绍兴十二年

The book by Xia Jianyong strives to introduce the history of Southern Song Dynasty in 1142. From the perspectives of time and events, the book comprehensively reflects the politics and social life of that time and deeply releases the inner world and behavior logic of the people. There are grand political and military events (such as the Treaty of Shaoxing, the death of Yue Fei, Empress Dowager's back to palace, coercion of Qin Hui, etc.) and details referring every aspect of social life, ranging from customs, prize, imperial examinations, students agitation, literature, bureaucratic system, tea economy, policy of horse, monks' certificate, postal delivery system, geography, climate, industry, foreign trade, imperial clan, imperial relatives which delicately embody in a great framework of undulating time.