In the famous long scroll Along the River During the Qingming Festival painted by Zhang Zeduan ( 1085 – 1145 AD ) during the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1297 AD ), a suanpan is clearly seen lying beside an account book and doctor's prescriptions on the counter of an apothecary's ( Feibao ).

Early descriptions of the production process and glazing techniques used for bricks can be found in the Song Dynasty carpenter's manual Yingzao Fashi, published in 1103 by the government official Li Jie, who was put in charge of overseeing public works for the central government's construction agency.

Native Chinese astronomy flourished during the Song Dynasty, and during the Yuan Dynasty became increasingly influenced by medieval Islamic astronomy.

References to cannibalizing the enemy has also been seen in poetry written in the Song Dynasty, ( for example, in Man Jiang Hong ) although the cannibalizing is perhaps poetic symbolism, expressing hatred towards the enemy.

This economic phenomenon was a slow and gradual process that took place from the late Tang Dynasty ( 618 – 907 ) into the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 ).

In the 10th century, the Song Dynasty government began circulating these notes amongst the traders in their monopolized salt industry.

Song Dynasty Jiaozi, the world's earliest paper money

The Song Dynasty was the first to issue generally circulating paper currency, while the Yuan Dynasty was the first to use notes as the predominant circulating medium.

Capitals: of the Song Dynasty, Kaifeng and Lin ' an ; of the Liao Dynasty, Shangjing, Nanjing, and Tokmok ; of the Jin Dynasty, Shangjing, Zhongdu, and Kaifeng ; of the Western Xia Dynasty, Yinchuan

In 960, the Song Dynasty gained power over most of China and established its capital in Kaifeng ( later known as Bianjing ), starting a period of economic prosperity, while the Khitan Liao Dynasty ruled over Manchuria, present-day Mongolia, and parts of Northern China.

The Jin Dynasty took power over northern China and Kaifeng from the Song Dynasty, which moved its capital to Hangzhou ( 杭州 ).

The Southern Song Dynasty also suffered the humiliation of having to acknowledge the Jin Dynasty as formal overlords.

In the ensuing years, China was divided between the Song Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Tangut Western Xia.

This included the use of gunpowder weapons, which played a large role in the Song Dynasty naval victories against the Jin in the Battle of Tangdao and Battle of Caishi on the Yangtze River in 1161.

The lyrics for the " Alabama Song " and another song, the " Benares Song " are in English ( albeit specifically idiosyncratic English ) and are performed in that language even when the opera is performed in its original ( German ) language.

(" Miracle Song ") It is soon revealed to Cora that the miracle is a fake, controlled by a pump inside the rock.

French poet Paul Verlaine's " Chanson d ' automne " (" Autumn Song ") is likewise characterised by strong, painful feelings of sorrow.

Cuthbert's letter on Bede's death, the Epistola Cuthberti de obitu Bedae, moreover, commonly is understood to indicate that Bede also composed a five line vernacular poem known to modern scholars as Bede ’ s Death Song

The " Song of the Three Holy Youths " is part of the Matins service in Eastern Orthodoxy, and of Lauds on Sundays and feast days in Catholicism.

This reading is related to the allegorical reading of the Song of Solomon and to the theme of the Bride of God, which in Jewish tradition manifests as the Shekinah.

The National Anthem of Chile () is also known as Canción Nacional ( National Song ).

It is deeply influenced by, but not identical with, the Neo-Confucianism of the Song and Ming dynasties.

The manuscripts of the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible state that " the Song of Solomon is not inspired scripture ," and therefore it is not included in LDS canon and rarely studied by members of the LDS Church.

The painting is a Song Dynasty remake of a Tang Dynasty original.

Although this method of charting seems to have existed in China even prior to this publication and scientist, the greatest significance of the star maps by Su Song is that they represent the oldest existent star maps in printed form.

As in English, the Hebrew word for " love ", ahavah אהבה, is used to describe intimate or romantic feelings or relationships, such as the love between parent and child in Genesis 22: 2 ; 25: 28 ; 37: 3 ; the love between close friends in I Samuel 18: 2, 20: 17 ; or the love between a young man and young woman in Song of Songs.

But he who brings charges against me for relating the objections that the Hebrews are wont to raise against the Story of Susanna, the Song of the Three Children, and the story of Bel and the Dragon, which are not found in the Hebrew volume, proves that he is just a foolish sycophant.

In the Epic poetry | epic poem Nibelungenlied ( Song of the Nibelungs ), Siegfried is famously stabbed in the back by Hagen ( legend ) | Hagen.

He spans genres such as science fiction, horror and fantasy, sometimes within the same novel: a typical example of Simmons ' ability to intermingle genres is Song of Kali ( 1985 ), winner of World Fantasy Award.

Another hit song associated with McLean ( though never recorded by him ) is " Killing Me Softly with His Song ", which was written about McLean after Lori Lieberman, also a singer / songwriter, saw him singing his composition " Empty Chairs " in concert.

* Country Dance and Song Society is a United States umbrella organization whose members enjoy English dance.

A " Winning Smile " that makes the hero likable is worth 0 points because of its trivial effect, while a " Charming Song " that inspires one emotion when played might be useful enough to count as Frequent ( 1 point ).

The biblical book Song of Solomon is considered a romantically phrased metaphor of love between God and his people, but in its plain reading, reads like a love song.

* May – Chinese encyclopedist, Song Yingxing, publishes his Tiangong Kaiwu ( Exploitation of the Works of Nature ), considered one of the most valuable encyclopedias of classical China.

* Song Ci publishes the Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified, a book considered to be the first monographic work on forensic medicine.

The Song Dynasty used military force in an attempt to quell the Liao Dynasty and recapture the Sixteen Prefectures, a territory under Khitan control that was traditionally considered to be part of China proper.

The Song court accepted the recognition of Li Yuanhao as ' governor ', but not ' emperor ', a title considered exclusive to the Song emperor.

The Song officials considered that reinforcement lost and Xiangyang, doomed to fall from the lack of supplies, did not send more Song reinforcements afterwards.

The naval Battle of Yamen () ( also known as the Naval Battle of Mount Ya ; ) took place on 19 March 1279 and is considered to be the last stand of the Song Dynasty against the invading Mongol-controlled Yuan Dynasty.

The song of members of the genera Cyphorhinus and Microcerculus have been considered especially pleasant to the human ear, leading to common names such as Song Wren, Musician Wren, Flutist Wren and Southern Nightingale-Wren.

The Rogue Song is now considered a lost film, although a number of fragments have survived.

Zhu Xi is considered as the biggest master of Song where Neo-Confucianism and Wang Yangming is the one of Ming's.

By the Song Dynasty ( 960-1279 AD ), puppets played to all social classes including the courts, yet puppeteers, as in Europe, were considered to be from a lower social stratum.

In addition, the book of Song and the book of Sui can not be possible because many of the states considered to be Japan's vassal such as Chinhan and Mahan did not exist in the same time period as the vassal king of Yamato.

Music journalist Dave Rimmer considered the peak of the movement was the Live Aid concert of July 1985, after which " everyone seemed to take hubristic tumbles ", and Simon Reynolds also notes the " Do They Know Its Christmas " single in late 1984 and Live Aid in 1985 as a turning points, with the movement seen as having become decadent, with " overripe arrangements and bloated videos " for songs like Duran Duran's " The Wild Boys " and Culture Club's " War Song ".

Novels created under his direction include The Flower Girl, The Sea of Blood, The Fate of a Self-Defense Corps Man, and The Song of Korea ; these are considered " prototypes and models of Juche literature and art.

990 – 1020 ) was a Chinese landscape painter of the Song Dynasty ( 960 – 1279 ) considered among the great masters of the tenth and eleventh centuries.

Among these dynasties the Han and Tang are often considered as particularly strong periods, although other dynasties are famous for cultural and other achievements ( for instance, the Song Dynasty is sometimes associated with rapid economic development ).

A final section of 5 " Eulogies of Shang " purports to be ritual songs of the Shang Dynasty as handed down by their descendents in the state of Song, but is generally considered quite late in date.

It was reported in December 2009 that she was being considered as the final wildcard " joker " in Melodifestivalen 2010, Sweden's national selection show for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Her work on the Song Sparrow is considered a landmark and Deborah Strom wrote in Bird Watching with American Women ( 1986 ) that her work was so vast and difficult that the mind boggles at the time and patience required.

In 1923 he wrote a poem called " Treponema pallidum " (), which was published under the title " Song of Madness " and gave rise to speculation that he may have been suffering from syphilis, which before 1945 was considered a chronic illness with no proven cure for it.

Song Dynasty General Yue Fei was deified during the Ming Dynasty and is considered by some practitioners to be one of the three highest ranking heavenly generals.