宋遼帝后生辰與哀喪的交聘活動－－以宋真宗、遼承天太后、遼聖宗為主

The Dispatch of Song Embassies of Congratulations and Condolences to the Liao: The Cases of Song Emperor Zhenzong, Liao Empress Dowager Chengtian, and Liao Emperor Shengzong

本文的特點，在於比較詳細地論述宋真宗、遼承天太后、遼聖宗生辰與哀喪的交聘活動情形，期使讀者能更加了解宋與遼在訂立澶淵盟約初期，雙方都能以誠摯的態度與維持和平外交的心意，進行各項的交聘活動，為後來宋遼長期的和平關係奠定了良好的基礎。

In 1962, Professor Ping-ti Ho published his book on Chinese civil service examination and social mobility, The Ladder of Success in Imperial China: Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911. This is a first-class contribution to the subject of social mobility in traditional China. It has almost exhausted the existing data which may be treated statistically and which bears on the subject through the family background of members of the elite class in that society. As his primary source, he uses lists of holders of economic degrees which, according to Chinese law, include each candidate's ancestry for three generations. He also makes use of other sources, such as government statutes, certain local history, biographies, genealogies, and some works of contemporary observers. This book is a classic for all of the students of Chinese Studies and social sciences in past 46 years. It has been translated into Italian and Japanese since its publication. Yet, the most wanted Chinese version of this book has not published. Therefore, with Professor Ho's blessing, I propose a project to translate The Ladder of Success in Imperial China: Aspects of Social Mobility, 1368-1911 into Chinese with connoted notes. This is the Chinese translation of the Chapter Ⅱ, 'The Fluidity of the State System.'