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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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

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

• Three Departments and Six MinistriesRelated: Song rulers retained the ministries while changing the balance among central offices.

• SN 1054Related: The supernova was recorded during the Song dynasty.

• CujuRelated: Cuju flourished as organized recreation and entertainment during the Song period.

• Lu ZhishenRelated: The novel situates its outlaw world in the Song era.