1, Bianjing: Diplomacy, War and People in the Late Northern Song Dynasty.
This book traces the complete details of the difficulties of Jingkang in the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, tells the story of peace and war between Song, Liao and Jin, and focuses on the critical moment of the great historical change in the Northern Song Dynasty and the cause and effect of the overall crisis of the empire from the inside out.
The author interprets the whole process of the Northern Song Dynasty from prosperity to decline in just three years from the aspects of politics, economy and diplomacy. Be prepared for danger in times of peace, which is the historical experience left by Jing Kang.
2. Complete world experience: the interaction between Song, Liao, Xia, Jin and Yuan Dynasties
Fracture and differentiation are probably the normal state of civilization development. China's theory that "the world will be United after a long time, and it will be United after a long time" does not conform to the general law of the development of civilization. So how can China break away from convention and build a huge and continuous country? The author tries to observe the first imperial Song Dynasty in China in the second millennium from a broader perspective.
Song, Liao, Xia, Jin and Yuan have different political characteristics and enjoy political and cultural ideas since the Tang Dynasty. In their multi-culture and multi-interaction, they formed a complex resultant force of multi-ethnic interaction and built an inclusive empire.
3. Du Nan: Song Gaozong and His Times.
The theme of Du Nan and Jun Chen: Song Gaozong established Shaoxing system, which eventually led to the complete reversal of the benign regime of the relative checks and balances of central power in the heyday of the Northern Song Dynasty into an imperial system.
Based on the Shaoxing system, this book analyzes and interprets the important historical events of more than 40 years before and after the Jingkang Revolution, and shows the historical turning point of China's transformation from the outside to the inside.
4. The aesthetic thought and pursuit of scholar-officials in the Northern Song Dynasty.
The field of culture and art in Song Dynasty, different from Gou 'an in political and military affairs, has the prosperity and achievements of opening up the frontier. This book discusses the pursuit and expression of literati in the Song Dynasty in the fields of art, calligraphy and painting collection, poetry and songs, and flower spectrum. This paper attempts to present the characteristics of Song Dynasty culture and explore the development logic of Song Dynasty scholar-bureaucrat culture.
5. Song Huizong
In the past historical description, Song Huizong existed as a negative textbook. The author of Song Huizong tries to abandon the political evaluation framework of historiography and portray Song Huizong from a brand-new perspective. Taking the timeline as a clue, the book tells the story of Song Huizong and presents a real person.
He is a bad king, who has made great achievements in the field of art, and has deep attainments in calligraphy, painting, poetry, gardens and other fields. In him, it fully illustrates a truth that if he seeks his own government in his own position, he will do his duty. If morality does not match, there will be disaster.