| Issue No. |
No. 47 |
| Title |
The Military Defence Thought of Shi Gong School in the Southern Song Dynasty: Case Studies of Chen Liang and Yeh Shih |
| Author |
Chiu, Yu Lok |
| Page |
105-126 |
| Abstract |
The studies of the intellectuals in the eastern Zhejiang have been a long interest for scholars to explain the transformation of Confucianism to an applicable sense for the society in the Southern Song Dynasty. Despite the mere philosophical concerns about life and value inspired from the Confucian classics, philosophers of the School of Zhe Dong Shi Gong like Chen Liang and Yeh Shih tended to focus on the issues of military defence and political weakness in view of the invasion of Jin army. This paper serves as a preliminary study of Chen and Yeh with a special emphasis on their contributions to the military strategy which had been more or less adopted by the court in a time of emergency. Moreover, the relationship between Confucianism and Shi Gong School’s military ideas as well as the effectiveness of these military defence proposals are also discussed in the paragraphs. It comes to the conclusion that the military defence thought originated from Chen Liang was widely developed by Yeh Shih in many practical situations but was inevitably limited after the Song-Jin peace agreements confirmed. |
| Keyword |
Southern Song Feats sent, Jingxiang Han, Fortresses |
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