On Zhang Fangping And His Political And Economical Thoughts And Practice

The mid-term of the Northern Song Dynasty is a Complicated and changeable historical period full of all kinds of contradictions. Zhao Song Dynasty was perplexed by the domestic troubles and foreign invasion. Centering on how to get out of difficult position and restore national power, men of insight were considering and exploring the way of treating the country and put it into practice actively. Among them Zhang Fangping was a prominent one. Zhang Fangping experienced five terms of Northern Song Dynasty from Song Zhenzong to Song Zhezong, saw the surging social reforms of mid-term of Northern Song Dynasty and went through the baptism of the great political movement such as Qingli and XiNing Reform. He had been up and down in official circles for many times. His complicated and abundant social experience was a mirror reflecting the historical facts of this period. Zhang Fangping got the discernment of Song Renzong, the knowledge of Song Yingzong and the treatment of Song Shenzong. He held the important post inside and outside, entered Yu Tang for three times, was in charge of Ji Si for two times and Joined Zhong Shu for a time. Zhang Fangping put forward the political and economical propositions of worship the monarchical power, flourishing the court, decreasing and increasing according to the time, stressing the etiquette and custom, enriching country and people. His propositions guided effectively his social movement and made his own contribution to the country. This paper is mainly on Zhang Fangping's life story, political and economical thoughts and practice.This paper is made up of introduction and main body. Among this, the main body comprises of two parts, the review of Zhang Fangping life story and Zhang Fangping's political and economical thoughts and practice. In the first part of main body, the writer describes and reviews Zhang Fangping's tortuous, long and disputed life story from vertical section in the form of review, analyzes and inquires into the forming cause ofthe phenomenon of Zhang Fangping from individual and social aspect . In the second part of main body .the writer analyzes and expounds thoroughly the political and economical thoughts guiding Zhang Fangping's social practice and its characteristics from transverse section.