Southern Song Views of Wang Anshi and His New Policies: At and Away from Court

本書探析南宋朝野在不同時期、不同層面對於王安石的評價，從政局變化、學術思想、以及鄉里社會的基礎，分析王學與程學在南宋的消長起伏，進而對南宋末年與王安石相關的讖言與話本進行考證。全書內容豐富，考證詳實，對南宋的政局變化，教育與科舉的內容，尤其分析詳盡。因此，本書既是對先行相關研究的統整梳理，也包含作者深入相關史料後所得出的創見，對於有志研究南宋史的學者而言，本書是必須參考的論著。

Based on the political changes, academic thoughts, and rural-village society, Liang’s Southern Song Views of Wang Anshi and His New Policies: At and Away from Court surveys multifarious evaluations of Wang Anshi during different periods of the Southern Song Dynasty, analyzing the rise and fall of Wang’s Xinxue and Cheng Yi’s Daoxue. This monograph further scrutinizes the late Southern Song prophecies and huaben related to Wang Anshi. Meanwhile, it thoroughly explores various issues, in particular with the detailed analysis of political changes, education, and the civil service examination system during the Southern Song. Therefore, this book not only systematically incorporates previous related research but also offers the author’s original insights derived from relevant historical materials. This is definitely a worth-reading reference book for scholars who aspire to undertake their research in the history of the Southern Song.