晏殊“太平宰相”新论

A New Discussion on“Prime Minister of Peace”Yan Shu

晏殊是北宋杰出的政治家,但一直被后人负面地贴上“太平宰相”的标签。晏殊所处的北宋前期虽然被视为相对太平的时代,但是国家经受自然灾害、外敌入侵及朝廷内部党争的内外困扰,危机四伏;晏殊本人也因为帝后之争、党派争斗遭受三次贬谪,政治生涯并不太平。因而“太平宰相”的称号并不成立。晏殊从政近五十年,他能够稳定大局,选贤任能,从政治、经济、军事方面经营国是,落实安邦定国之策,实为“嘉祐之治”奠定基础。晏殊的政治人格和文人情怀是有差异的,但又对立统一于他的身上。“太平宰相”的误读无疑是后人割裂了其政治家与文人的双重人格,委实需要还原历史语境予以重新论定。

Yan Shu,an outstanding politician of the Northern Song Dynasty,has always been negatively labeled as the“Prime Minister of Peace”by later generations.Although he lived in the early Northern Song Dynasty,which was considered a relatively peaceful era,the country was plagued by natural disasters,foreign invasion,and internal and external struggles within the court,and was plagued by crises;Yan Shu himself was also exiled three times due to the dispute between the emperor and the queen,as well as the party struggle,his political career was not peaceful.Thus the title of“Peace Prime Minister”is not established.In politics for nearly fifty years,he was able to stabilize the overall situation,select and appoint talents,manage the country politically,economically,and militarily,implement the policy of stabilizing the country,and lay the foundation for the“Jiayou governance”.The misreading of“Prime Minister Peace”undoubtedly resulted in the separation of the dual personalities of politicians and literati by later generations,and it is indeed necessary to restore the historical context and redefine it.