On the performance of conservatism in Song Dynasty and its influence on the Central Plains of later generations

Abstract

With reference to Martin Heidegger's concept of "Machination" and Hegel's master-slave dialectic thinking, this paper explores the reasons for the emergence of the Song Dynasty, a dynasty conservative feature with special research value in ancient China, from the perspective of human social history. As a dynasty whose economy developed rapidly but was repeatedly defeated, invaded, and forced to compromise with other nationalities, the Song Dynasty was different from the radicalism and chauvinism that the previous dynasties and even more ancient dynasties had always adhered to. The conservative attitude directly led to the demise of the Song Dynasty and had an important influence on the later Central Plains, which provided a reference for the governance decisions of the later dynasties for nearly a thousand years.