宋そう

noun

Song dynasty (960-1279)

Refers to the major Chinese dynasty founded by Zhao Kuangyin. Often called 北宋 (Northern Song) and 南宋 (Southern Song) to distinguish periods.

• 宋そうの時じ代だいに、中ちゅう国ごくで陶とう磁じ器きが大おおきく発はっ展てんした。

  During the Song dynasty, ceramics greatly developed in China.

noun

Liu Song dynasty (420-479)

A shorter-lived southern Chinese dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. Also called 劉宋 to distinguish from the later Song.

• 劉りゅう宋そうは、南なん北ぼく朝ちょう時じ代だいの南なん朝ちょうの一ひとつです。

  The Liu Song was one of the Southern Dynasties during the Northern and Southern Dynasties period.

noun

Song (ancient state, 11th c.–286 BCE)

An ancient Chinese state during the Zhou dynasty, located in present-day Henan. Not to be confused with the later dynasties.

• 宋そうは、春しゅん秋じゅう戦せん国ごく時じ代だいに存そん在ざいした国くにの一ひとつである。

  Song was one of the states that existed during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.