Ep. 133 | The Song Emperor Huizong (Part 2)

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2014

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This time in Part 2 of our series we look at Huizong as he attempts to assemble his team and deal with bitter factional strife that was rampant since the Wang Anshi New Reforms. We also look at Huizong the great patron of the arts.

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0:55.0	Hey everyone, Las La Montgomery here.
0:57.0	Continuing on at the China History Podcast
1:00.0	with the Life and Times of the Song Dynasty Emperor Huizong.
1:03.6	I'm using Patricia Buckley Ebre's recent biography entitled Emperor Huizong to primarily tell this story.
1:10.6	So part two this time, in the last episode after a brief overview of the northern song
1:15.7	we looked at the chronology of events that led Hui Zong to the emperorship even
1:21.2	though he wasn't technically next in line.
1:24.0	Huizong reined in the early 12th century.
1:27.0	He began his reign in 1100.
1:30.0	The year Kuskow was founded, the great Inca capital.
1:32.8	Machu Piccha would be built there 350 years later.
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