#153 - N. Song 18: Requiem for Jingkang

The History of China

Chris Stewart

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🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

The Song Dynasty manages to epically pull defeat from the jaws of victory when it manages to twice goad its nominal ally, the Jurchen Jin, into a border war. The first time, it’s beaten so badly that it has to give up almost half of its northern holdings. But when even that’s not enough to quench Emperor Qinzong’s delusions of grandeur, he and his regime will pay with everything they have… Time Period Covered: 1125-1127 CE Major Historical Figures: Northern Song: Emperor Huizong of Song (Zhao Ji) [r. 1100-1126, ret. Emperor 1126-1127] Emperor Qinzong of Song (Zhao Huan) [r. 1126-1127] General Tong Guan [1054–1126] General Wang Bing [d. 1126] Jurchen Jin: Emperor Taizong of Jin (Wuqimai) [r. 1123-1135] Prince Wanyan Zonghan (Nianhan) [1080-1136] Prince Wanyan Zongwang (Wolibu) [c. 1073-1133?] Zhang Bangchang, Puppet Emperor of Chu [1081–1127] Major Works Cited: Levine, Ari Daniel. “The Reigns of Hui-Tsung and Ch-in-Tsung” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol.05: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279. Part 1. Lorge, Peter Allen. War, Politics, and Society in Early Modern China, 900-1795 Tao, Jing-shen. “The Move to the South and the Reign of Kao-Tsung (1127–1162)” in The Cambridge History of China, Vol.05: The Sung Dynasty and Its Precursors, 907–1279. Part 1. Various. the Accounts of Jingkang Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	Whether it's an under-the-radar genre or a proper out-there podcast,
0:10.0	sometimes it's better when you get weird,
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0:20.0	It tastes just as weird as regular Dr Pepper, but with zero sugar and zero calories.
0:26.3	It's a taste you can't quite put your finger on.
0:28.8	Weird.
0:29.5	But in a surprisingly good way, try more weird with Dr Pepper's zero. Hello and welcome to the history of China.
0:47.0	Episode 153, Requiem for Jing Kong.
0:51.0	Hey there and welcome back to a regularly scheduled narrative.
0:55.0	When last we left off, it was Turk of the year 1125.
0:59.0	Battles yet raged across the northern borders of Song China and beyond,
1:02.0	as the once invincible Kitan Liao
1:04.3	dynasty was, inconceivably, being dismantled piecemeal by a minor vassal people from the Korean
1:09.8	borderlands known as the Jirchun. They were led by their cunning and charismatic leader,
1:15.0	styling himself emperor of the Golden Gene, Aguda, until his death in 1123,
1:21.0	then the succession by his brother Wu Chimai.
1:24.0	It would be Wuchimai, posthumously Emperor Taidzong of Jin, who would put a final end to the
1:28.9	Laiou in 1125 after capturing the Kitan Emperor in exile, Tienzwe, and demoting him to Prince.
1:35.0	You'll also certainly recall that through all of this, the Song Chinese diplomats had been feverishly
1:40.8	working to hammer out and then finalize a Treaty of Alliance with the
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