火灾视阈下北宋刘太后与士大夫的权力博弈

The Conflicts between Empress Liu and Scholar-Officials in Northern Song Dynasty from “Fire” Perspective

宋仁宗年幼即位,刘太后垂帘听政11年,常有僭越之举。随着科举制的发展,士大夫群体的自主意识逐渐增强,希望刘太后能够早日还政于仁宗。天圣七年、十年发生了两次大火灾,刘太后与士大夫双方对火灾性质进行了截然相对的解释,其实质是刘太后与士大夫群体之间的权力博弈。

Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty was enthroned at underage age.In the name of his mother,Empress Liu had been in power for eleven years.During her reign,she had done something beyond the rules of etiquette.With the development of imperial examination system,the independence consciousness of the scholar-officials community gradually increased,and wanted Empress Liu to hand over power to Renzong as soon as possible.As for the two fires of 1029 and 1032,Empress Liu and scholar-officials had opposite explanations,which was essentially a game of power between the two parties.