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The Reunification of China
Peter Allan Lorge
其他書名
Peace Through War Under the Song Dynasty
出版Cambridge University Press, 2015
ISBN13164379579781316437957
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=uVL1swEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋"The song dynasty (960-1279) has been characterized by its pre-eminent civil culture and military weakness. This ground-breaking work demonstrates that the civil dominance of the eleventh century was the product of a half-century of continuous warfare and ruthless political infighting. The spectacular culture of the eleventh century, one of the high points in Chinese history, was built on the bloody foundation of the conquests of the tenth century. Peter Lorge examines how, rather than a planned and inevitable reunification of the Chinese empire, the foundation of the Song was an uncertain undertaking, dependent upon highly contigent battles, both military and political, whose outcome was always in doubt. Song civil culture grew out of the successful military campaigns that created the dynasty, and, as the need for war and armies diminished, the need for civil officials grew. The Song dynasty's successful waging of war led ultimately to peace."--Jacket flap.