宋臣劉敞使遼的行程

The journey of the Song Dynasty's courtier Liu Chang as an ambassador to the Liao country

劉敞曾經使遼，返回宋國之後，撰有《使遼語錄》，記載其使遼往返的行程和交聘活動的情形，但是此一《使遼語錄》至今已經失傳了。幸好劉敞所作的使遼詩有被保存下來，而且多達約五十首，使我們得以知道其使遼往返行程的大概情形。本文即是根據劉敞的使遼詩，對其使遼行程作一些探討。

The Investigating Censor 監察御史 was the base of the Censorate 御史臺 in the Jin Dynasty 金朝. During the Jin period, there were two main regulations in the recruitment process influenced the composition of the Investigating Censor officials. The first was to limit the ethnicity and the polit ical quality 出身 of the candidates, the second was to limit the rank 品 of the candidates' former position. In addition, some usages of the appointment had been shaped, such as the appointees were often selected from the low-ranking officials of the Department of State Affairs 尚書省. The regulations and usages of the recruitment of the Investigating Censor officials came from the regard of the Jin court and the requirement of the multi-ethnic polit ical environment.