Definition of "Sung"

At present the metropolitan area of Kuang-chou City alone comprises some 1,500,000 people or twice that of the Sung period for all of the two provinces.

1954, Herold J. Wiens, Han Chinese Expansion in South China‎, Shoe String Press, published 1967, page 143

Fish were produced in Hu-chou for sale at the Southern Sung capital.

1970 , Shiba Yoshinobu, translated by Mark Elvin, Commerce and Society in Sung China‎, published 1992, page 102

The Sung dynasty was the great Classical Age and it is on this era that the emphasis in this book falls.

1976, W.B.R. Neave-Hill, Chinese Ceramics‎, New York: St. Martin's Press, page 10

Today in Peking we repeat a phrase to our allies from the Sung dynasty, seven hundred years old. 'We are as close to you as the lips to the teeth. If the lips are gone, our teeth must chatter with cold.'

1968, Edward S. Aarons, Assignment—Nuclear Nude‎, Fawcett Publications, page 135

PICARD: Lutan, we are aware of many of your planet's achievements, and its unique similarity to an ancient Earth culture we all admire. On behalf of the Federation, therefore, I would like to present this token of our gratitude and friendship. From China's Sung Dynasty, Fourteenth Century.DATA: Thirteenth Century, sir.PICARD: Ah yes, indeed.

1987 October 12, Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner, Code of Honor (Star Trek: The Next Generation) (Science Fiction), Paramount Domestic Television

The animated scroll was based on the work of 12th century Sung Dynasty artist Zhang Zeduan (張擇端), whose lively portrayal of the daily life of ordinary people in the capital city of the Northern Sung Dynasty — Bianjing (Kaifeng) — has captured the fascination of people for generations.

2011 May 30, “Taiwan News Quick Take”, in Taipei Times‎, archived from the original on 2011-06-02, Taiwan News, page 2‎

Previous scholarship places the rocket’s origins in China during the Sung dynasty (A.D. 960-1279).

2013 February, Jimmy Stamp, “The History of Rocket Science”, in Smithsonian Magazine‎, archived from the original on 19 May 2014‎