Wang Shipeng lived in a period of the Southern Song Dynasty when national conflicts,class contradictions and social problems were very serious.He insisted that the emperor should take the people as the foundation of h...Wang Shipeng lived in a period of the Southern Song Dynasty when national conflicts,class contradictions and social problems were very serious.He insisted that the emperor should take the people as the foundation of his country and local officials' administration be the critical factor in carrying out this people-oriented thought.Aiming at dealing with those phenomena which endanger the people's interests,Wang Shipeng put forward a series of measures,such as selecting virtuous competent officials,punishing merciless officials,being more cautious in passing sentences and relieving people's taxes burden and so on.Those measures were practiced in Wang's tenure of office.Wang's people-oriented thought had a high pertinence and reality in his period and was helpful in alleviating the conflicts and stabilizing the social situation.The economy was developed and so was the imperial court's cohesion.In spite of its limitation in protecting the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty,Wang's people-oriented thought made a great historical progress.展开更多
文摘Wang Shipeng lived in a period of the Southern Song Dynasty when national conflicts,class contradictions and social problems were very serious.He insisted that the emperor should take the people as the foundation of his country and local officials' administration be the critical factor in carrying out this people-oriented thought.Aiming at dealing with those phenomena which endanger the people's interests,Wang Shipeng put forward a series of measures,such as selecting virtuous competent officials,punishing merciless officials,being more cautious in passing sentences and relieving people's taxes burden and so on.Those measures were practiced in Wang's tenure of office.Wang's people-oriented thought had a high pertinence and reality in his period and was helpful in alleviating the conflicts and stabilizing the social situation.The economy was developed and so was the imperial court's cohesion.In spite of its limitation in protecting the rule of the Southern Song Dynasty,Wang's people-oriented thought made a great historical progress.
