Why do some people think that the Song Dynasty is better than the Tang Dynasty, I don t understand?

This is a personal preference, because the Song Dynasty was leading in many aspects such as economy, culture, education, science and technology, etc.

The prosperity of the early and middle Tang Dynasty was based on the unified state of the Sui Dynasty. And the Song Dynasty was based on the ruins of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms. However, the role of the Tang Dynasty in inheriting the past and opening up the future, as well as the enlightened concept of governing the country and the influence of the country, are beyond the reach of previous dynasties, and the historical contribution is indelible.

And many places in the Song Dynasty developed on the basis of the Tang Dynasty, such as the imperial examination and the academy. Jurisprudence (especially forensic science),**, financial instruments, venues, etc.

If the Tang Dynasty is a great historical masterpiece, then the Song Dynasty is a careful annotation of this masterpiece.

It is naïve to simply evaluate the good and bad of a dynasty, and we can only say what characteristics it has. The Tang Dynasty can be said to be prosperous and open, and the Song Dynasty can be said to be poor and weak, but the commodity economy of the Song Dynasty is particularly developed.

A few people upstairs have mentioned it, but as a history teacher, I'll give you a simple analogy: As an ordinary person in modern society and Qin Shi Huang, who do you think has a better life? Does Qin Shi Huang have a computer to play?

What is the definition of good?

Personally, I believe that whether the productive forces are advanced or not, whether the social system is perfect or not, and the degree of civilization can all be used as good criteria.

The previous ones are all very good, and I am also very inspired

The Song Dynasty was more advanced than the Tang Dynasty, after all, there was a Song Dynasty later.

Personal hobbies, there are many beauties in the Tang Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was the most prosperous era in Chinese history in terms of economy, culture, and technology, and reached the peak of feudal society. Kaifeng, located in the center of the East Henan Plain, also known as Bianliang, Bianjing, was the capital of the Song Dynasty for 168 years, the nine emperors, was the famous cultural, economic, artistic, political center at that time, its degree of prosperity, later generations are difficult to achieve, a picture of the Qingming Dynasty reflects this prosperity and development (as shown below).

The Song dynasty made China the world's leading economic power. Agriculture, printing, papermaking, silk weaving, and porcelain have all made significant progress. The maritime industry and shipbuilding industry have made outstanding achievements, and the overseas industry is developed, and it has trade with more than 50 countries in the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and other regions.

The famous historian Chen Yinke said: "The culture of the Chinese nation, after thousands of years of evolution, was created in the era of the Zhao and Song dynasties" In the academic Song Dynasty, the revival of Confucianism was completed, and the traditional classics entered a new stage of "Song Studies", giving rise to Neo-Confucianism, that is, science. It promoted the in-depth development of the intersection of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and completed the ancient literature movement.

Among the eight major families of the Tang and Song dynasties, the Song people accounted for six, and the words reached their heyday, opening up a new era in the history of Chinese literature. The literature of the Song Dynasty was fully developed, and there were great achievements in poetry, poetry, and prose. Ouyang Xiu's prose is clear-cut, substantial, and natural, setting the tone for the style of Song Dynasty prose.

Su Shi's articles are free and natural, fresh and bold with some melancholy, and articles such as "Red Cliff Fu" before and after have confirmed his unshakable position in the literary world.

Driven by the whole socio-economic and cultural development, science and technology have made great progress, and the scientific and technological achievements of the two Song Dynasty Dynasty have not only become a peak in the history of ancient Chinese science and technology, but also in a leading position in the world at that time, and the four major inventions of China that promoted the development of human civilization have been improved and applied in the Song Dynasty.

It was the Song Dynasty that was the most prosperous era in China's economy, culture, and science and technology in Chinese history, so later generations spoke highly of the Song Dynasty.

However, the Song Dynasty paid the most attention to literature and light on military force, and the literati ruled the country, resulting in a situation where the country was rich and the army was weak. A strong economy could not withstand the iron hooves of the northern nomads. When the nomads in the north invaded, the Song Dynasty was defeated like a mountain, and the Song Dynasty was defeated by the Liao State and the Jin State successively, and the land was lost and <>

In the end, he was defeated by the Mongol army. It provides a negative example for the governance of later generations.

The Song Dynasty was a very special dynasty in the history of our country, which lasted for a very long time. The Song Dynasty began with Zhao Kuangyin's yellow robe and lasted for nearly 200 years.

Because the culture of the Song Dynasty did develop very well, and the economic development and political development were also very prosperous, and it was in a leading position among all dynasties.

Mainly because the culture of the Song Dynasty was very prosperous, and many outstanding writers appeared.

This statement itself is very one-sided, the military strength of the Song Dynasty was not weak, but the foreign policy and statecraft led later generations to think that it was weak. The Song Dynasty was the regime that raised the most soldiers in ancient China, with 800,000 forbidden troops and 600,000 Xiang troops, adding up to 1.4 million soldiers. The soldiers of the Han and Tang Dynasty were the kings of Fan who raised their own soldiers and called soldiers in Fan Town, and the good year of doing so was **No need to spend money to raise soldiers, the biggest disadvantage is the Anshi Rebellion, and the local strength to challenge**.

When he arrived in the Song Dynasty, he engaged in "releasing military power with a glass of wine" to take back all military power**, and since then, local forces have no ability to challenge**, and the Song Dynasty is a literati supporting military power. The whole thing is very gentle both internally and externally, and the idea should be "as long as the economy is good, why should there be a war, if there is a conflict on the border, send some money, and spend money to buy peace, isn't war also for peace?" Then let's calculate again, how much does it cost me to fight, and if I give him this money a year, won't he have to fight?

And you can't kill these people in the north, and after a few years, they will come in again, and they can't kill them from Huo Qubing and Wei Qing to death, so ah, build a market on the border and do border trade to prevent war. "If 1.4 million soldiers pursue militarism, then no one can beat them. When the Mongols opened up the Middle East to Europe, wasn't Song the only one supporting them in the end!

Of course, in the end, he died in Yashan, but it cannot be defined by the result. In fact, the most important thing is in the mind...

The first is congenital insufficiency, when the Song Dynasty was founded, it went to the horse-producing land, so there was a lack of strange soldiers.

The second is that the Hunan army system has led to a redundant number of soldiers and extremely low quality.

The third is the problem of the system, the Song Dynasty learned the lesson of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, did not give too much power to the military generals, and the civilian officials suppressed the military generals, resulting in the low status of the army.

The Song Dynasty attached great importance to civil officials and governed the country with literature! The military generals have no real power, and the Tang is the system of temperance envoys, just like the warlords, the strength is stronger!

The per capita GDP of the Song Dynasty was 7 times that of the world, and because of the emphasis on literature and light on military force, the military strength was average, but the people's lives were very good.

The Northern Song Dynasty was born at the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Turbulent Era, while the Southern Song Dynasty was born in the Song-Jin War after the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty. Historical Background of the Northern Song Dynasty In 907 AD, the once-prosperous Tang Dynasty fell. The period of five dynasties and ten kingdoms thus began.

The Song Dynasty had poor military affairs, but it had a strong culture and a wealthy people. Every dynasty has a corresponding good and bad point.

Of course not, the weakness of the Song Dynasty was only reflected in military strength, military strength is the guarantee of political strength, and the former is weak, which leads to the weakness of the latter. The rulers of the Song Dynasty, fearing the division of feudal towns in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, desperately weakened the local military forces, strengthened the restraint on the generals, and implemented a policy of "emphasizing literature over military force", which led to repeated defeats in the struggle with the northern regime. However, the Song Dynasty's external ** was extremely developed.

Perhaps it was the defeat in the Northern War that made the Song Dynasty turn its attention to the sea, but the Song Dynasty's economic power was the strongest at the time, and Jin Liaoxia was no match.

Of course not, the economic and cultural development of the Song Dynasty was the strongest of the elder Chinese dynasties.

The Song Dynasty (960-1279) was an era in Chinese history that inherited five dynasties and ten kingdoms, and the Yuan Dynasty under the Qi Dynasty. When Song Taizu founded the country, in order to avoid the tragedy of the division of feudal towns and the chaos of eunuchs since the Tang Anshi Rebellion, he adopted a national policy of emphasizing internal affairs over foreign affairs and emphasizing literature and suppressing military force. On the one hand, the Song Dynasty was stable and rarely had civil strife, which was conducive to economic development and cultural prosperity; But on the other hand, it also led to a weakening of the armed forces and a defeat to the foreign enemy in the north.

However, relatively speaking, the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous era in ancient Chinese history in terms of economy, culture and education. The famous historian Chen Yin said: "The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved over thousands of years and was created in the Zhao and Song dynasties. ”

It's not that bad, as can be seen from the Qingming Riverside map.