Conquering Conquered Dynasties From Song To Qing

AY2019/2020 Semester 2

Commencing from the Song and continuing into the Qing Dynasties, this course investigates a period fraught with drastic political and social changes under the influences of peoples from Inner Asia and Manchuria. It discusses a series of critical social and political transformations, including the establishment of the Liao, Jin, Mongol (Yuan), and Manchu Empires, the rise of neo-Confucianism and consolidation of Confucius rule, territorial expansion, population boom, and the decline of dynastic rule in China.