Jingkang incident

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The Jingkang Incident (Chinese: 靖康事变; pinyin: Jìngkāng Shìbiàn), also known as the Humiliation of Jingkang (靖康之耻; Jìngkāng Zhīchǐ) and the Disorders of the Jingkang Era (靖康之乱; Jìngkāng Zhīluàn), was an episode of invasions and atrocities that took place in 1127 during the Jin–Song wars when the troops of the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty besieged and sacked Bianjing (present-day Kaifeng, Henan), the capital of the Han-led Northern Song dynasty. The Jin forces captured the Song ruler, Emperor Qinzong, along with his father, the retired Emperor Huizong, assorted members of the imperial family from Emperor Taizong's bloodline, aristocrats, and numerous officials of the Song imperial court. The lives of ordinary civilians living in Bianjing's non-imperial quarters were generally spared, but they were forced to hand over enormous amounts of valuables and violence was not uncommon. This event marked the collapse of the Northern Song dynasty that originally controlled most of China proper. Some members...

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