试述北宋政风的演变

北宋是继唐末五代混乱之后的又一次统一 ,在统治时期里 ,其政风由最初的清静无为变为固守祖宗之法 ,旋又转为积极变法 ,后期则政风动荡 ,国家处于风雨飘摇之中。关于北宋政风的演变 ,民国时期学者刘咸灯斤在《史学述林·北宋政变考》中有一个整体的概述 ,本文拟就此试做论述 ,以供诸家指正。

A Discussion on Political Atmosphere Evolution in the Northern Song Dynasty

The Northern Song Dynasty saw the second national reunification after the social confusion between the later period of the Tang Dynasty and the following Five Dynasties. During its reign,the political atmosphere transformed from the earliest hunt for stability and inaction to the firm defense of ancestral methods,and soon to the active introduction of institutional reforms. In the late years of the Dynasty,the political mode became turbulent and the state was swaying in the midst of a raging storm. Liu Xianxin,a scholar in the Republic of China made a brief introduction to the development of the political atmosphere in the Northern Song Dynasty in his works. The paper attempts to discuss the subject.