Library

During the period of confrontation between the Northern Song Dynasty and the Liao Dynasty, envoys were sent to the Liao Kingdom every year. These envoys sent by the Song Dynasty to the Liao Kingdom were not only a diplomatic group, but also a medium for spreading the culture of the Central Plains. This book conducts multi-faceted research on the group of envoys of the Song Dynasty during the more than 100 years of diplomatic activities between the Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty, including the identity and characteristics of the envoys of the Song Dynasty, the court's management of envoys, and the role of envoys in the relations between Song Dynasty and Liao Dynasty. In terms of content, this book includes diplomatic history, political history, official history of the Song Dynasty, and even ecological and environmental history, social life history, etc. The historical materials are very rich, which not only enables people to understand the history of that time, but also provides some enlightenment for today's diplomats.