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The Song Dynasty - Military and methods of warfare Decision Making 低碳生活 张智勇
Northern Song
History of the Song Dynasty
Northern Song, 960–1127
Emperor Taizu of Song (r. 960–976) unified China through conquering other lands
during his reign, ending the upheaval of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms
Period. In Kaifeng, he established a strong central government over the empire.
He ensured administrative stability by promoting the civil service examination
system of drafting state bureaucrats by skill and merit (instead of aristocratic
or military position) and promoted projects that ensured efficiency in
communication throughout the empire. One such project was the creation by
cartographers of detailed maps of each province and city which were then
collected in a large atlas. He also promoted groundbreaking science and
technological innovations by supporting such works as the astronomical clock
tower designed and built by the engineer Zhang Sixun.
The Song court
maintained diplomatic relations with Chola India, Fatimid Egypt, Srivijaya, the
Kara-Khanid Khanate of Central Asia, and other countries that were also trade
partners. However, it was China's closest neighboring states
which would have the greatest impact on its domestic and foreign policy. From
its inception under Taizu, the Song Dynasty alternated between warfare and
diplomacy with the ethnic Khitans of the Liao Dynasty in the northeast and with
the Tanguts of the Western Xia Dynasty in the northwest. The Song Dynasty used
military force in an attempt to quell the Liao Dynasty and recapture the Sixteen
Prefectures, a territory under Khitan control that was traditionally considered
to be part of China proper. However, Song forces were repulsed by the Liao
forces who engaged in aggressive yearly campaigns into northern Song territory
until 1005 when the signing of the Shanyuan Treaty ended these northern border
clashes. The Song were forced to provide tribute to the Khitans, although paying
this tribute did little damage to the overall Song economy since the Khitans
were heavily dependent upon importing massive amounts of goods from the Song
Dynasty. More significantly, the Song state recognized the Liao state as its
diplomatic equal. The Song Dynasty managed to win several military victories
over the Tanguts in the early 11th century, culminating in a campaign led by the
polymath scientist, general, and statesman Shen Kuo (沈括,
1031–1095). However,
this campaign was ultimately a failure due to a rival military officer of Shen
disobeying direct orders, and the territory gained from the Western Xia was
eventually lost. There was also a significant war fought against the Lý
Dynasty of Vietnam from 1075 to 1077 over a border dispute and the Song's
severing of commercial relations with the Đại Việt kingdom. After Lý forces
inflicted heavy damages in a raid on Guangxi, the Song commander Guo Kui
(1022–1088) penetrated as far as Thăng Long (modern Hanoi). However, heavy
losses on both sides prompted the Lý commander Thường Kiệt (1019–1105) to make
peace overtures, allowing both sides to withdraw from the war effort; captured
territories held by both Song and Lý were mutually exchanged in 1082,
along with prisoners of war.
During the 11th century, political rivalries
thoroughly divided members of the court due to the ministers' differing
approaches, opinions, and policies regarding the handling of the Song's complex
society and thriving economy. The idealist Chancellor, Fan Zhongyan (范仲淹,989–1052),
was the first to receive a heated political backlash when he attempted to make
such reforms as improving the recruitment system of officials, increasing the
salaries for minor officials, and establishing sponsorship programs to allow a
wider range of people to be well educated and eligible for state service.
After Fan was forced to step down from his office, Wang Anshi (1021–1086) became
Chancellor of the imperial court. With the backing of Emperor Shenzong
(1067–1085), Wang Anshi severely criticized the educational system and state
bureaucracy. Seeking to resolve what he saw as state corruption and negligence,
Wang implemented a series of reforms called the New Policies. These involved
land tax reform, the establishment of several government monopolies, the support
of local militias, and the creation of higher standards for the Imperial
examination to make it more practical for men skilled in statecraft to pass.
The reforms created political factions in the court. Wang Anshi's New Policies
Group (Xin Fa), also known as the 'Reformers', were opposed by the ministers in
the 'Conservative' faction led by the historian and Chancellor Sima Guang
(1019–1086). As one faction supplanted another in the majority position of the
court ministers, it would demote rival officials and exile them to govern remote
frontier regions of the empire. One of the prominent victims of the political
rivalry, the famous poet and statesman Su Shi (苏轼,
1037–1101), was jailed and eventually exiled for criticizing Wang's reforms.
While the central Song court remained politically divided and
focused upon its internal affairs, alarming new events to the north in the Liao
state finally came to its attention. The Jurchen, a subject tribe within the
Liao empire, rebelled against the Liao and formed their own state, the Jin
Dynasty (1115–1234).[24] The Song official Tong Guan (1054–1126) advised Emperor
Huizong (1100–1125) to form an alliance with the Jurchens, and their joint
military campaign toppled and completely conquered the Liao Dynasty by 1125.
However, the poor performance and military weakness of the Song army was
observed by the Jurchens who immediately broke the alliance with the Song,
launching an invasion into Song territory in 1125 and another in 1127; in this
latter invasion, the Jurchens captured not only the Song capital at Kaifeng, but
the retired emperor Huizong, his successor Qinzong, and most of the Imperial
court. This took place in the year of Jingkang (Chinese 靖康) and it is known
as the Humiliation of Jingkang (Chinese
靖康之耻). The remaining Song forces
regrouped under the self-proclaimed. Emperor Gaozong (1127–1162), and withdrew
south of the Yangtze River to establish the Song Dynasty's new capital at Lin'an
(in modern Hangzhou). The Jurchen conquest of northern China and shift of
capitals from Kaifeng to Lin'an was the dividing line between the Northern Song
Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty.
宋朝 北宋 La Dynastie Song French 范仲淹 晏几道减字木兰花 撼庭秋 岳飞登黄鹤楼有感
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