Rule by the learned It was in 960, by means of the Chenqiao Mutiny, that Zhao Kuangyin first donned the yellow robes of imperial rule and founded the Song dynasty. Zhao was the fourth example since the start of the Five Dynasties of a general seizing power on the strength of his own forces.
宋朝的開國皇帝趙匡胤在西元九六○年以陳橋兵變、黃袍加身，自孤兒寡母手中得來天下，這也是五代以來第四個將帥擁兵自立的例子。