During the Song Dynasty, how prosperous was society?

During the Song Dynasty, the economy was particularly prosperous. Not only did the upper class live a life of fine clothes and food, but even ordinary people ate and drank without worry, living a well-off life, and even prosperous to the point that even ordinary people could get a good education, and the streets and alleys were very lively and peaceful.

It's very prosperous, food, clothing, housing and transportation are very spectacular, which is very surprising, even the money has become more advanced, very powerful, very good, very yearning for that kind of life.

Society is prosperous. The first came the idea of a jiaozi, a type of paper money that could be exchanged for items. Secondly, there was a tile shop, and the literati began to drink and have fun.

After all, the productive forces of the whole society in ancient China, including the Song Dynasty, were very backward, and the ability to resist natural disasters was also very poor, and the economy of the Song Dynasty was not fundamentally different from other feudal dynasties in ancient China.

Because the people of the Song Dynasty were very patriotic, only if the country was good to the people, could there be such a situation, so many people thought that the people of the Song Dynasty lived a good life.

The emperor of the Song Dynasty did not pay attention to governing the country by force, and the country's military strength was weak, but the culture was greatly developed in the Song Dynasty, and when there was no war, the people of the Song Dynasty should have lived well.

It is not a thought, but a conclusion drawn from a historical record and a comparison of data. The rope of the copper coins in the Song Dynasty treasury was moldy, and the copper coins were piled up, and the rice in the granary was so much that it could not be eaten and became moldy.

Because it was the people of the gentry and doctor class who wrote the books and recorded the food and costumes of the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty was an era of high prosperity in China's commodity economy, culture and education, and scientific innovation, and China's GDP was US$100 million in the three years of Xianping (1000), accounting for the total world economy, and the per capita GDP was US$450, exceeding the US$400 in Western Europe at that time. Although later generations believed that the Song Dynasty was "poor and weak", the prosperity and social and economic prosperity of the people in the Song Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, there was a Song and Ming Dynasty science, Confucianism was revived, science and technology developed rapidly, politics was enlightened, and there was no serious eunuch dictatorship and warlord separation, and the number and scale of mutinies and civil unrest were relatively small in Chinese history.

Due to the rapid growth of the population of the Northern Song Dynasty, the population increased from 37.1 million in the fifth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (980) to 126 million in the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124). Chen Yin said: "The culture of the Chinese nation has evolved over thousands of years, and it was created in the era of the Zhao and Song dynasties.

There are many scholars in Western and Japanese historiography who believe that the Song Dynasty was a renaissance and economic revolution in Chinese history.

The reasons and manifestations of prosperity during the Song Dynasty are as follows:

The Song Dynasty was the most economically prosperous, the most technologically advanced, the most culturally prosperous, the most artistic, and the most affluent people's living standards in Chinese history. The Song Dynasty was the most glorious dynasty for China and the country with the most inventions and creations in the world at that time; The Song Dynasty was also the period when China contributed the most to the world, when three of China's so-called four great inventions were invented or began to be used on a large scale. Gunpowder, the compass, printing, paper money, vertical weaving, important reforms in the craft of porcelain recluses, etc.; Navigation, shipbuilding, medicine, crafts, and agricultural technology in the Song Dynasty all reached unprecedented heights in ancient times and were difficult to compare with in later times; The Song Dynasty also developed a new science, and these brilliant achievements were directly related to the comprehensive civilization of the Song Dynasty; The GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for 50% of the world, and the comprehensive strength of the country was the largest country in the world at that time, both in terms of quality and quantity. The Song Dynasty had reached the peak of the feudal dynasty, and the germ of capitalism had already appeared.

The Song Dynasty was a dynasty that focused on commercial development and did not want other dynasties to focus on agriculture and suppress commerce.

Relatively speaking, the Song Dynasty was the most prosperous era of economy, culture and education in ancient Chinese history, China's total GDP in the Northern Song Dynasty was 100 million US dollars, accounting for the total world economy, and the Qing Dynasty in 1820 before the Opium War, China's total GDP was 228.6 billion US dollars, accounting for the total world economy, which is the peak of China's GDP accounting for the world's total. The per capita GDP of Chinese in the Northern Song Dynasty was US$450, exceeding the per capita GDP of Western Europe at that time of US$427, while the per capita GDP of Chinese in the Qing Dynasty was US$600 in 1820, and the per capita GDP of Britain after the first industrial revolution was US$1,250.

The economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty was unprecedented, with major developments in agriculture, printing, papermaking, silk weaving, and porcelain. The maritime industry and shipbuilding industry have made outstanding achievements, and the overseas industry is developed, and a total of 58 countries in the South Seas, South Asia, West Asia, Africa, Europe and other regions have trade. In the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, the large-scale and comprehensive and in-depth development of the south contributed to the southern region becoming the economic and cultural center of the country, and since then it has completely replaced the economic and cultural center of the northern region.

The revival of Confucianism, the society was permeated with the wind of respecting teachers and respecting the way, the development of science and technology also advanced by leaps and bounds, and the politics were more enlightened and honest, and there were no serious eunuch chaos and local divisions in the Song Dynasty, and the number and scale of mutinies and civil rebellions were relatively small in Chinese history, and the population increased from 32.5 million in the fifth year of the Taiping Rejuvenation (980) to 112.75 million in the fourth year of Daguan (1110). 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.

However, there are many people in Western and Japanese historiography who believe that the Song Dynasty was a renaissance and economic revolution in Chinese history.

The Song Dynasty was the most economically prosperous, the most technologically advanced, the most culturally prosperous, the most artistic, and the most affluent people's living standards in Chinese history. The Song Dynasty was the most glorious dynasty for China and the country with the most inventions and creations in the world at that time; The Song Dynasty was also the period when China made the greatest contribution to the world, more than half of the important inventions in Chinese history appeared in the Song Dynasty, when three of China's so-called four great inventions were invented or began to be used on a large scale, such as gunpowder, the compass, printing, paper money, vertical thread weaving, and important reforms in porcelain technology.

Navigation, shipbuilding, medicine, crafts, and agricultural technology in the Song Dynasty all reached unprecedented heights in ancient times and were difficult to compare with in later times; The Song Dynasty also developed a new science, the technical science. These brilliant achievements are directly related to the comprehensive civilization of the Song Dynasty.

The GDP of the Song Dynasty was 50% of the world's. The comprehensive strength of the country, both in terms of quality and quantity, was the largest country in the world at that time. The Song Dynasty had reached the peak of the feudal dynasty, and the germ of capitalism had already appeared.

It is said that the GDP of the Song Dynasty reached the level of the early 21st century of New China.

There are a number of reasons for this.

The main ones are: First, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty released the military power with a glass of wine. Heavy text, not martial arts. Focus on socio-economic development.

Second, the Song Dynasty was the only dynasty in history that did not suppress commerce.

Three. The Song Dynasty attached great importance to the development of the south, and it was the period of the greatest development in history. It is also a critical period for the economic center of gravity to shift from north to south.

Fourth, the emperors and rulers of the Song Dynasty attached great importance to economic development and scientific and technological development.

Fifth, the Song Dynasty attached great importance to economic legislation

Heavy literature and light military force, so prosperous. And death is ...... because of this

First, the great integration of nationalities. The Song Dynasty ended the situation of five dynasties and ten kingdoms, while the Yuan Dynasty unified the Jin, Western Xia, Dali, Tibet and Southern Song Dynasty.

Second: national policy decisions. The reason for the cultural prosperity of the Song Dynasty lies in its unique policy of cultivating culture and martial arts, and this period is also an important period for the development of China's economy from north to south, which led to the prosperity of Song Dynasty culture. Due to the high-pressure policy of the Yuan Dynasty, most of the Han literati officialdom turned to the creation of quyi and poetry, so the development of quyi in the Yuan Dynasty has been greatly developed.

Third: advanced science and technology. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, three of the four major inventions, movable type printing, the compass, and gunpowder, were further developed during that period.

At that time, China was a world leader in science and technology, including astronomy, geography, medicine, and mathematics. It has formed a situation of unprecedented prosperity in China's science and technology culture.

Fourth: foreign exchanges. During the Song and Yuan dynasties, foreign exchanges were very frequent, the country was enlightened, and the culture of Shanghai was inclusive of all rivers and rivers, which promoted prosperity.

Fifth: changes in class. With the expansion of the citizen class, the improvement of living standards, and the richer requirements for cultural and entertainment life, the development of cultural undertakings stimulated by the development of commercial lyrics and songs has been popularized and developed.