英文摘要 |
From the mid-tenth century onwards, zhenru真儒(authentic scholar) had been a term that widely circulated in social occasions to praise a person for their achievements. The social use of the term also had a political implication, namely praising an emperor for his recognition and appointment of authentic scholars. The term gained heavy political weight when Emperor Shenzong of Song (r. 1067-1085) adopted it in his“Imperial Pronouncement of Wang Anshi’s Appointment as Zhaowen Grand Councilor”王安石拜昭文相制, in which he demonstrated his full support of Wang Anshi王安石(1021-1086) by granting Wang the supreme authority in morality, scholarship, and administration. Critical responses to this imperial pronouncement emerged in various forms. This paper analyzes the use of the term zhenru in historical and classic commentaries and argues that it had strong political connotations, agreeing or disagreeing with Emperor Shenzong’s definition of Wang as an authentic scholar, in such apparently innocent texts in the mid- and late Northern Song dynasty. |