A Culture Type of the Song Dynasty: Concept, Stages and Type Features

The culture type of the Song Dynasty is not only a sign of mere age culture, but a new cultural type with new cultural features. The learning style of the Song Dynasty, which sought for being saintly at heart and spiritually satisfactory, becomes an important aspect forming the core of the culture of the Song Dynasty. The mature imperial examinations system, official bureaucrat system, centralized state power and admonishmentagainstmistakes system are the basic content of the culture of the Song Dynasty. The agricultural revolution, the city consumption economy and the scholarofficial class etc. are the material foundation of the Song culture.