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So, what will Nanping do? Will they end up summoning outside help? Unfortunately I don't know too much about the place and the period to comment more... sorry!
 
So, what will Nanping do? Will they end up summoning outside help?
Indeed, what could Nanping do? The first to be conquered by the Song, the weakest of the ten states. Their place as a cross roads and their prosperity make them a target. However, they had survived since the end of the Tang. They weren't without hope, were they? Do they turn to the Liao, prehaps one of the Warlords of the north? Maybe they can solve it through diplomacy, or some wise ruse, evening buying their independance through tributes.

Certain the area was a valuable prize, but could either the Shu or the Southern Tang aford to take it? Chances are it would invoke war with the other something both are attempting to aviod.

Unfortunately I don't know too much about the place and the period to comment more... sorry!
Well don't feel too bad. Its kinda a black hole in history... I've been trying to find a good translation of the history of this period with little sucess. However it does leave me with some freedoms once I get out of the historical period of my timeline, which is why I chose it.:)
 
I wish I too knew more about this period Oth...but alas I don't so I'll just go with the standard: I like it and would like some more please. ;)
 
I wish I too knew more about this period Oth...but alas I don't so I'll just go with the standard: I like it and would like some more please. ;)
Egad, someone commented! I was becoming discouraged... kept making posts in triplicate even...

Thank you for the kind words.
 
(echoing SK's post)

Keep going!
I would even if I got no comments whatsoever. This is an important part of the timeline, and I love the excuse to delve into the obscurity of it.
Don't you have this on another site?
I tend to post my work on multiple forums to get a cross range of opinions, so it is possible you could have seen this elsewhere.:)
 
I wish I too knew more about this period Oth...but alas I don't so I'll just go with the standard: I like it and would like some more please. ;)
Thanks for the Map BTW;

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Methinks I'll start writting on this period, by studying what immeadiately followed, ie the Sung, and what came before, the Tang. A comparsion between the two would reveal the changes that happened between the two. These are areas I know that the sinophiles can help me on, and that maybe instead of focusing on an era that nobody knows anything about.

Prehaps I can even explore the dynamic of Buddhist dynasty rather than a Neo-Confucianist.
 
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