1, natural factors
The change of climatic conditions in Song Dynasty made the south more suitable for agricultural development. At the same time, due to the early economic development, serious soil erosion, human activities seriously damaged the natural environment, environmental degradation, affecting agricultural production.
However, the economic development in the south since the Three Kingdoms laid a certain foundation for economic development and maintained a good natural environment, thus providing favorable natural conditions for economic development in the south.
2. Political factors
This is manifested in:
First, most of the ruling territory of the Song Dynasty was in the south, and the political center of the Southern Song Dynasty moved south, which promoted the continued development of the southern economy to a certain extent;
Second, since the end of the Tang Dynasty, there have been frequent wars in the north, while the south is relatively stable, providing a relatively stable social environment for economic development;
Third, during the Song Dynasty, the struggle of the people of the Central Plains against the plunder of the northern minority nobles prevented the northern minority nobles from going south and saved the south from the disaster of war. Fourth, the rulers attach importance to economic development and adopt some policies that are conducive to economic development, thus promoting the economic development of the South.
3. Economic factors
There are still many wars in the north, but the social order in the south is relatively stable, and a large number of people from the north move south, which provides a large number of labor for the economic development in the south, so that the natural resources in the south can continue to be developed and utilized, and the social and economic order can develop, thus eventually surpassing the north and the national economic center of gravity moves south.
Extended data
Basic law and enlightenment
1. The area where the ancient economic center of China moved south gradually moved from north to south, from the Yellow River basin to the Yangtze River basin and south, and from the mainland to the southeast coast.
2. The trend of China's ancient economic center moving southward is often the most prominent in the period of national division or feudal separatist wars (such as Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Anshi Rebellion, Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, Song and Jin confrontation, etc.). ).
3. The shift of the economic center of gravity to the south in ancient China and the economic development in the south were completed under the conditions of war in the north and relative stability in the south, which shows that political stability is the premise and foundation of social and economic development, and the war and turbulent social environment can only destroy the social productive forces and the achievements of economic development.
4. Due to the war, a large number of northerners moved to the south in ancient times, which increased the labor force in the south and brought advanced production tools and technologies to the south, reflecting the highest level of social productivity development at that time. This shows that the hard work and productivity progress of people of all ethnic groups are the most important factors for economic development, and the introduction and application of the most advanced production technology is an important guarantee for promoting rapid economic development.
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