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Sung dynasty   /səŋ dˈaɪnəsti/   Listen
Sung dynasty

noun
1.
The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy.  Synonyms: Song, Song dynasty, Sung.





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"Sung dynasty" Quotes from Famous Books



... effect that the cup had been an article much treasured by Wang K'ai. Next came a second row of small characters stating: 'that in the course of the fourth moon of the fifth year of Yuan Feng, of the Sung dynasty, Su Shih of Mei Shan had seen ...
— Hung Lou Meng, Book II • Cao Xueqin
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... summoned into the presence of Kublai Khan, who said to him, "What is it you want?" "By the grace of his late Majesty of the Sung dynasty," he replied, "I became his Majesty's minister. I cannot serve two masters. I only ask to die." Accordingly he was executed, meeting his death with composure, and making a final obeisance toward the south, as though his own sovereign was ...
— China and the Chinese • Herbert Allen Giles
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