The Song dynasty is said to have been approaching an industrial revolution, with the implication that possibility for a full blown industrial revolution ended with the fall of the dynasty. However, my understanding is that many technologies pointed to as evidence of an industrial revolution such as printing presses and mass produced iron remained after the fall of the Song. Are there any factors that are pointed to as reasons why the Song could have undergone an industrial revolution that disappeared upon the collapse of the song?
Should be obvious that the successors I'm refering to in the title are the Yuan, Ming, and Qing.
I would point you to the answers that others and I made in this thread regarding Song state institutions, the role it played in the Song's tremendous economic growth, and how later dynasty's diverged from the Song model.
I would also add that the Song was birthed from a unique period of time in Chinese history - the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. After the Anshi Rebellion, the military governors (fanzhen) carved out semi-independent fiefdoms for themselves and deprived the central government of the land tax revenue. This forced the state to become more creative in its taxation policies and the state began to rely increasingly on indirect taxation. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, during which China was divided into several competing states, accelerated this process. Much of the Song's policies and practices can be traced from this period in time. Interstate competition did not disappear with the rise of the Song, as it faced strong enemies to the north and west (Khitans, Jurchens, Tanguts), and this competition paved the way for innovations in finance, economic policy, and military technology. By contrast, the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties never faced strong adversaries and therefore lacked the need to innovate.