【内容简介】

　　赵匡胤正生逢五代这一动荡分裂、“易君如骰棋”的极乱之世。他的家世平平无奇，年方及冠就为家庭生计，不得不离家求职，在历经长达一年半一无所获的流浪之后，终于被当时的后汉重臣、后来的后周太祖郭威收为帐下亲兵。以此为起点，他仅在约十年间就快速跃升为后周的高级将领，并于一举篡夺政权，成为叱咤风云、君临天下的开国皇帝，不仅南征北战、统一疆域，更通过收拢兵权、厘革官制、大兴文教、鼓励农商等手段稳定了宋初局势，奠定了绵延三百余年的赵宋王朝的基业。

　　本书既在陈桥兵变、金匮之盟与斧声烛影等宋初诸疑案上，有异于成说之新见，在宋太祖针对宋初乱局于政治、经济、文化、军事等各方面的政策上，亦深稽博考，融叙事与考辨一体，全面地展示了一位与“秦皇”“汉武”“唐宗”比肩的千古一帝的个人形象与千秋功业，更借赵匡胤的传奇一生，重现了五代末至宋初的历史风云。

　　作者简介

　　顾宏义，华东师范大学古籍研究所研究员，博士生导师，中国历史文献研究会副会长，主要从事宋史、古典文献学研究。著有“两宋烽烟录”丛书等通俗宋史读物及《宋初政治研究——以皇位授受为中心》《宋朝方志考》《宋初文献考论》等学术著作，并参与《资治通鉴纲目》《历代四书序跋题记资料汇编》等古籍整理项目，主编有《宋元谱录丛编》等，在《历史研究》等刊物发表学术论文数十篇。

【 Content Introduction 】

Zhao Kuangyin is born in the five dynasties this turbulent division, "Yi Jun like dice chess" extremely chaotic world. His family was ordinary, when he was young and Guan, he had to leave home to find a living for his family, and after a year and a half of wandering in vain, he was finally accepted by Guo Wei, then a major minister of the later Han Dynasty and later the Emperor Taizu of the Later Zhou Dynasty, as a personal soldier. Taking this as a starting point, he quickly rose to the senior general of the later Zhou Dynasty in only about ten years, and usurped the political power in one fell fell, becoming the founding emperor of the world, not only the south and north wars, unified the territory, but also through the collection of military power, the reform of the official system, the promotion of culture and education, encouraging agriculture and commerce and other means to stabilize the situation in the early Song Dynasty, laying the foundation of the Zhao Song Dynasty for more than 300 years.

This book not only has new views on the suspicious cases of the early Song Dynasty, such as the Chenqiao mutiny, the Jianguo Alliance and the axe sound and the candle shadow, but also in-depth research on the policies of Emperor Taizu in the political, economic, cultural, military and other aspects of the chaos in the early Song Dynasty, integrating narrative and analysis, and comprehensively displaying the personal image and achievements of an ancient emperor who is equal to the "Qin Emperor", "Han Wu" and "Tang Emperor". Zhao Kuangyin's legendary life reproduces the historical situation from the end of the five dynasties to the beginning of the Song Dynasty.

About the author

Gu Hongyi is a researcher and doctoral supervisor at the Institute of Ancient Books of East China Normal University. He is also the vice president of the Chinese Historical Literature Research Association. He is mainly engaged in the study of Song history and classical literature. He is the author of popular Song history books such as the "Two Song Dynasty War Books" series and academic works such as "Political Research of the Early Song Dynasty -- Centered on the Imperial Throne", "Local Chronicles of the Song Dynasty" and "On the Literature of the Early Song Dynasty", and participated in the compilation of ancient books such as "Zhizhitongjian Compendium" and "Compilation of the Preface and Postscript of the Four Books of the Past Dynasties". He has published dozens of academic papers in journals such as Historical Research.