What feautures are associted with China’s tang and song dynasties

The Tang dynasty is famous for its territorial expansion, its great cities and palaces, its flourishing foreign trade, its art, literature, and religious life, and for the luxurious lives of its aristocrats. The dynasty fell when Zhu Wen, a military governor, deposed the last emperor of Tang, Emperor Ai of Tang, and took the throne for himself.

The Song dynasty brought the Age of Invention on china through the implementation of printing, paper money, porcelain, tea, restaurants, gunpowder, and the compass. During this dynasty, china was the most advanced ancient civilization in the world. It eventually collapsed when it was conquered by the mongol barbarians.

the influence of daoism, buddhism, and legalism on chinese culture. unlike confucianism, daoism looked to nature rather than human beings as the source of morality. according to laozi, human society has to conform to the dao (the way), or the essential unifying element of all that is. some interpret dao as nature.