Timeline of the Jin–Song Wars

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Map of the Northern Song
Northern Song (pink)
Map of the Jin and Southern Song
Southern Song (pink)
The Song dynasty before and after the Jin conquests
Emperor Qinzong of Song was imprisoned and taken north to Manchuria as a hostage of the Jin dynasty during the Jin–Song Wars
.

The Jin–Song Wars were a series of armed conflicts conducted by the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty and the Song dynasty in the 12th and 13th centuries. The Jurchens were a Tungusic–speaking tribal confederation native to Manchuria. They overthrew the Khitan-led Liao dynasty in 1122 and declared the establishment of a new dynasty, the Jin.[1] Diplomatic relations between the Jin and Song deteriorated, and the Jurchens first declared war on the Song dynasty in November 1125.[2]

Two armies were dispatched against the Song. One army captured the provincial capital of

Emperor Qinzong, was imprisoned and taken north to Manchuria as a hostage.[4] The remainder of the Song court retreated to southern China, beginning the Southern Song period of Chinese history.[1] Two puppet governments, first the Da Chu dynasty and later the state of Qi, were established by the Jin as buffer states between the Song and Manchuria.[5]

The Jin marched southward with the aim of conquering the Southern Song, but counteroffensives by Chinese generals like Yue Fei halted their advance.[6] A peace accord, the Treaty of Shaoxing, was negotiated and ratified in 1142, establishing the Huai River as the boundary between the two empires.[7] Peace between the Song and Jin was interrupted twice.[8] Wanyan Liang invaded the Southern Song in 1161,[9] while Song revanchists tried and failed to retake northern China in 1204.[10]

The Jin–Song Wars were notable for the appearance of new technological innovations. The siege of De'an in 1132 included the first recorded use of the fire lance, an early gunpowder weapon and an ancestor of the firearm.[11] The huopao, an incendiary bomb, was employed in a number of battles[12] and gunpowder bombs made of cast iron were used in a siege in 1221.[13] The Jurchens migrated south and settled in northern China, where they adopted the language and Confucian culture of the local inhabitants.[1] The Jin dynasty government grew into a centralized imperial bureaucracy structured in the same manner as previous dynasties of China.[14] Both the Song and Jin dynasties ended in the 13th century as the Mongol Empire expanded across Asia.[15]

Campaigns against the Northern Song

Year Date[a] Event Ref(s)
1125 November Jin dynasty declares war against the Song dynasty and dispatches two armies. [2]
1126 January Jin forces reach Taiyuan and besiege the city. [2]
January 27 Jin army crosses the Yellow River on their way to the Song capital of Kaifeng. [16]
January 28
Emperor Qinzong
is enthroned as Jin forces approach Kaifeng.		 [16]
January 31 Jin forced besiege Kaifeng. [17]
February 10 Siege of Kaifeng ends. [4]
March 5 The Jin army retreats from Kaifeng after the Song emperor promises to pay an annual indemnity. [17]
June Two armies dispatched by Emperor Qinzong to Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian are defeated by the Jin. [17]
December The Jin army that captured Taiyuan arrives in Kaifeng. The second siege of Kaifeng begins. [17]
1127 January 9 During the
Jingkang Incident
, Kaifeng surrenders and the city is looted by Jin forces.		 [4]
May Emperor Qinzong, former Emperor Huizong, and members of the Song court are taken north to Manchuria as prisoners. [4]
1129 Song dynasty capital moved to Nanjing. End of the Northern Song. [1][18]
Former Song official Liu Yu is enthroned as the emperor of the Jin puppet state of Qi. [18]

Campaigns against the Southern Song

Year Date[a] Event Ref(s)
1132 De'an is besieged by Jin forces. The battle is the earliest known use of the fire lance, an ancestor of the firearm. [11]
1133
Yangtze River
.		 [19]
1134 Yue Fei commanded a military campaign that recaptured much of the territory seized by the Jin. [20]
1135 Qi captures the town of Xiangyang. [20]
1137 Jin dynasty dissolves the Qi state and demotes Liu Yu as emperor. [20]
1140 Yue Fei launches a successful military expedition against the Jin and makes considerable territorial gains, but was forced to withdraw by Emperor Gaozong. [21]
1141 Yue Fei is imprisoned as Gaozong moves forward with his plans for a peace treaty. [21]
October Negotiations for a peace treaty begins between the Song and Jin. [21]
1142 Yue Fei is poisoned in his jail cell. [21]
October The peace treaty, the Shaoxing Accord, is ratified and the Song agrees to pay an annual indemnity. The Huai River is settled as the boundary. [7][21]

After the peace treaty

Year Date[a] Event Reference(s)
1152 The Jin emperor Wanyan Liang moves his capital south from Manchuria to Beijing. [22]
1158 Wanyan Liang blames the Song for breaching the peace treaty after it procured horses from the frontier regions. [22]
1159 The Jin begins preparations for a war against the Song. [22]
1161 Summer Conscription of ethnic Han soldiers for the Jin war effort ends. [22]
June 14 Jin envoys arrive in the Song on the eve of the invasion. Their behavior led to suspicions of a Jin plot against the Song. [9]
October 15 Jin forces depart from Kaifeng. [9]
October 28 The Jin army reaches the Huai River and continue their march to the
Yangtze River
.		 [9]
November 26–27 Jin forces try to capture the city of Caishi during the Battle of Caishi but are repelled by the Song. [23]
The Battle of Tangdao is fought at sea between the Jin and the Song. The Song navy uses incendiary bombs and other weapons against a Jin fleet of 600 ships. [24]
December 15 Wanyan Liang is assassinated in his military camp by his officers, ending the Jurchen invasion. [25]
1204 Song armies begin raiding the Jin settlements north of the Huai River. [26]
1206 June 14 The Song declares war against the Jin. [26]
Fall Jin armies capture towns and military bases, slowing the Song advance. [10]
December Wu Xi, general and governor of Sichuan, defects to the Jin, threatening the war effort. [10]
1207 March 29 Wu Xi is assassinated by Song loyalists. [10]
1208 July Following negotiations for peace, the war ends and Jin forces withdraw. [27]
November 2 A peace treaty is signed between the Jin and the Song. The Song agreed to continue paying tribute to the Jin. [27]
1217 Jin forces invade the Song to remedy the territory they had lost to the Mongols. [28]
1221 A gunpowder bomb made of cast iron is used as Jin forces try to capture Qizhou, a Song city. [13]
1224 The Jin and Song agreed to a peace treaty. Song discontinues its annual tributes to the Jurchens. [29]
1234 February 9 The Jin dynasty ends after an
invasion
by the Mongols and the Song.		 [15][30]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Omitted if the date of the event is unknown.

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b c d Holcombe 2011, p. 129.
  2. ^ a b c Lorge 2005, p. 52.
  3. ^ Lorge 2005, pp. 52–53.
  4. ^ a b c d Franke 1994, p. 229.
  5. ^ Franke 1994, pp. 229–230.
  6. ^ Mote 2003, p. 299.
  7. ^ a b Beckwith 2009, p. 175.
  8. ^ Franke 1994, p. 239.
  9. ^ a b c d Franke 1994, p. 241.
  10. ^ a b c d Franke 1994, p. 248.
  11. ^ a b Chase 2003, p. 31.
  12. ^ Partington 1960, pp. 263–264.
  13. ^ a b Lorge 2008, p. 41.
  14. ^ Franke 1994, p. 235.
  15. ^ a b Lorge 2005, p. 73.
  16. ^ a b Mote 2003, p. 196.
  17. ^ a b c d Lorge 2005, p. 53.
  18. ^ a b Franke 1994, p. 230.
  19. ^ Mote 2003, p. 301.
  20. ^ a b c Franke 1994, p. 232.
  21. ^ a b c d e Mote 2003, p. 303.
  22. ^ a b c d Franke 1994, p. 240.
  23. ^ Franke 1994, p. 242.
  24. ^ Partington 1960, p. 264.
  25. ^ Franke 1994, p. 243.
  26. ^ a b Franke 1994, p. 247.
  27. ^ a b Franke 1994, p. 249.
  28. ^ Franke 1994, p. 259.
  29. ^ Franke 1994, p. 261.
  30. ^ Franke 1994, p. 264.

Sources

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