When I read The History of the Song Dynasty, it was super good-looking. I lamented the decline of the national fortune and the exhaustion of life in the Song Dynasty. Especially when I saw the "shame of Jingkang" and the "Shaoxing Peace Talks", I would be angry with it and lament its misfortune.
After reading the Song Dynasty-Modern Dawn, I found that the Song Dynasty is a history of human civilization worthy of re-exploration. Mr. Chen Yinque once spoke highly of:
"The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved for thousands of years, and it is the ultimate in the world of Zhao and Song. After a gradual decline, it will eventually revive. "
This book describes many details of the Song Dynasty, and shows the civilization achievements of the Song Dynasty from four angles: life, society, economy, politics and law. More than 0/00 Song paintings, such as The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival, are selected as illustrations, so that readers can intuitively feel the civilization of the Song Dynasty and feel the modern atmosphere of deja vu.
In the part of "Washe Goulan", the author shows all aspects of life in Song Dynasty, such as shops, hotels, entertainment, leisure, fruits and vegetables, brushing teeth and so on. From the Song Dynasty, I finally sat without sitting on the floor, and the seating began to become advanced, with high chairs and stools to sit on. The Song people actually invented the toothbrush, which is very close to the modern toothbrush.
White-collar workers in Kaifeng can order takeout instead of cooking. There are also light box advertisements in bookstores in the city; You can also see cat food and dog food shops in downtown Hangzhou. There are wedding companies that can undertake banquets and housekeeping companies that can provide services.
The status of women in Song Dynasty was also very high. "Fear of wife" has become a common phenomenon. When the fate between husband and wife is exhausted, they can leave, and women can remarry with dowry. A widowed wife can remarry, and there is no need to lock her husband up. Like the famous poet Li Qingzhao, she married another woman after Zhao Mingcheng's death, but she chose a bad lover.
In the "contract era", you can know that the population of Song Dynasty has reached 65.438+0.2 billion, and it has perfect urban governance means, and has formed a set of mature processes and management mechanisms from the aspects of public security, fire protection, environmental protection and underground waterways.
Song people can freely migrate horizontally and live everywhere; You can display your talents vertically. Once people step into Tianzitang, children from poor families have more opportunities to enter the official career than the second generation of officials.
In Song Dynasty, folk customs were litigious, and it was common for people to sue officials. You can also express your feelings through "poems on the wall". For example, we are familiar with the phrase "warm wind makes tourists drunk, making Hangzhou a continent", and the title of the poem is "the West is facing the wall". Song people had full freedom of speech.
In the part of "doing business for all", businessmen are no longer discriminated against and the business environment is relaxed. There have been some modern commercial behaviors and phenomena. For example: trademark advertising, trust, securities, finance and so on.
It is said that a novelist intends to write a novel called New Songs, which will date back to the Song Dynasty. One of his ideas for the protagonist is the way of bidding. Later, he looked up some historical materials and found that Song people already had a bidding method and system, and the completeness and rigor were as good as now.
In the part of "* * * ruling the world", the scholar-officials all have the mind of taking the world as their own responsibility. "Worry about the world first, and enjoy the world later" shows the ideal and ambition of the famous Fan Zhongyan. The legislative procedure in Song Dynasty had to be deliberated, and the judicial procedure was very detailed. It also attaches great importance to checks and balances of power. Even the emperor can't give anyone an official title, and his own letter may be sealed back.
This book reevaluates the Song Dynasty from a brand-new perspective, giving people a refreshing feeling. The author said that when people in China look at history, they will inevitably go to see the national luck, which also affects their personal feelings. However, many sinologists abroad can evaluate the history of the Song Dynasty with a detached attitude and think that it has made great achievements in human civilization.
Unfortunately, after Song died, he went back.