试述富民阶层对宋朝社会的影响

On the Influence of the Rich Class to Song Dynasty

宋朝走向专制的中央集权政治和日益繁荣的商品经济孕育了富民阶层,富民阶层以其雄厚的经济实力,影响着宋朝的政治、经济及文化,形成了宋朝官商结合、士商结合的新局面。从政治影响看,富民阶层的产生及壮大和农民的破产是同步进行的,贫富分化的不断加剧,是宋朝社会动乱的重要因素;从文化教育看,传统文化中的本末观开始发生变化,功利主义教育思想产生并得到了发展。

The centralized power politics and the prosperous business economy in Song dynasty produced the rich class in the society, The rich class profoundly affected the politics, economy and culture of Song dynasty and with their economic background they facilitated the new social phenomenon of integrating the power with business, the military with business. The political influence caused the multiplication of the rich class and the bankruptcy of farmers, the polarization between the rich and the poor and the social chaos in Song dynasty. The cultural educational influence caused the change of the fundamental and the incidental, and the utilitarianism was produced and developed quickly in this period.