The Southern Song Dynasty literature is different from the Northern Song Dynasty literature

The time range of the Northern Song Dynasty is 960-1127 years, it is a dynasty in Chinese history after the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, passing on nine emperors, enjoying the country for 167 years, and the Southern Song Dynasty is called the Song Dynasty, also known as the Two Song Dynasty, because the royal family surname Zhao, also known as Zhao Song; The Southern Song Dynasty time range is 1127-1279, after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou set the capital of Nanjing to be called the emperor of Tianfu, a total of five generations and nine emperors, and enjoyed the country for 152 years.

Different territories The territory of the Northern Song Dynasty is bounded by the Haihe River, Hebei Bashou or Zhou, and Shanxi Yanmen Pass in the northeast, Hengshan in Shaanxi, eastern Gansu, and Huangshui in Qinghai in the northwest, and Minshan and Dadu River in the southwest. The territory of the Southern Song Dynasty did not change much, but the northern boundary was greatly moved south due to the invasion of the Jin, and the two sides did quietly set the Yellow River as the boundary at that time.

Different agricultural development In the tombs of the Northern Song Dynasty, iron agricultural tools such as plows, cocoons, harrows, hoes, sickles, etc., were found, indicating that the peasants attached great importance to intensive cultivation and increased cultivation procedures. The Southern Song Dynasty was an unprecedented tenant system.

1. Politics: The Song Dynasty was weak in foreign relations. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the emperor used Confucian generals to govern the country and eliminate the hidden danger of domestic military separation, which caused the border defense to be weak and repeatedly defeated in diplomatic wars, so the people hoped to be strong in other aspects, so that the literature of the Song Dynasty could be developed from it;

2. The military system of the Song Dynasty: The court of the Song Dynasty placed most of the forbidden soldiers with actual combat ability in the capital, but not on the frontier, which created a situation of emphasizing literature rather than force, which was conducive to the development of literature in the Song Dynasty;

3. Economic situation: The economy of the Song Dynasty was prosperous and the printing industry was developed, which made it possible to read 10,000 books and improved the academic level. The prosperity of the cities of the Song Dynasty promoted people's demand for culture and entertainment, and at the same time provided the possibility for the development of Song Dynasty literature.

4. Examination system: The imperial examination system germinated in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and its real formation was in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the reform and development of the Song Dynasty directly made the imperial examination system perfect and used by later dynasties. Throughout Chinese history, the Song Dynasty has achieved very good results in both economic level and cultural development, and the imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty has also broken the monopoly of the traditional family on the selection of officials, effectively curbed the corrupt atmosphere of the world, and provided a platform for the fair and just selection of talents.

It can be said that the Song Dynasty ushered in a new era of the imperial examination system. At present, there is still a great deal of controversy in the historical circles about the official establishment time of the imperial examination system, no matter what period it originated in, the Song Dynasty must be the period of perfection and heyday of the imperial examination system.