What the records say
- When
- 13 Feb 960
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 34.79° N, 114.34° E
- Description
- military coup leading to the founding of Song Dynasty
Chenqiao mutiny
960 coup that began the Song dynasty in China
The Chenqiao mutiny was a mutiny and coup d'état on 2 February 960 during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period of China that resulted in the overthrow of the Later Zhou dynasty and the foundation of the Song dynasty. In response to an invasion by the Northern Han and Liao dynasty, general Zhao Kuangyin led his troops to Chenqiao. His troops soon mutinied and installed him as emperor.
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “後周殿前都點檢赵匡胤發動政變，史稱「陳橋兵變」。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “後周の恭帝（柴宗訓）から禅譲を受け趙匡胤が皇帝に即位、宋（北宋）を建国（陳橋の変）。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page