A Study Of The Frontier Affairs Documents Of The Renzong Dynasty In The Northern Song Dynasty

Renzong Dynasty was an important turning point in the Northern Song Dynasty.After experiencing the recuperation and development of Taizu,Taizong and Zhenzong,the politics became more and more clear,and the economy and culture also began to prosper and develop,entering the heyday.At the same time,the hidden danger left by the former dynasty on the frontier issue aggravated the emergence of national contradictions and eventually led to the outbreak of the Song-Xia war.Under this background,it is urgent to solve the problem of frontier affairs,so a large number of frontier affairs documents are generated.Ministers expressed their views on the frontier affairs and put forward corresponding proposals through the frontier affairs documents.They also completed the exchange of opinions and made decisions in the frontier affairs documents.For the same problem,different ministers will have different thoughts and opinions,and it is inevitable to have arguments.The frontier documents recorded the disputes between the ministers of Renzong Dynasty about various frontier issues,showing the practical exploration of Renzong Dynasty in governing the frontier issues,to some extent,it also reflects the complex political relationship between the ministers of Renzong Dynasty.The idea of governing the border and military strategy carried in the frontier documents of Renzong Dynasty are one of the important values of the frontier documents.From the vertical point of view,the development and change of the content of the frontier documents presented the transformation process of Renzong's attitude towards governing the frontier.On the other hand,the policy of "ruling the country by literature" and "the commander of literary ministers" in the Northern Song Dynasty gave birth to a group of excellent literary ministers.They made great efforts,made suggestions and suggestions,and worried about the country and the people,the frontier documents created contained a deep anxiety for the frontier,and these literary ministers became the main creation subject of the frontier documents.From the horizontal perspective,through the comparative analysis of the frontier documents of typical literary ministers,the style and features of literary ministers in the Northern Song Dynasty are outlined.In addition,the Renzong Dynasty was an important period of the cultural style reform in the Northern Song Dynasty.During the reign of Tiansheng,under the prevalence of the Xikunti,a group of ancient writers who advocated the cultural style of reform emerged.The frontier documents of Renzong Dynasty were influenced by the ancient prose movement in the Northern Song Dynasty,and also showed the characteristics of the transformation of the style of writing,and had a certain role in promoting the development of official documents.Under the promotion of the frontier documents,the thought of governing the frontier in Song Dynasty was also developed,and the military construction and frontier defense construction were strengthened.Under the enlightenment of the frontier documents of Renzong Dynasty,China should further realize the importance of strengthening the construction of modern national defense,think of danger in times of safety and prepare for war with caution.In a word,the official documents on the border affairs of Renzong Dynasty have a strong sense of the times,which are generated under the specific social environment and under the influence of national contradictions and military activities,giving full play to the practicability of the documents,it played a role in solving the frontier issue and exposed the limitations and shortcomings of the Northern Song Dynasty in governing the frontier,providing valuable reference value for later generations.