surname Song; the Song dynasty (960–1279); Song of the Southern Dynasties (420–479) 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4]

History of Song of the Southern Dynasties 南朝宋[Nan2 chao2 Song4] or Liu Song 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], sixth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Shen Yue 沈約|沈约[Shen3 Yue1] in 488 during Liang of the Southern Dynasties 南朝梁[Nan2 chao2 Liang2], 100 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋史[Song4 shi3])

Song dynasty (960-1279)

History of the Song Dynasty, twentieth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], composed under Toktoghan 脫脫|脱脱[Tuo1 tuo1] in 1345 during the Yuan Dynasty 元[Yuan2], 496 scrolls; (not to be confused with 宋書|宋书[Song4 shu1])

Song Ci (1186–1249), author of "Collected Cases of Injustice Rectified" 洗冤集錄|洗冤集录[Xi3 yuan1 Ji2 lu4] (1247), said to be the world's first forensic science text

Song Dynasty (960-1279); also Song of Southern dynasties 南朝宋 (420-479)

Song Jiang, a principal hero of the novel Water Margin 水滸傳|水浒传

Song Lian (1310-1381), Ming dynasty writer, historian and politician

Song Bai (936-1012), Northern Song literary man

Song Qi (998-1061), Song dynasty poet and writer, coauthor of History of the Later Tang Dynasty 新唐書|新唐书

Song Renqiong (1909-2005), general of the People's Liberation Army

four famous Song calligraphers, namely: Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼[Su1 Shi4], Huang Tingjian 黃庭堅|黄庭坚[Huang2 Ting2 jian1], Mi Fu 米芾[Mi3 Fu2] and Cai Xiang 蔡襄[Cai4 Xiang1]

Emperor Taizu of Song, posthumous title of the founding Song emperor Zhao Kuangyin 趙匡胤|赵匡胤 (927-976), reigned from 960

Songkran (Thai New Year festival)

Song Qingling (1893-1981), second wife of Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山[Sun1 Zhong1 shan1], influential political figure in China after Sun's death in 1925

Emperor Huizong (Song Dynasty)

Song Jiaoren (1882-1913), politician of the revolutionary party involved in the 1911 Xinhai revolution, murdered in Shanghai in 1913

James Soong (1942-), Taiwanese politician expelled from Guomindang in 2000 when he founded People First Party 親民黨|亲民党

Emperor Wu of Song (363-422), personal name Liu Yu 劉裕|刘裕[Liu2 Yu4], founder of Song of the Southern dynasties 劉宋|刘宋[Liu2 Song4], broke away from Eastern Jin in 420, reigned 420-422

Song Zuying (1966-), Chinese folk music singer

Soong Mei-ling (1898-2003), Chiang Kai-shek's second wife

Duke Xiang of Song (reigned 650-637 BC), sometimes considered one of the Five Hegemons 春秋五霸

Four great compilations of Northern Song dynasty, namely: Extensive records of the Taiping era (978) 太平廣記|太平广记, Imperial readings of the Taiping era 太平御覽|太平御览, Prime tortoise of the record bureau 冊府元龜|册府元龟, Finest blossoms in the garden of literature 文苑英華|文苑英华