SuaveG – The Gentle Path

Chinese mythology, folktales, and literature

Empress Yang

  • The Fall of the Song at Yamen [Song & Yuan]

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    This article tells the final fall of the Southern Song at the Battle of Yamen. After Lin’an surrendered, loyalists Zhang Shijie, Wen Tianxiang, and Lu Xiufu fought on. In 1279, the Yuan navy defeated the Song fleet. Lu Xiufu drowned with the child emperor, ending the 319‑year Song Dynasty.

  • The Fall of the Jin: An Alliance of Convenience and a Cycle of Vengeance [Song & Yuan]

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    This article records the fall of the Jin Dynasty. Besieged by Mongol armies, the Jin made a fatal mistake by attacking the Southern Song. The Song allied with the Mongols out of hatred, jointly destroying the Jin in 1234. This short‑sighted partnership removed the Jin buffer, soon exposing the Song to Mongol conquest.