李沆与宋初的“重厚质实”之风

A Study on Li Hang and the Steady & Honest Atmosphere in Early Song Dynasty

宋初的政治形势迫使朝廷急需重厚质实之士主谋大事,以安定社会秩序,维护君主权威。宋初君臣对自身及中央各机构职能的理性思考,也使重厚质实之风得以形成并流行。李沆恰于此时进士及第,其廉洁自律、纯厚坦诚的个人品德,慎名器、尊君主的为臣之道,稳重踏实、崇尚质朴的为政之风,实为重厚质实之杰出代表。在李沆影响下所形成的政治理念,对于宋代中央各部门之间均衡、稳定态势的形成起到了重要作用。

In early Song Dynasty, because the political situation was unstable, imperial government urgently needed men who were steady and honest to be in power so as to maintain social order and monarchical power. It made the steady and honest atmosphere evolve that the emperor and the ministers rationally pondered themselves and function of central institutions. At that time Li Hang passed the imperial examination. He was very honest in performing his official duty, and respected the emperor. Therefore, he was a forenmner of steady and honest atmosphere. His political principle played an important role on the balance among the central government＇ s various departments in the Song Dynasty.