Tianhuang Guizhou: a History of the Song Dynasty Clan

In 1127, the Jin army captured Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and plundered the two emperors of Huiqin and more than 3,000 clan members. Huizong's son Zhao Gou reestablished the Song Dynasty in Hangzhou. After his death, the throne returned to the hands of Kuangyin's descendants. The clans living in the south continued to receive privileges and care from the government, but they gained the freedom to be elected and serve as officials, and gradually integrated into the scholar-bureaucrat class, with the best among them even reaching the rank of prime minister. In 1279, the Song Dynasty fell, and the history of the descendants of the three Zhao brothers as a clan came to an end, and the history of the clan opened a new page. The closest and direct connection between family and country is the clan. What this book dedicates to readers is a long historical scroll full of legends and changes of the Song Dynasty clan, which contains eloquent narratives of historical facts and profound institutional review.