Emperor Huizong

出版者:Harvard University Press

作者:Patricia Buckley Ebrey

页数:696

出版时间:2014-1-6

价格:USD 45.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780674725256

具体描述

China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of this important monarch, Emperor Huizong is a nuanced portrait that corrects the prevailing view of Huizong as decadent and negligent. Patricia Ebrey recasts him as a ruler genuinely ambitious—if too much so—in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm.

After a rocky start trying to overcome political animosities at court, Huizong turned his attention to the good he could do. He greatly expanded the court’s charitable ventures, founding schools, hospitals, orphanages, and paupers’ cemeteries. An accomplished artist, he surrounded himself with outstanding poets, painters, and musicians and built palaces, temples, and gardens of unsurpassed splendor. What is often overlooked, Ebrey points out, is the importance of religious Daoism in Huizong’s understanding of his role. He treated Daoist spiritual masters with great deference, wrote scriptural commentaries, and urged his subjects to adopt his beliefs and practices. This devotion to the Daoist vision of sacred kingship eventually alienated the Confucian mainstream and compromised his ability to govern.

Readers will welcome this lively biography, which adds new dimensions to our understanding of a passionate and paradoxical ruler who, so many centuries later, continues to inspire both admiration and disapproval.

作者简介

Patricia Buckley Ebrey is Professor of History and Chinese Studies at the University of Washington.

目录信息

Learning to rule, 1082-1108
growing up in the palace,1082-1099
Palace Life/ Huizong’s immediate family/Diversions/ Education/The Capital, Kaifeng/ Talented Friends and Acquaintances（王詵）/Family Drama/
Taking the Throne, 1100
The day of succession/ Empress Dowager Xiang’s Participation in the Government/ Factional Politics/ On-the-Job Training/ The Return of Anti-Reformers /Ousting the Top Reformers/ Zhezong’s Funeral
Trying for Balance, 1101-1102
Coalition government/ Warnings of Heaven’s displeasure/ The temple of spectacular Numina/ The Suburban sacrifices/ Financial Matters/
Choosing the Reformers, 1102-1108
Cai Jing as Grand Councilor/ Charitable Ventures/ The Ban on Opponents/ Suppression of the Writings of Su Shi and His Circle/ Expansion of Government Schools/ Imperial Brush Edicts/
Striving for Magnificence,1102-1112
Placing faith in Daoism, 1100-1110
Liu Hunkang/ Temples and Rituals/ Local Shrines/
Embracing and Revitalizing Tradition
The Music of great brilliance/ The Nine Cauldrons/ The celebration of Auspicious Signs/
Welcoming Masters and Experts.
Physicians/ Builders/ the Painting School/ Court Painters/
Crafting an Image as an Artist
Huizong’s Slender Gold Calligraphy/ Huizong as a Painter/ Huizong as a Poet/
Anticipating Great Things, 1107-1120
Pursuing the Monumental
A new ritual code/ A new Daoist Canon/ Visual Documentation of Auspicious Signs/ Collections of cultural treasures/ the Bright Hall/ the Northeast Marchmount/
Finding Pleasures in Court and Palace Life
Poetry in Culture of Huizong’s court/ Banquets and Garden Parties/ Consorts and Children/ Gossip about Huizong’s Love life
Working with Councilors
Cai Jing and the Council of State/ Policymaking and the Issue of Currency/ Trusted Eunuchs/
Accepting Divine Revelations, 1110-1119
Seers, Dreams, and Visions, Stepped-Up Patronage/ Lin Lingsu’s Revelations/ State Support for the Divine Empyrean/
Allying with Jin
Balance of Power in the North/ New Opportunities/ Negotiations through envoys/
Confronting Failure, 1121-1135
Adjusting to military setbacks, 1121-1125
Fang La’s uprising/ Strains in the Alliance/ Military Embarrassment/ The New Territories/
Abdicating the Throne, 1125-1126
The decision to abdicate/ The Trip South/ A forced return/
Losing Everything, 1126-1127
The fall of Kaifeng/ Qinzong’s departure/ green enclosure/
Enduring Captivity, 1127-1135
Convoys/ Yanjing/ Alien Lands/ The fate of Huizong’s family/
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读后感

在传统史书甚至教科书里，宋徽宗都被定格为一个只会画画、昏庸无道的失败君王，真的是如此吗？作者将宋徽宗放回到历史里面，从一个国外学者的视角来相对公正地给出了他的判断：宋徽宗不止艺术造诣极高，也一直在努力强盛宋朝，而在过程中得罪了儒家传统，或者说是偏离了儒家道...

选择读这本书，因为喜欢瘦金体和《听琴图》。在读之前，对宋徽宗的印象主要有两方面：一是受小说《水浒传》和岳飞《满江红》一词的影响，这个皇帝贪图个人享乐搜刮民脂民膏，使得众多英雄豪杰被逼上梁山早反，后来被金人抓去做牛做马，导致靖康之耻北宋灭亡；二是宋徽宗的艺术...  

赵宋王朝的诸位皇帝当中，宋徽宗是个独特的存在。尽管对时人而言，位居权力顶峰的他，高不可攀，但后世记住的，要么是他无能君主的形象——被金人掳走，沦为阶下囚——赵宋王朝威风不再，要么是作为非凡艺术家的他，不但以瘦金体在书法史上占据一席之地，而且还以高超的画技闻...  

感觉像一本枯燥的台账，只有最后几章写到靖康之耻的地方还好看一点，翻译文笔也不好。看到有人把这本书和万历十五年相比，真是太抬举了。 一个在艺术、宗教、礼乐方面点满了技能点的皇帝，政治、军事昏庸无能，一生起起落落落落落落，他的人生确实非常戏剧化。亡国其实也是积重...  

皇帝也是人，可是身在那样的高位，他被要求只能努力具备圣贤要求的明君品质，而不许有作为人的性情与欲望，所以徽宗对文艺的热爱，与性情相投者的交往，对道教的沉迷都成了他亡国的罪证。如果不是皇帝，他会成为一个成就卓著的艺术家，被后人赞赏，而不是被一再作为反面教材来...  

用户评价

翻开这本书，扑面而来的是一股浓郁的历史气息，那种沉甸甸的、仿佛能触摸到的历史质感，着实令人震撼。作者的笔法极为细腻，尤其是在描述宋徽宗时期宫廷内部的那些微妙的权力博弈和文人圈子的风起云涌时，简直是高手过招，暗流涌动。我特别喜欢它对“靖康之耻”前夜社会心态的刻画，那种繁华下的不安与躁动，被描摹得入木三分。这本书的独特之处在于，它没有落入脸谱化的窠臼，而是试图还原一个有血有肉的个体——一个在艺术上登峰造极，但在治国上却力不从心的帝王。阅读过程中，我时常停下来，思考权力对人性的异化作用。行文间，那些精致的宋代生活场景，比如点茶、插花、赏石的细节，穿插得自然而然，为整体的厚重增添了一抹亮色，但也反衬出其后巨大的悲剧色彩。

我通常对帝王传记不太感冒，但这本书却意外地抓住了我的注意力，或许是因为它讲述的不是一个简单的“好”与“坏”，而是一个关于“错位”的故事。作者的语言风格带着一种清冷而疏离的观察者姿态，仿佛他是一位站在时间长河彼岸的记录者，冷静地记录着每一个决定带来的连锁反应。我尤其欣赏其中关于徽宗与蔡京等权臣之间那种微妙的相互依赖和互相利用关系的分析，那种心照不宣的默契，最终都化为了历史的嘲弄。整本书读下来，给人一种强烈的宿命感。它没有矫揉造作的煽情，但正是这种克制，让北宋末年那种无可挽回的颓势显得更加悲怆。它不是在歌颂或批判，而是在“呈现”——呈现一个伟大艺术家如何无法成为一个合格的统治者，以及那个时代所付出的沉重代价。

这本关于宋徽宗的传记，真是让人读得欲罢不能。作者对那个时代的把握，简直像是亲身经历过一样，每一个细节都描绘得栩栩如生。我尤其欣赏它对徽宗作为一个艺术家的描摹，那种对美学的极致追求，与他作为君主的失职之间形成的巨大反差，被展现得淋漓尽致。书中并没有简单地将他塑造成一个昏庸的末代皇帝，而是深入挖掘了其复杂的人格特质。我仿佛能感受到他指尖在宣和殿的画绢上游走时的那种专注与沉醉，那种对宋代文人士大夫精神世界的深刻理解。然而，这种对雅致生活的迷恋，也无形中加剧了朝堂的腐败与危机。读完之后，我对于中国历史上这段由盛转衰的转折点，有了更深层次的理解和同情——不仅仅是政治斗争的冰冷记录，更是一曲关于天赋、权力与命运的悲歌。文字的张力十足，叙事节奏的把握堪称教科书级别，让人在为北宋的辉煌感到骄傲的同时，又对那份最终的陨落感到深深的惋惜。

这是一部结构宏大、考据严谨的学术性传记，但它的叙事魅力却能跨越专业领域的界限。我必须承认，有些关于财政和军事调度的段落，读起来稍显晦涩，但这些正是它区别于快餐式历史读物的魅力所在。作者似乎是一位“细节控”，他对宋徽宗时期服饰、建筑风格、甚至宫廷日常用具的考证，都达到了令人惊叹的程度。读这本书，就像是走进了一个精心复原的历史场景，连空气中的气味似乎都能闻到。更令人称道的是，作者巧妙地将徽宗个人的艺术实践与其推行的政治政策联系起来，揭示了“美”与“权”之间微妙而危险的共生关系。最终指向的悲剧，不仅仅是王朝的覆灭，更是一种文化理想在残酷现实面前的必然凋零，读罢令人长叹不已。

说实话，这本书的阅读体验相当富有挑战性，但绝对是值得的投入。它不像一般通俗历史读物那样追求情节的跌宕起伏，而是更侧重于对历史氛围和人物心理的深度挖掘。作者似乎对那个时代的哲学思辨和美学思潮有着深厚的功力，因此在论述中常常会引用或化用一些古典文献，这要求读者必须有一定的历史背景知识才能完全领会其深意。我个人认为，它最成功的地方在于，它没有急于对徽宗做出道德审判，而是将大量的篇幅用于构建他所处的那个“时代场域”。通过层层剖析，我们看到的是一个被时代推上了本不适合他肩膀的重担，却又试图用自己唯一擅长的方式——艺术——去对抗混乱世界的孤独灵魂。这种复杂性和多面性，是其他许多关于这位皇帝的作品中所不曾展现的深度。

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