范仲淹经略西北边地的人本透视

Penetrating Fan Zhongyan's Humanism on the Issue of Northwest Frontier Defense

康定元年(1040年)到庆历三年(1043年),范仲淹奉命出使西北延路等边地负责抗击西夏的活动,在此期间他以人本主义的理念为根本出发点,在攻守抉择上主张“防御”战略,以最大限度减少民众的生命财产损失;在战术方针上着眼于调动“人”的能动性,不仅发掘宋军汉民的积极性作为防御的主体,同时大力组织边地蕃民作为御边的有生力量,而且大力启用各类人才服务于御边事业。范仲淹经略边地的作为彰显了他的人本主义理念,其御边所取的成功是他奉行这一思想的结果。

From Kangding yuan year （1040） to qingli san year （1043）, Fan Zhongyan was assigned to be in charge of fortifying the northwest frontier such as Luyanlu and struggling against the army of Xixia. During that period, he set humanism as the starting point and held ＂protection＂ war strategy to minimize the life and property loss. On war tactics, he maintained to activate human beings＇ initiative. He not only motivated the Han nationality of Song army as the main power of defense, but organized the people in bordering area to safeguard their homeland. Various talents were employed to offer service to defending cause. Fan Zhongyan＇s activity manifested his humanism thinking and his achievement in bordering defense indicated his implementation of humanism.