How to evaluate the historical position of Song Renzong?

Song Renzong is a generation of wise monarch, who is strict with himself and not extravagant, and is praised by the world.

Mingjun Song Renzong

Song Renzong was highly respected in the Song Dynasty. During his reign, many talents appeared, such as Cai Qi, Chen Yaozuo, Han Yi, Du Yan, Pang Ji, Wang, Bao Zheng and so on. If he was not a wise monarch, he could not have enthusiastically produced so many talents at that time. In the Song Dynasty, many people praised Renzong. ? "Benevolence" is the highest evaluation of him. "A gentleman stops at benevolence." "History of Song Dynasty" commented on Renzong and his prosperous rule: "(Renzong) was in office for forty-two years, and if the official was lazy, he was allowed to despise the disabled; The criminal law seems lenient, but there are many lenient people in the prison. The country has no disadvantages, but it is not enough to rule the world; There are no villains in the DPRK, but it is not enough to win the good. The hearts of monarchs and subjects are filled with awe and loyalty, which has been the foundation for cultivating Song San for more than 100 years. Children and grandchildren will be tamed into chaos if they correct their behavior. "Biography" said: "Being a gentleman stops at benevolence." The emperor is sincere and innocent.

negative impact

Song Renzong has a strange temper and often changes courtiers. It is said that during the thirty years of Injong's rule, more than forty ministers of the two dynasties advanced and retreated repeatedly, so Cai Xiang once said that he was "tolerant of them, but less tolerant of them". In his early years, he lived in the shadow of his adoptive mother Liu. As a well-behaved monarch, he can abide by the statutes of his ancestors, and his temperament is weak and gentle, and his martial arts strategy is not as good as that of Song Taizu and Song Taizong. Moreover, when fighting Xixia, the teacher repeatedly lost and fought.

Song Renzong, aged 54, died in the capital of song dynasty palace on 1063. posthumous title: Wen Sheng, the emperor of virtue, made great achievements in Buddhism and Taoism. Historians summarize the period when Renzong was in power and personally governed the country as "Renzong was governing the country".