Emphasis on literature and suppression of force is not what you want, and you stumble into the future.
Perhaps there will never be another dynasty in Chinese history that could make those who admire literature love them to death and those who admire martial arts hate them to the end of the world.
Its booming economy and culture changed the restrictions of the Li and Tang dynasties, and profoundly influenced later generations of China to this day. The weak armed forces with many soldiers and officers had the chance to win, but they lost time and time again.
this is Song Dynasty .
Looking at the situation during the two Song Dynasties, it is like watching a student who has just arrived, giving up his initial comprehensive advantages bit by bit, going further and further down the path of partial subjects, and getting stuck in the mud.
A good student with all-round development of morality, intelligence, body and beauty. Under the personal care of the two founding emperors of the early Song Dynasty, he gradually lost the ability to conquer territories with force and became a nerd who was obsessed with poetry and songs and pursued fame.
Even if there are Ouyang Xiu, Di Qing, Su Dongpo, Yue Fei, Han Shizhong, they cannot grasp the lifeline of the country. They can only exert their efforts in the sluggish chaos and can only affect future generations. The cry.
Establish a heart for the heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, carry forward the unique knowledge for the saints, and create peace for all generations. The famous sayings of and are still inspiring today and are worthy of being the battle cry of the Chinese nation. But for the Song Dynasty in which he lived, these great ideals and ambitions were at best reduced to pride at the moment of imperial examination, but they could not influence the wheel of the times to get out of the quagmire.
"The Founding of the Song Dynasty" is just such a work that gives us a first glimpse into the reasons why the two Song Dynasties emphasized culture and suppressed military affairs. The book does not talk about romance, only development.
That martial arts hero Zhao Kuangyin who is known as an iron rod sweeping the world has begun to change since joining the army; Zhao Guangyi who admires his elder brother and tries to surpass him in terms of force value has already changed before the sound of the candle shadow ; The star general of the Song Dynasty who inherited the strongest military lineup at the end of the Five Generations completely changed after a glass of wine and released his military power ; The hegemonic Northern Song Dynasty regime basically changed after the Battle of Gaoliang River.
In this world, the only constant is change.
So, we saw Zhao Kuangyin disbanding the strongest army in the history of the Song Dynasty in order to avoid the yellow robe again; we saw Zhao Guangyi forcing his nephew to death after the donkey cart drifted, killing his younger brother, and shamelessly calling him an "official"; we saw At a time when military attachés who were once high-spirited either voluntarily resigned or were forced to die, and lost their political ambitions; we saw the clumsy trick of excessively restraining soldiers by deploying them in advance when marching to fight.
Such Song Dynasty can live for 319 years, which is really strong enough.
Just like a child's partiality to science must have its reasons, the development of two levels of civil and military development in the Song Dynasty also had its own background.
"The Founding of the Song Dynasty" starts from the Five Dynasties and the Ten Kingdoms , and strings together the development process of more than 100 years from the late Tang Dynasty to the early Song Dynasty. The blessing of military force in troubled times finally ended with Song Taizu . The restoration of the civilization process reflects the needs of the times and the voice of the people. This is destined to be an era of change.
It is precisely because of this that Song Taizu's decision seems to be very correct, but not too correct. The operation of and Song Taizong is terrible, but not so terrible.
If Zhao Kuangyin is like a father who does not allow his children to fight and make trouble, then Zhao Guangyi is like a mother who keeps her children at home and dances and writes all day long. The constraints of the former were intensified by the latter, and eventually the Song generation was always in a state of being rich and powerful, but still cowardly and aggrieved.
There are two parents at the bottom. Song Chao is like a good boy with a good foundation. In the end, he goes further and further on the path of partial subjects, becoming smoother, calmer and more confused.
is too showy.
For ordinary history buffs, "The Founding of the Song Dynasty" relatively objectively describes the situation at that time and the historical causes, using various details to restore the historical reality.
However, the description of Zhao Guangyi is obviously whitewashed. The overt and covert fight between the two brothers Kaifeng is avoided, and the Feng Shui war is not mentioned at all, which is indeed a pity. On this point, the book written by Professor Wang Liqun and is more detailed.
In summary, this book is quite interesting. At least after reading it, readers can get a glimpse of the true story of Wen Zhang and Wu Chi in the Song Dynasty. After having a preliminary understanding of various aspects of development in the early Song Dynasty, we are naturally not surprised by the various problems that followed the Song Dynasty. Fundamentally understanding the Song Dynasty and understanding the Song Dynasty will not only reduce the anger when reading Song History , but also allow us to grow today.
At least, let’s stop being partial.
