Zhao Kuangyin reunited China and founded the Sung dynasty. They had fast growing rice and surplus. The surpluses cause more people to pursue commerce, learning, and the arts. The Sung built the Grand Canal and linked Huang to the Chang Rivers. There was more food growth which led to capital growth. There was much trade and merchants came from India, Persia, and Saudi Arabia. The Sung invented paper money which led people to trade mainly in spices. China had an emperor, Aristocrat families, huge Bureaucracy, gentry, and peasantry. The Gentry are Scholars. They are the center of info in confucius' society. The Gentry also had social order; duty, rank, and proper behavior. The riches came from the labor of others.
The Sung Dynasty have a very rich culture. They have great artistic technique and they are known to paint harmony. The sung also have architecture, percelain, and chinese writing. They have peots named Li-Po and Du Fu and the people also tell many short stories. The Sung Dynasy invented many things. Gun powder helped them to fight, the mechanical clock, block printing, and moveable type were also invented by the Sung Dynasty.
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