Definition of Sung dynasty

1. Noun. The imperial dynasty of China from 960 to 1279; noted for art and literature and philosophy.

Exact synonyms: Song, Song Dynasty, Sung
Generic synonyms: Dynasty

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sung Dynasty

Sunday punches
Sunday roast
Sunday roasts
Sunday school
Sunday school service
Sunday schools
Sunday strip
Sunday strips
Sundayish
Sundaylike
Sundays
Sunderland
Sunflower State
Sung
Sung dynasty
Sunis
Sunita
Sunna
Sunnah
Sunni
Sunni Muslim
Sunnis
Sunnite
Sunshine Coast
Sunshine State
Sunyani
Sunyavadi
Suomi
Suomic

Literary usage of Sung dynasty

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial History of China: Being a History of the Empire as Compiled by by John Macgowan (1906)
"They had * The historian tells us that the birth of the founder of the Sung dynasty was marked by very unusual natural phenomena, Immediately after he was ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"With our present knowledge we can not only decipher the characteristics and history of wares back to the sung dynasty (960- 1280), so long hoped for, ..."

3. The Chinese System of Public Education by Ping-wên Kuo (1915)
"Development of Education During the sung dynasty. (AD 960-1280) With the advent of the sung dynasty we pass to another period of great intellectual activity ..."

4. The Economic History of China: With Special Reference to Agriculture by Mabel Ping-Hua Lee (1921)
"... CHAPTER IX sung dynasty, 960-1276 ADI sung dynasty, in general REFERENCE : Written Dialogues at the Dreaming Brooks (Mon Chi Be Tan). ..."

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