Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Jin–Song Wars

Jin–Song Wars
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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/January 31, 2014 by BencherliteTalk 20:14, 19 January 2014‎ (UTC)



The Jin campaigns against the Song Dynasty were a series of wars that took place in the 12th and 13th centuries between the Jurchen Jin Dynasty and the Chinese Song Dynasty. The Jin invaded the Song in 1125. They captured the Song capital of Kaifeng in 1127 and conquered northern China. The Song retreated to southern China and relocated the capital to Hangzhou, an event that marks the start of the Southern Song era (960–1279). A treaty ended the war in 1142 and settled the boundary along the Huai River. Prince Hailing invaded the Song in 1161, but lost at Caishi and was assassinated shortly after. A Song invasion of the Jin motivated by revanchism in 1206–1208 and a Jin invasion of the Song in 1217–1224 were both unsuccessful. The Song allied with the Mongols in 1233, and jointly captured the last refuge of the Jin emperor in 1234, the year the Jin collapsed. The wars between the Song and Jin gave rise to an era of technological, cultural, and demographic changes in China. The Jin adopted the political and cultural institutions of past Chinese dynasties, gunpowder weapons like the fire lance were introduced, and the Song resettled and rebuilt their government in southern China. 5 points, January 31 is Chinese New Year and the beginning of the year of the horse. And what better way to celebrate than by featuring an article on Chinese military history, and the first ever featured article about the Jurchens, whose army was known for their horsemanship? 1 point for relevant date, 1 point for an editor who has not previously had an article appear as TFA, 1 point for a subject underrepresented at FA, 2 points for no similar articles on TFA within six months. The last article on a Chinese military conflict was featured five years ago.--Khanate General ☪ talk project mongol conquests 09:00, 15 January 2014 (UTC)


 * Support - nice work and a Chinese article on Chinese New Year is appropriate. - SchroCat (talk) 09:14, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, historical and educational, good date relevance. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 11:19, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Support, per all three above --Gerda Arendt (talk) 11:48, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Enthusiastic Support - WOW! Gunpowder bombs, droughts and swarming locusts! This is one of the best historical warfare articles I have read in a long time. Glad I woke up and read this to start my day. --ColonelHenry (talk) 15:43, 15 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Note: Blurb is 208 words, 1,196 characters with spaces (don't see any problems)--ColonelHenry (talk) 15:45, 15 January 2014 (UTC)