"The Tale of the Tianbao" - Kaigen Tianbao

... However, this prosperity was a fleeting moment, as the country dealt with the reality of the coming of a new era, while at the same time maintaining a balance through contradictory policies aimed at returning to the crumbling aristocratic society and rebuilding it, or, to put it bluntly, by playing with underhanded tactics. Hidden behind the splendid court life described in Kaiyuan Tianbao Yishi by Wang Renyu of the Five Dynasties at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the splendor of Chang'an sung by the poets of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the poverty of the peasants was becoming serious and the country's finances were becoming tight. As if to symbolize the anxiety of the transitional period, there was a fierce conflict at the center between bureaucrats of aristocratic origin and the newly emerging bureaucrats who had passed the imperial examinations. In addition, the military recruitment system led to the deployment of military governors in various regions, and in particular the military governors of foreign origins who were used by the aristocratic Prime Minister Li Linfu to protect himself, were expanding their influence. ...

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…　この盛世はしかし，新しい時代の到来という現実に対処しながらも，崩れゆく貴族社会への回帰，立て直しを志向する矛盾に満ちた政策，悪くいえば姑息な策を弄してバランスを保ったつかの間の輝きであったともいえる。唐末五代の王仁裕の《開元天宝遺事》が伝える華麗な宮廷生活，盛唐の詩人たちがうたいあげる長安の栄華にかくれて，農民の窮乏は深刻となり財政は迫しつつあった。過渡期の不安を象徴するかのように，中央では貴族出身の官僚と新興勢力である科挙出身官僚との対立が激しく，また募兵制の採用により各地に配置された節度使，とりわけ貴族出身の宰相李林甫が保身のために利用した異民族出身の節度使たちが勢力を拡大していた。…

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