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#宋 — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #宋, aggregated by home.social.

  1. #DOTD: Su Shi #蘇軾 (1037–1101), aka 'Eastern Slope' #東坡, poet, politician, scientist, and a true '#Renaissance man' of the Song #. One of the most-cited authors in #ChineseLiterature, he also gave his name to a Hangzhou delicacy, Dongpo Pork Belly #東坡肉.

  2. #DOTD in #MedievalChina: Fan Zhongyan 范仲淹 (989–1052), scholar-official, poet, reformer and philosopher of the #GoldenAge of the Northern #Song # (960–1127). One of the most prominent politicians of his time, he rubbed shoulders with the most illustrious literati of his day.

  3. #DOTD: Wang Anshi 王安石 (1021–86), scholar-official in #Song # #China. His #NewPolicies #新法 #熙寧變法 were vehemently opposed by other prominent literati such as Sima Guang 司馬光 (1019–86), Ouyang Xiu 歐陽修 (1007–72), and Su Shi 蘇軾 (1037–1101)
    #factionalism #朋黨 #黨爭