song warsRelated: The Song court's losses and survival define the conflict's southern side.

• Tea Horse RoadBroader topic: Song rulers developed institutions for obtaining horses through tea trade.

• YuefuNarrower topic: Song-era anthologists helped preserve and classify earlier yuefu poetry.

• Sima GuangNarrower topic: Sima Guang served the dynasty as a court official and political actor.

• Wang AnshiNarrower topic: Its fiscal and military challenges framed the problems Wang sought to address.

• Water MarginNarrower topic: The novel places its outlaw stories under Song rule, though its plot is not a straightforward historical record.

• Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms periodNarrower topic: Its founders began the campaigns that brought the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period to a close.

• Chinese woodblock printingNarrower topic: Printing expanded substantially during the Song era alongside commerce and book production.

• Gaozong of SongNarrower topic: Gaozong’s reign preserved Song rule after the dynasty lost its northern heartland.

• Ouyang XiuNarrower topic: Its institutions shaped Ouyang Xiu’s political service and literary world.

• TrebuchetRelated: Chinese sources document traction trebuchets in Song-era warfare.

• Along the River During the Qingming FestivalNarrower topic: The work emerged from the Song’s flourishing urban culture and arts.

• Chinese ink paintingBroader topic: Song painters established landmark approaches to landscape, observation, and ink.

• Fire lanceNarrower topic: Fire lances emerged in the military setting of Song China.

• HeqinNarrower topic: Song agreements with northern powers are often compared with Han heqin, despite major differences in context.

• MazuRelated: Mazu’s cult grew during the Song era, when coastal trade and travel expanded.

• Mid-Autumn FestivalRelated: Song-era accounts describe lively urban celebrations of the festival.

• Battle of YamenNarrower topic: The battle ended the dynasty’s rule after decades of Southern Song resistance.

• Li QingzhaoNarrower topic: Li Qingzhao’s life and literary career unfolded during the Song dynasty.

• Paper moneyNarrower topic: Its expanding trade and state institutions formed the setting for early paper currency.

• WuyueCompared with: Wuyue's rulers chose submission to the expanding Song rather than a final military confrontation.

• Cheng HaoNarrower topic: Its intellectual and political setting shaped Cheng Hao’s work and its later reception.

• Foot bindingNarrower topic: The earliest well-supported accounts place foot binding in the late Song period.

• QuanzhouRelated: Song-era policies and commerce helped Quanzhou develop into a major port.

• Western XiaRelated: Western Xia negotiated, traded, and fought with the Song across its southeastern border.

• Zhou DunyiNarrower topic: Zhou’s career unfolded during the dynasty’s revival of Confucian scholarship.

• Emperor Renzong of SongNarrower topic: Renzong’s reign was a long middle period in the dynasty’s history.

• Emperor Taizu of SongNarrower topic: Taizu’s reign established the dynasty whose institutions he began shaping.

• Jia XianNarrower topic: Jia Xian's mathematical activity belongs to the Northern Song period.

• JingdezhenRelated: Jingdezhen’s early porcelain industry expanded during the Song period.