一个国家要复兴，靠的是人，复兴能力的大小又取决于人的素质，素质越高，复兴越快，现代史不乏其例。/零~点!看¨书^ *芜,错\内′容?当然还有其他因素，如自然资源、正确的政策、政治体制等等，但国民素质是个最基本的条件。

我想，解释唐代后期未能复兴而南宋得以中兴的原因，与宋比唐更关注教育的普及、素质的提高，唐代的国民素质不如宋代有密切关系。它不是唯一的原因，也应是最重要的因素之一。

On the Chronological Dating and Study of the Primers in the Tang and Song Dynasties

Li Yumin

Abstract：This paper collects many primers compiled in the Tang and Song periods and studies their titles，volumes，authorship，and dates. In terms of dates，one title is from the mid-Tang era，seven from late Tang era，one from Five Dynasties，fifteen from the Northern Song，and sixty three from the Southern Song. Apparently，the titles in the Song dynasty are much more than those in the Tang. It means that more and more people were educated with these primers from the Tang to Southern Song. Especially in the Southern Song，it seems that the population of literacy increased dramatically. Based on this position，it should be interesting for revisiting the history of the Tang and Song dynasties. The political governance during the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan reign periods are often praised through the ages. However，there was no single primer compiled in early and high Tang eras，which indicates that the education for grassroots was not concerned by the ruling class. This weakness certainly had a negative impact on the quality of the nationals in the Tang and limited the further development. After the An LuShan rebellion，the politics，military，economy，and culture became decaying. In the past，scholars suggest the reason for decay was the rebellion. Actually it is not. Given that in the Song dynasty，there were constant wars between the Song and the Jurchen，but in the Southern Song，the economy was prosperous，and the culture was flourishing. in terms of culture，the Song was the peak. The reason should be attributed