Analysis of Mo You-Zhi’s Proofreading of the Initial Ji Gu Ge Edition of Shi Ji Suo Yin Held in the Shanghai Library: A Concurrent Discussion of the Source Text of the Ji Gu Ge Edi... by Shao-Shuai Wang

“…Mo You-Zhi (莫友芝) used the Mongolian Zhong Tong Ben (中統本) and the Dian Ben (殿本) of Shi Ji (史記) to proofread the thirty volumes of the Ji Gu Ge Ben Shi Ji Suo Yin (汲古閣本史記索隱) in his collection at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which were published in imitation of the Song dynasty. Mo’s proofreading was conducted in the context of the creation of the Jinling Publishing House (金陵官書局) to publish the classic and historical texts, and is of some significance to the understanding of the proofreading of Shi Ji in the late Qing Dynasty. …”
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Master Questions, Student Questions, and Genuine Questions: A Performative Analysis of Questions in Chan Encounter Dialogues by Nathan Eric Dickman

“…First, on a global level and for critical-historical context, I survey Chan transmission literature of the Song dynasty in which encounter dialogues appear, and their role in developments of Chan/Zen traditions. …”
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Patterns of Integration: A Network Perspective on Popular Religious Connections in China’s Lower Yangzi, 1150–1350 by Song Chen

“…The spread of cults from their original homelands in the Song dynasty (960–1279) created crisscrossing ties between local communities and fostered social and cultural integration in Chinese society that transcended class and geographic boundaries. …”
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Philosophical values and landscape cognition of Orchid Pavilion in Zhejiang from the perspective of environmental history by Quan Zhang, Xiaojun Jin

“…However, from the Song Dynasty to the end of the Ming Dynasty, factors, such as warfare, population growth and climate change caused damage to the water environment, and the landscape of the Orchid Pavilion was not spared. …”
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Study and restoration of the costume of the HuoLang (Peddler) in the Ming Dynasty of China by Zhu Chun, Gao Yuanyuan, Wang Jianping, Zeng Xianyi, Bruniaux Pascal, Liu Kaixuan

“…The figure’s costume style in the painting of the salesman restored in the article is Beizi, closed crotch trousers, open crotch trousers, and abdominal circumference (a type of apron from the Song Dynasty. It is made to resemble a short apron and is wrapped around the abdomen). …”
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Temple Diplomacy, Sacred Rites, and Overseas Chinese During the Reign of Song Emperor Zhenzong (997–1022) by Gregory Sattler

“…Facing political pressure after signing a humiliating peace treaty with foreign adversaries in 1005, the Song dynasty emperor Zhenzong (968–1022, r. 997–1022) utilized unconventional forms of religious diplomacy and revived ancient rites to shore up support for his rule. …”
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Experimental Assessment on the Hysteretic Behavior of a Full-Scale Traditional Chinese Timber Structure Using a Synchronous Loading Technique by XiWang Shi, Y. Frank Chen, JinYong Chen, QingShan Yang, TieYing Li

“…The model size was determined according to the requirements of an eighth grade material system specified in the architectural treatise Ying-zao-fa-shi written during the Song Dynasty. In light of the vertical lift and drop of the test model during horizontal reciprocating motions, the horizontal low-cycle reciprocating loading experiments were conducted using a synchronous loading technique. …”
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A convenient archaeological ruins identification method through elevation information extraction from CORONA stereo pairs by Yixin Zhang, Ningyuan Wang, Jie He, Tao Zhang, Xin Zhang, Hongpeng Luo

“…The research team later applied the same method to the identification of tombs at the site of the mausoleums of the six emperors of the Southern Song dynasty. The results further prove that this method is feasible and reliable and can be widely promoted and used for the identification of archaeological ruins.…”
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A human geography analysis of the evolution of the urban morphology of ancient Foshan city from the perspective of Cantonese trading culture by Shaobin Wang, Ye Hou, Weihui Zhang, Cheng Liao, Rongyi Wang

“…The study reveals that since the Northern Song Dynasty, the river area has decreased, while the number of tributaries has increased and extended further inland. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Difference of Six Active Constituents of Huangqi Liuyi Decoction between Control and Diabetic Nephropathy Mouse Models by Qun Wang, Ya Shi, Xingde Liu, Ting Liu, Yongjun Li, Xinli Song, Xiaolan Chen, Yang Jin, Wen Liu, Yonglin Wang, Zipeng Gong

“…Huangqi Liuyi decoction is a famous traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) that has been widely used in China for the management of diabetes since the Song Dynasty. Today, it is commonly used for treating diabetic nephropathy (DN). …”
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The Sacred River: State Ritual, Political Legitimacy, and Religious Practice of the Jidu in Imperial China by Teng Li

“…I argue that after the Song dynasty, the Jidu God was transformed into a regional protector of local society and savior of local people in addition to an official water god. …”
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What keeps historical theme park visitors coming? Research based on expectation confirmation theory by Li Yuan, Azizan Marzuki

“…The article takes Kaifeng, China as the background, and selects the Song Dynasty historical and cultural theme park, which was established based on the traditional ink painting Qingming Riverside Drawing, as an example, to study the factors affecting tourists’ travel experience in historical and cultural theme parks, and based on which it explores the reasons for the formation of tourists’ satisfaction and post-trip behavioral intentions, to provide references and suggestions for the development of cultural theme parks from the point of view of travel experience. …”
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The Provenance of the Transcript of Gong Yang Shu in the Hosa Library—Including Problems Concerning the Original Edition of Kanazawa Library and the Revised Editions from the Song... by Jie Shi

“…The Hosa Edition (蓬左本) of Gong Yang Shu, now preserved, was copied from the original edition of the Imperial Academy’s reprint of the Southern Song Dynasty, which was housed in the Kanazawa Library. …”
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Culture under Complex Perspective: A Classification for Traditional Chinese Cultural Elements Based on NLP and Complex Networks by Lin Qi, Yuwei Wang, Jindong Chen, Mengjie Liao, Jian Zhang

“…To build an objective, integrated, and reliable classification method and a system of traditional Chinese cultural elements, this study takes the text of Taiping Imperial Encyclopedia in Northern Song Dynasty as the primary data source. The unsupervised word segmentation methods are used to detect Out-of-Vocabulary (OOV), and then the segmentation results by the THULAC tool with and without custom dictionary are compared. …”
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Experimental Study on Restorability of Traditional Rocking Timber Frame with Four Columns by Yaxi CHEN, Qingfang NIU, Jianwei WEI, Tieying LI

“…In order to explore the structural stress characteristics of rocking timber frame in Song Dynasty, the scale model of 1∶2 Song-style four-column four-beam wood frame was tested by horizontal low-cycle reciprocating test. …”
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Writing letters in Song China (960-1279): a study of its political, social, and cultural uses by Tsui, L

“…This thesis deals with how elites in Song dynasty (960–1279) China exchanged personal and political information by writing and sending letters to each other, and how the genre of letters functioned in its various forms throughout the socially transformative and culturally active period. …”

Tradition and Transmission: Rocana Assembly in Niche no. 5 at Feilai Feng and Huayan Teaching during the Song Period by Qing Chang

“…The Rocana Buddhist triad at niche no. 5 is reflected in the iconography of the same triad installed at the Huiyin monastery at a later time during the Northern Song Dynasty. In turn, the similarities between the images in niche no. 5 and those from other regions, such as Sichuan, Yunnan, Korea and Japan, reveal the connection between the Huiyin monastery and these other sites.…”
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Constructing a Sacred Site Overseas: The Japanese Reinvention of the Rujing Stūpa in Hangzhou by Xinrui Zeng

“…The stupa, which is located at the Jingci Monastery in Hangzhou, China, is believed to hold the relics of Tiantong Rujing 天童如浄 (1163–1228), a Song Dynasty monk. Although the modern stele inscription at this location indicates that the stupa was founded in the 13th century, shortly after the monk’s death, this paper examines the historical reinventions within the inscription and traces the influence of Japanese narratives on such a reinvention. …”
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Molecular docking and network connections of active compounds from the classical herbal formula Ding Chuan Tang by Allison Clyne, Liping Yang, Ming Yang, Brian May, Angela Wei Hong Yang

“…Background Ding Chuan Tang (DCT), a traditional Chinese herbal formula, has been consistently prescribed for the therapeutic management of wheezing and asthma-related indications since the Song Dynasty (960–1279 AD). This study aimed to identify molecular network pharmacology connections to understand the biological asthma-linked mechanisms of action of DCT and potentially identify novel avenues for asthma drug development. …”
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Tao, Virtue, Benevolence, Righteousness and Propriety:On the Core Values of Shu School by Shu Dagang, Shen Shengchao

“…This concept stems from Yan Junping of the Western Han Dynasty, promoted by Yang Xiong, developed by Zhao Rui of the Tang Dynasty, Zhang Shangying and Su Dongpo of the Song Dynasty, and Lai Zhide of the Ming Dynasty, then further developed by Liu Yuan and Duan Zhengyuan of the Qing Dynasty, and formed the persistent system of core values of the Shu School. …”
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