剑桥中国宋代史（上）：907-1279年

Cambridge History of China #6

by Denis C. Twitchett (Editor), Paul Jakov Smith (Editor), 崔瑞德 (Editor)

这是两卷关于宋朝（960-1279）及其五代和南方诸国先驱者的第一卷，介绍了中国从907年唐朝灭亡到1279年蒙古征服南宋的政治历史。概述了在社会、经济和知识分子上升时期，标志着宋朝政治的兴起、巩固和灭亡的人物和事件。作者特别强调了在宋朝时期出现的具有政治意识的文人阶层，其特点是在朝代早期考试制度的重要性日益增加，以及在接近尾声的“道学”运动的兴起。此外，他们还强调了宗派主义和宰相专制对宋朝政治文化的不稳定影响，以及契丹辽、西夏、女真金和蒙元等强大的草原帝国对宋朝事件的形成和发展速度的影响。

Genres: History, China, Nonfiction

1179 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 31, 2009

About the author

Denis Crispin Twitchett was a British Sinologist and scholar who specialized in Chinese history and greatly expanded the role of Chinese studies in Western intellectual circles.

Reviews

[ShawnLeeZX · Rating 5 out of 5]

In a certain way, politically the Song dynasty after Tang was an aftermath of the state development in the steppe area. Due to the incompatibility between power centralization and military necessity to maintain a forth at the border that is powerful enough to topple the court, Tang led a downward path ever since the An Lu Shan rebellion. The agricultural civilization at the south of the steppe never worked out a solution to the situation. In this sense, I decided to move on to the part 2 of Song Cambridge history, and focus its intellectual development, where a Zhu Xi re-invented Confucianism. Only the first introduction chapter was read.

[Zeitgeist · Rating 4 out of 5]

北方内亚民族一步步蚕食直至鲸吞所有华夏领土（辽从后晋拿到幽云十六州，金灭北宋夺得淮河以北的中原，蒙元灭南宋征服整个中华），这种恐惧贯穿整个明朝，无法再以汉唐的外向开放包容自信与内亚打交道，转向保守封闭内向的文化。终其三百多年宋史，冗官、冗兵等军事积弱的现象始终无法改变，追溯源头，在于要根除杜绝导致唐亡之一的藩镇割据，这也是五代十国各路政权你方唱罢我登场乱象丛生的原因，而开启藩镇割据的，正是安史之乱，这个事件原来可以作为整个中华文明发展轨迹的分水岭。（发现了一处低级错误：第十一章 理宗的统治 1124-1264）