J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (9): 6-9.
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War didn't take place between Song Dynasty and Dali Kingdom, however, Song Dynasty made an assumption that Dali Kingdom was full of military offensiveness. Such hypothesis was reflected in the discourse of borderland government officials, as well as in Song Dynasty's southwest defending system guarding against Dali Kingdom. One of the reasons of the assumption was that the kingdom of Nanzhao and other ethnic nationalities had strong military aggressiveness. And Song Dynasty thought that Dali Kingdom was a continuation of the kingdom of Nanzhao. Another reason was that Song Dynasty was seriously threatened by ethnic nationalities at that time. The hypothesis did not match with actual facts, but it had obtained good results and achieved the expecting goals.
