Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Collection of facts about the Jin-Song wars

This post is a collect ion of facts about the Jin-Song wars (1125-1234). There are 13 facts listed below. Source: Wikipedia

  • Preceded by Jurchen tribes rebelling against Liao dynasty and establishing the Jin dynasty (1115)
  • Jin allied with Song against Liao
  • Jin agreed to cede the Sixteen Prefectures to Song
  • Jin defeated Liao and did not cede the Sixteen Prefectures to Song
  • Jin attacked Song in 1125 and sieged capital Bianjing (Kaifeng) in 1126
  • Jin and Song agreement involving annual indemnity which was broken
  • Jingkang Incident: Jin sieged Bianjing and Qingzong captured in 1127
  • Song imperial family moved to Lin'an (Hangzhou) in southern China and established the Southern Song dynasty
  • Treaty of Shaoxing (1142) established border between Jin and Song
  • Battle of Caishi (1161)
  • Song allied with Mongols and invaded Jin in 1233
  • Jin collapsed in 1234
  • Followed by Mongols conquering Song in 1279