Seven Hundred Years of Ups and Downs During the Two Song Dynasties

In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, wars continued, the imperial power changed like a revolving lantern, and the people of the world were in deep misery. Zhao Kuangyin, who was a soldier, rose up step by step in troubled times. A Chenqiao mutiny and a drink of wine released his military power. He ended a century of chaos in the most gentle way and founded the Song Dynasty. Here you can see the prosperity of the Renzong Dynasty and the emergence of numerous famous ministers; there is the frenzy of reform where Wang Anshi and Sima Guang debated from afar; and there is also the endless internal strife of the party in the court. Under the prosperous Bianjing, there is an undercurrent of crisis, and behind the peak of literature and art, the national power is gradually declining. From the founding hero to the artistic emperor, from the Chanyuan Alliance to the national humiliation of Jingkang, this history of the Northern Song Dynasty describes the heroic spirit, the spirit of the literati and the joys and sorrows of the dynasty, and describes the rise, prosperity and fall of a prosperous civilization.