Study Of Zhu Yu And His Ping Zhou Ke Tan

In numerous historical notes of Song dynasty,three volume of Zhu Yu's Ping Zhou Ke Tan has special value.This book mainly recorded Zhu Yu's information when he traveled with his father's official career.Though it's length not long, it's content very abundantJn this book,the records about the department of foreign trade in Guangzhou are very wonderful and valuable.And other records about the constitution,the system and the ethos of Song dynasty are all valuable too.My thesis mainly can be divided into four parts:I The textual research about Zhu Yu's life.There are few records about Zhu Yu in historical notes.So my thesis will combine his father's life and the correlative records in Ping Zhou Ke Tan, sketchily can show us Zhu Yu's life.II Compare the records about the department of foreign trade in Guangzhou with the releted contents of Song Shi,Chang Bian and Song Hui Yao.By this work,can find more literature value of Ping Zhou Ke Tan.III Analyse the strong political trend in Ping Zhou Ke Tan.IV The social life reflected by Ping Zhou Ke Tan.In this book,there are many records about the custom and rite in that time.These materials primely reflected the social life in that time,and are very valuable for studying archaic economy.