In the first year of Zheng Zhi (134 1), Tuotuo became the prime minister, which greatly changed the old government of Bo Yan and resumed the imperial examination. For three years (1343), Zheng Zheng was the editor-in-chief of Liao History, Song History and Jin History and the president of the capital. Zheng Zheng resigned due to illness for four years (1344). Following the detachment, Arutu presided over the compilation of the three histories of Liao, Jin and Song, and granted him supreme rule, especially the historical part of Song in the three histories, which was presided over by Arutu.
The History of Song Dynasty was published in the first edition, and the second edition was reprinted by Chenghua Zhu Ying. At the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, Kublai Khan of Yuan Shizu wrote a letter to revise the History of Song Dynasty, but it failed because of different styles and titles. In March of the third year of Yuan Shundi's reign, he ordered the revision of the three histories of Liao, Jin and Song. Seven people, including Timur Tazhi, He, Zhang Qiyan and Ouyang Xuan, served as the Chief Executive, and 23 historians, including Wo Yulun, Taifu Fenghua, Yu Wenchuan, Gong Shidao, Yu Kan, Jia Lu and others.
A Brief Introduction to the Content of History of Song Dynasty
The book is divided into eleven chapters, describing the political changes, system design, social economy, cultural life and other aspects of the Song Dynasty, and focusing on political history, dividing the history of the Song Dynasty into seven periods: rise, persistence, dispute, mutation, resurgence, stalemate and decline. The author is not confined to the previous "mainstream" viewpoint, and can put forward his own explanation according to historical materials, which has distinctive characteristics. The book is accompanied by memorabilia of the Song Dynasty, genealogy list of the Song Dynasty, main bibliography, maps of the central areas of Liao, Northern Song and Xixia, and situation maps of the Southern Song Dynasty.
The Song Dynasty was an era of inheriting the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and enlightening the Yuan Dynasty. It lasted 18 emperor for 320 years, during which hundred schools of thought, such as Neo-Confucianism of Cheng Zhu, Neo-Confucianism of Su Zi and Shu Xue, appeared, showing a gratifying phenomenon of "a hundred schools of thought contend". The development of science and technology has also advanced by leaps and bounds. The compass, gunpowder and printing in the "Four Great Inventions" were all perfected and widely used in the Song Dynasty, which had a great influence on the development of world civilization.