The Truth Of History And Text Writing

During the Sung Dynasty,the country name of the Southern Tang had a lot of changes,including "Jiangnan Country" ? "Tang" ? "Tang Country " ? "Illegal-Tang" ? "Illegal-Southern Tang " ? "Southern Tang" and so on.These changes are inseparable from the changes in politics situation?the author's personal choice?the evolution of language?cultural traditions and writing habits.The last time to Sung Lizong Dynasty,most of the name fixed on the "Southern Tang" and also inherited for the future generations.The evolution process of the name of the Southern Tang is one of the external manifestations of the legitimate image construction.In the official writings,the Southern Tang country name experienced the change of "Jiangnan Country ?Illegal-Tang ? Jiangnan Country " during the first three dynasties of the Northern Sung.This change shows the gradual progress of the Northern Sung Dynasty "out of the Five Dynasties ?unification in general? political stability",but also indirectly led to "The Cyclic Revolution of Five Virtues" be in trouble during the middle and later of Northern Sung Dynasty.In addition to the premise of unification,Confucians in Sung Dynasty emphasize on moral identity.Thus,in the Sung Dynasties,the status of the Southern Tang regime also completed the promotion of "Illegal pseudo?Aristocratic Family?Biographic Sketches of Emperors".No matter how the country name of the Southern Tang evolves,it always related to emphasize on legitimate in traditional society and the guidance of public opinion.