(Q8012976)

English

Chenqiao Coup

military coup leading to the founding of Song Dynasty

  • Coup at Ch'en-ch'iao

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陈桥兵变发生于显德七年正月初四…于是四日凌晨才正式发动兵变,迅速回师开封,废周建宋。 (Chinese)
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On the first day of the lunar year corresponding to 960 ... At dawn on the fourth day, in the camp of the expeditionary army at Ch'en-ch'iao, twenty miles northeast of K'ai-feng, the troops acclaimed the thirty-four-year-old Chao K'uang-yin as emperor, as rumor had predicted. (English)

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