北宋后期三省奏事班次考

A Study on the Memorial-Presenting System of the Three Departments in the Late Northern Song Dynasty:Focus on the Panel

元丰五年,宋神宗以三省作为新的宰相机构,并随之实行三省分班奏事制度。这一制度有利于神宗独断,但也存在明显缺陷。因此,神宗之后的统治者又逐渐对制度进行了调整,最终在哲宗朝改为合班奏事。三省奏事制度的变化,与元丰后各政治势力消长与博弈存在着密切关联,是我们了解当时政局演变的重要线索。

In 1082, the Emperor Shenzong set up the Three Departments as a new prime-ministerial institution. The Three Departments presented memorials respectively to the emperor in the form of different panels. This system was beneficial to the dictatorship of the Emperor Shenzong, however, it had its distinct defects. Therefore the later rulers gradually readjusted this system. Finally, the form was established as a single panel formed by the Three Departments during the reign of the Emperor Zhezong . The evolution of this system was closely related to the evolvement of the political situations in the late Northern Song Dynasty.