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This book mainly uses the research method of psychological history to explore the national psychology of the upper class of the northern Han people in the Liao, Jin and Yuan Dynasties. The reason why we use the national psychology of the upper class of the northern Han people as a research perspective is that during the period of dynasty change, "the reason why the people's hearts are for Chu and Han, they all rely on it." In particular, some of them are very influential bureaucrats, religious leaders and scholars. Their mentality and choices during critical periods in history often play a huge leading role in society, because in an agricultural society, the collective unconscious mentality of blindly following the trend is very marketable. Moreover, in dynasties established under the leadership of ethnic minorities, those who have substantial contact opportunities with ethnic minority emperors and powerful figures at all levels, that is, these upper-class Han figures who come forward as bureaucrats, religious leaders, and scholars, although their feelings cannot represent the feelings of all Han people, they are still very representative. During the Liao, Jin, and Yuan dynasties, the national psychology of the upper class Han people in the north went through a complex process of change during the nearly five hundred years when ethnic minorities held the core power of the country. During this process, the Liao Kingdom once expanded its power to the Yellow River Basin; the Jin Kingdom pursued the Southern Song Dynasty regime after the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty. During the period of King Hailing, it even attempted to use war to unify China; while the Mongols eventually led a new and larger-scale unification of the country, but after the unification, the time to maintain unity was relatively short. If we analyze the national psychology of the upper class of the northern Han people during this period from the perspective of the formation process of a common social psychology required to unify the country, it will be very beneficial to the overall study of this period of history.

This book uses popular and beautiful writing to present the life of Fan Zhongyan Xiu Qi Zhiping. On the basis of being faithful to historical facts and comprehensively absorbing Fan Zhongyan's research results, and under the guidance of a correct view of history, this book faces the public and uses popular and beautiful writing to present Fan Zhongyan's family background, Fan Zhongyan and Qingli New Deal, Fan Zhongyan from ten aspects. His relationship with many friends such as Ouyang Xiu and Han Qi, Fan Zhongyan's contributions to people's livelihood, education, and academics during his time as an official in various places, Fan Zhongyan's political thoughts, literary creations, family traditions, etc., All show this traditional scholar-bureaucrat's feelings of "worrying about the world's worries first, and rejoicing after the world's happiness" from aspects such as being a person, being a writer, and being an official. It is both academic and popular.