Wang Yanchao

  • The Wine Feast: Zhao Kuangyin’s Consolidation of Power

    Origins of a Warrior Emperor Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, was born in a military camp called Jiamaying in Luoyang, though his ancestral home was Zhuojun (modern Zhuozhou, Hebei). His father, Zhao Hongyin, had served as an officer in the imperial guards across four successive dynasties: Later Tang, Later Jin,…