Emperor Wen of Southern Song (宋文帝), named Liu Yilong (劉義隆), reigned 424-452. He was the third son of the dynastic founder Emperor Wu. After his father's death in 422, Liu Yilong's eldest brother Liu Yifu took the throne. In 424, a group of conspirators assassinated the emperor and placed Liu Yilong on the throne. Events Song Wen Di succeeds Song Shao Di as ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty. ... Events Attila, king of the Huns, invades Italy Northern Wei Tai Wu Di is succeeded by Northern Wei Nan An Wang, then by Northern Wei Wen Cheng Di as ruler of the Northern Wei Dynasty in China. ... Events September 10 - Celestine succeeds Boniface as Pope Births Deaths September 4 - Pope Boniface I Liu Yu (Song Wu Di), ruler of the Chinese Song Dynasty Faxian, Chinese Buddhist monk (approximate date) Categories: 422 ...
In his 28 years of rule, Emperor Wen largely continued the grand plan of his father and some of the land policies of the Jin Dynasty. The period, called the "Yuanjia administration" (元嘉之治), is seen as a period of prosperity and strength. Jin may refer to: Jin Dynasty (265-420) Jin Dynasty (1115-1234) (Jinn) Jin, a state in China during the Spring and Autumn Period Later Jin Dynasty, founded in 1616 by Nurhaci Jin, a ruler of the Xia dynasty The Jin state of late Bronze Age Korea Jin, Chinese American...
Song dynasty (960-1279): reported date of the merchant ship referred to as 'Nanhai-1', found in the Yangjiang river in Guangdong province, with a cargo estimated at 60-80,000 items including high-quality ceramics, and thought to have been destined for the Middle East.
Song records describe detailed customs inspections at Cham ports, where one fifth of each commodity was collected for the Cham king before remaining goods could be sold.
The emperor's ship sank in a hurricane; Duanzong was rescued, but died after a further attack (possibly at Lantau island, home to Hong Kong airport); his younger brother became the emperor Bing Di.
Wen's trip is of great significance, since it will be an important event in bilateral relations this year, Yang Jiechi, the Chinese ambassador to the US, said on the eve of the visit scheduled for December 7-10, the Agency reported.
Wen, who flew in on Sunday on a four-day official visit to the United States, told Kissinger that the China-US relations have forged ahead amid ups and downs since the icy relations between the two nations started to thaw more than 30 years ago.
Wen made the announcement at the opening ceremony of the Second Ministerial Conference of the China-Africa Cooperation Forum in Addis Ababa.
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