Region: China · Coordinates: 30.235, 119.715 · 29 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| AD 1138 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Hu Quan, compiler in the Privy Council, submitted a memorial opposing the peace and was dismissed; he was placed under surveillance in Zhaozhou. |
| AD 1138 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Zhang Tonggu and Xiao Zhe arrived at the temporary court and proposed to first return the Henan lands and discuss the rest slowly. |
| AD 1139 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month, day gengyin, Jin returned the lands of Henan, and officials were ordered to report to Heaven, Earth, the ancestral temple, and the altars of soil and grain. |
| AD 1141 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Xiao Yi and others were received in audience, and only then were the peace and the oath settled. |
| AD 1141 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the twelfth month, guisi, Yue Fei was forced to die at the Dali Temple. |
| AD 1162 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Emperor Xiaozong ascended the throne and offered the honorary title of Retired Emperor to Gaozong. |
| AD 1162 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the sixth month, bingzi, Gaozong performed the rite of abdication (neixuan) and set up the honor guard below the Zishen Hall. |
| AD 1164 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Following the faith of the Chanyuan covenant and copying the Liao ritual of the younger brother, the title of emperor was clarified, the two states were made uncle and nephew, and the annual tribute was reduced by 100,000. |
| AD 1187 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The emperor went to pay respects at the Deshou Palace, and the Retired Emperor died in the Deshou Hall. |
| AD 1187 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | On the tenth month, yihai, the Retired Emperor (Gaozong) passed away at the Deshou Hall. |
| AD 1194 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Zhao Ruyu, Vice Minister of the Privy Council, sent Han Tuozhou to ask the Grand Empress Dowager to yield the throne to the Prince of Jia, but it was not permitted. |
| AD 1194 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Zheng Shi was sent as envoy to the Jin to announce the abdication. |
| AD 1194 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the seventh month, the Grand Empress Dowager ordered Zhao Ruyu to convey that a prince should ascend the throne — the enthronement of Emperor Ningzong. |
| AD 1195 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the sixth month someone said, 'What crime is Daoxue? It should be called weixue (false learning)', and Xuan Liu grew uneasy — the origin of the Qingyuan proscription. |
| AD 1206 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | An edict was issued calling for a campaign against the Jin. |
| AD 1207 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Shi Miyuan and others, by secret edict, had Xia Zhen kill Han Tuozhou at the Yujin Garden. |
| AD 1207 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the tenth month, day yihai, Han Tuozhou, on coming to court, was stopped before the Grand Temple, dragged beside Yujin Garden and killed. |
| AD 1208 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | The establishment of the peace was proclaimed by edict throughout the realm. |
| AD 1224 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Emperor Ningzong died in the Funing Hall at age fifty-seven. |
| AD 1240 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month a great famine struck Lin'an: the hungry seized food on the roads, killed people in the markets to sell them, and before sunset there were no travelers on the roads. |
| AD 1264 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | In the tenth month, Emperor Lizong died. |
| AD 1274 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | Emperor Duzong died in the Funing Hall; by his edict the crown prince Xian ascended the throne. |
| AD 1275 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Bayan split his army into three and advanced on Lin'an. |
| AD 1276 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | When the Yuan army reached Gaoting Mountain, the censor Yang Yingkui presented the imperial seal of the state and a letter of surrender. |
| AD 1276 | History of Song (Songshi), Annals | A Yuan envoy entered Lin'an Prefecture, sealed the state records, took the registers of the Historiography Office and the official seals, and disbanded the offices and the imperial guards. |
| AD 1276 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | The Song's Chen Yizhong, Zhang Shijie, and others escorted the princes Yi and Guang out through the Jiahui Gate, crossed the Zhe River and fled. |
| AD 1276 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | The Song emperor sent the national imperial seal and a letter of surrender before the army. |
| AD 1276 | History of Yuan (Yuanshi), Annals | Atahai and others went to the Song palace and urged the Song emperor to come to court with the empress dowager. |
| AD 1276 | Xu Zizhi Tongjian (Continuation of the Comprehensive Mirror) | In the first month, when Yuan reinforcements approached Lin'an, Dao Long entered to surrender, but Liang Chun led his men and alone defended the walls, camping on the parapets even at night. |