The Laws of the Ancestors - A Brief Overview of Early Northern Song Politics

Author: Deng Xiaonan
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Publish Date: 2006-09-01
Features: This book discusses the development and changes of the "ancestral law" during the Song Dynasty, with a focus on the early Northern Song period. However, it actually elucidates the process by which Song Dynasty rulers and officials chose to interpret and utilize the words and actions of their ancestors due to changing circumstances. This not only shaped a model of ancestral figures to be emulated but also served as a shield for their governance. The author, with abundant materials, concise language, and a rigorous attitude, delves deeply into the complex and ever-changing relationship between the meaning behind the discourse of the Song Dynasty's ancestral law and the facts. The book includes narration, analysis, and commentary, serving not only as a key to understanding the political characteristics of the Song Dynasty but also as a major topic for comprehensively grasping the political development of the era. It is a highly insightful and innovative academic monograph on Song Dynasty politics and culture in recent years, worthy of deep reflection and careful reading. This book discusses the development and changes of the "ancestral law" during the Song Dynasty, with a focus on the early Northern Song period. However, it actually elucidates the process by which Song Dynasty rulers and officials chose to interpret and utilize the words and actions of their ancestors due to changing circumstances. This not only shaped a model of ancestral figures to be emulated but also served as a shield for their governance. The author, with abundant materials, concise language, and a rigorous attitude, delves deeply into the complex and ever-changing relationship between the meaning behind the discourse of the Song Dynasty's ancestral law and the facts. The book includes narration, analysis, and commentary, serving not only as a key to understanding the political characteristics of the Song Dynasty but also as a major topic for comprehensively grasping the political development of the era. It is a highly insightful and innovative academic monograph on Song Dynasty politics and culture in recent years, worthy of deep reflection and careful reading.