The Sorrow of the Warriors: Advocating Literature and Suppressing Martial Arts and the Rise and Fall of the Northern Song Dynasty

About This Novel

The Northern Song Dynasty had two outstanding features in Chinese history. First, it was an unprecedentedly prosperous economy and culture, and was known as a prosperous age; second, it was militarily weak, and was destroyed by the Jin Dynasty more than 160 years after its founding. The emergence of such a historical phenomenon is closely related to the national policy of "advocating culture and restraining military force" implemented in the Northern Song Dynasty. In view of the shortcomings of military dictatorship in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, Emperor Taizu of the Song Dynasty began to re-employ literati and restrain military generals. This policy was perfected by Taizong and Zhenzong. In the Renzong Dynasty, the policy of "advocating literature and suppressing military force" had reached its extreme, and scholars began to take charge of the army instead of military generals. Although Yingzong, Shenzong, and Zhezong tried to reverse the shortcomings of this policy, they were unable to reverse it. Eventually, Huizong and Qinzong were captured by the Jin people, and the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed. The negative impact of the Northern Song Dynasty's implementation of the national policy of "advocating civility and restraining military force" was not only reflected in the Song Dynasty's always being weak in external relations, but also in the serious imbalance of civil-military relations in internal political operations, which led to the tragic fate of Yang Ye, Chen Yaozi, Wang Deyong, Zhang Kang, Liu Kai, Zhong Shiheng, Di Qing, Wang Shao and others. These flesh-and-blood cases reflected the fragility of the foundation of the Northern Song Dynasty, which ultimately led to the sad end of the prosperous Northern Song Dynasty.

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