Land Annexation and Change of Land Ownership in Tang & Song Dynasties

Land annexation in Tang and Song Dynasties was repetition on a low level, which was change of hands in essence. It was the pillage of the powers to the weak and the public land, instead of landed gentry to peasantry. In reviewing the long-term history, we can see no trend of excessive land consolidation. The ownership of land had a relatively low transferability and its stability seemed much higher than mobility. It seemed that there was no high proliferation of big land ownership.