Northern Song Dynasty scholars and factional struggles

Author: Shen Songqin
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: This book is one of the studies on the "Chinese Scholar-Official Group." Due to the bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty, the status of literati in the Song Dynasty was relatively high, marking a golden period for the political lives of ancient Chinese intellectuals, who actively participated in political life. The political characteristics of the Northern Song Dynasty were primarily characterized by weakness and poverty, as well as frequent factional struggles. Since Fan Zhongyan, almost all the famous literati of the Northern Song Dynasty were inevitably involved in factional struggles. Political turmoil influenced and determined their fate, and deeply affected their literary creations. This book comprehensively and systematically analyzes and studies the factional struggles of the Northern Song Dynasty and their profound impact on the scholar-officials, presenting a successful work on studying Northern Song literati from a different perspective.