
E.A. Kracke
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LOCATION: Chicago, IL, United States
Professor of Chinese Literature and Institutions, University of Chicago, 1960–73. Author of Civil Service in Early Sung China, 960–1067.
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Taizu was the Chinese emperor (reigned 960–976), military leader, and statesman who founded the Song dynasty (960–1279). He began the reunification of China, a project largely completed by his younger brother and successor, the Taizong emperor. Zhao Kuangyin (who posthumously received the dynastic…
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