承上启下还是拾漏补遗——《宋代开封研究》评介

A Bridge Between the Past and the Future, or Merely Filling Gaps — A Review of Studies on Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty

The Studies on Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty is a monograph on Kaifeng, the capital of the Song Dynasty, written by Japanese scholar of Song history, Kazuo Kubota. The book uses concepts such as “capital function”, “sacred and secular capital facilities” for the research theories. It takes the Forbidden Army barracks in the Northern Song Dynasty, the urban space and law of Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the reform and politics of the Northern Song Dynasty as its research objects. The entire city of Kaifeng has been studied in detail, presenting a Kaifeng city from a different perspective than previous studies. Based on the study of the book Studies on Kaifeng in the Song Dynasty, this article reviews it, focuses on highlighting its academic value, and defines its academic status.

《宋代开封研究》一书是日本宋史研究学者久保田和男对宋代首都开封城市的专著。此书采用“首都功能”、“‘神圣’、‘世俗’首都设施”等概念为研究理论，以北宋禁军军营，北宋开封的城市空间和时法，北宋的改革和政治等为研究对象，对整个开封城市进行了详细的深入研究，给人呈现了一个不同以往研究视角下的开封城市。本文在研读《宋代开封研究》一书基础上，对其进行评介，侧重突显其学术价值，并对其学术地位进行界定。