Zhao Kuangyin was born #OnThisDay in 927, coming to the throne as #SongTaizu #宋太祖 in 960 & ruling as the first emperor of #SongDynasty #China until his death in 976 after unifying most of the country through conquest; few of his successors would have his ability...

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Song Taizu

Zhao Kuangyin was born #OnThisDay in 927, coming to the throne as #SongTaizu #宋太祖 in 960 & ruling as the first emperor of #SongDynasty #China until his death in 976 after unifying most of the country through conquest...

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Taizu

Song China

Song Taizu

#SongTaizu died #OnThisDay in 976; Zhao Kuangyin, rose to become general & staged a coup d'état to establish #China's Song dynasty; when I was executive director, I hung his portrait in my office to remind me of the responsibility that goes with authority...

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Zhao Kuangyin came to the throne as #SongTaizu #宋太祖 #OnThisDay in 927, ruling as the first emperor of #SongDynasty #China until his death in 976 after unifying most of the country through conquest; few of his successors would have the general's ability:

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