隋炀帝与江南

杨广(隋炀帝)以军事手段辅以文化战略抚定了江南,并以江南为基地实施了夺宫计划,在登基后又为发展和控制江南作了许多努力,最后欲避难于江南再图天下不成而亡。考察杨广与江南的关系,江南是杨广的政治生命所在,杨广是隋唐时期“南朝化”的重要人物。尽管由于统治失策,杨广经营江南最终归于失败但在一定意义上仍可以说,他是西魏、北周以来第一个走出关中本位、具有开放意识的统治者。

Emperor Yangdi and Jiangnan

Yang Guang (Emperor Yangdi) managed to rule over Jiangnan (areas south of the Yangtze River) by way of war and cultural strategies, thereby having been enthroned. After his enthronement, he took great pains to develop and control Jiangnan. At last, he sought refuge in Jiangnan and tried in vain to recapture power, ending up passing away there. By examining the relationship between Yang Guang and Jiangnan, one can discover that Jiangnan is the very place for Yang's political life and that Yang Guang was a key figure in the process of the "inclination towards the Southern Dynasty" in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Despite his eventual failure in his rule over Jiangnan because of improper policies, Yang Guang has, in one sense, been the first ruler with an open consciousness since the Western Wei and Northern Zhou dynasties.