"Liu Song" (420 479), it is one of the dynasties of the Southern Dynasties in Chinese history, in 420 AD the Eastern Jin Dynasty general Liu Yu destroyed the Jin Dynasty and built the Song Dynasty, known as the "Southern Song Dynasty" also called "Liu Song". "Zhao Song" (906 1279), which was established after 960 AD after the Zhou general Zhao Kuangyin through the "Chen Qiaoyi Mutiny" Huangpao, historians divide it into two periods: "Northern Song Dynasty" (960 1127) and "Southern Song Dynasty" (1127 1279). In order to distinguish it from the "Song Dynasty" established by Liu Yu before, it is also known as "Zhao Song".
Compared with Liu Song and Zhao Song, Zhao Song is more brilliant, and Liu Song can be compared with Zhao Song in terms of land area and backbone. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Liu Song and the Xianbei Northern Wei confronted each other, and the Northern Wei military power was strong, but Liu Song did not give in. When Liu Yu was alive, the Northern Expedition eliminated the Later Qin and Southern Yan, and although Liu Yilong was defeated by the Northern Wei Dynasty in three Northern Expeditions, his spirit was commendable. Zhao Song's foreign policy was relatively weak, exchanging wealth and material things for peace, and eventually died in a foreign race. Judging from the external situation, Liu Song has more backbone than Zhao Song.
The Song Dynasty founded by Liu Yu belonged to the local government during the Northern and Southern Dynasties and did not unify the whole country, so it could only be regarded as half of the country. And it was replaced by the Qi State in a few decades, so the status of the Liu Song Dynasty in history is not as good as that of the Zhao Song Dynasty. Zhao Song is the dynasty established by Zhao Kuangyin, which lasted for more than two hundred years and is a new peak of feudal society, and there is an essential difference between the two.
The culture of the Chinese nation, after thousands of years of evolution, was created in the Zhao and Song dynasties" The population exceeded 100 million for the first time, science and technology, culture led the world, the financial income was twice that of the Tang Dynasty, almost the Northern Song Dynasty was prosperous, the first time there was a germination of capitalism, the Tang Dynasty had more than a million cities only Chang'an, the Song Dynasty had more than a million cities, the four major inventions were perfected in the Song Dynasty, there was movable type printing, rockets and other high-tech, the map of the Song Dynasty period can be seen that the science and technology at that time was high, accurate, cultural tolerance and openness, the Song Dynasty was the highest peak of ancient China, Liu Song is not a level.
In terms of culture, Song poetry is a treasure of Chinese culture that can be as famous as Tang poetry, and a large number of literary giants such as the Three Sus (Su Xun, Su Shi, Su Zhe), Sima Guang, Ouyang Xiu, Wang Anshi, Zeng Gong, Lu You, Liu Yong, and Li Qingzhao emerged during the two Song dynasties. Among the famous eight families of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Northern Song Dynasty is the only sixth. In addition to literature, the Two Song Dynasty was the first period in the development of Chinese thought and philosophy, and Cheng Zhu Lixue, who had a far-reaching influence on later generations, is one of the representatives.
The Liu Song Dynasty had a meagre 60-year history, while the Zhao Song Dynasty had a history of nearly 320 years, a difference of as much as five times. The Liu Song dynasty had a total of nine emperors, while the Zhao Song dynasty had eighteen emperors, twice as many as the Liu Song dynasty. Liu Song was known as the "Dynasty of Beasts", and many members of the royal family usurped power, and most of them were infamous in later generations, while Zhao and Song created a prosperous era in the field of culture and made outstanding contributions to later literature. Liu Yu, the founding emperor of the Liu Song Dynasty, was born as a military general, with outstanding talents and talents, and Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Zhao Song Dynasty, was also born as a military generalThe land area of the Liu Song Dynasty is 2.76 million square kilometers, slightly lower than the 2.8 million square kilometers of the Zhao and Song dynasties (Northern Song Dynasty).
To sum up: Except for the founding emperor of the country, Liu Song can be compared with Zhao Song, all other aspects are inferior!So I think Zhao Song is more brilliant!