弘治、正德以降至万历朝前期,是晚明中国历史发展的重要时期,王朝发展的社会经济层面,呈现出繁荣发展的态势。同时,也产生了明朝人所谓的各种时弊与社会危机,包括赋税积弊、灾荒打击、盐盗猖獗以及倭乱爆发等内容,也有所谓从“北虏南倭”到“东奴西贼”的危机变化阶段。这些变化,都与地方民生与家庭生活日常息息相关。昆山顾氏家族中的杰出代表顾鼎臣,由于科举的成功,从家乡北上京城的中枢机构任职,开始了比较漫长的仕宦生涯。在他上呈朝廷的许多奏疏以及寄往昆山的家书,多侧面地呈现出在政治地位攀升的过程中,他与官场关系处理的谨慎态度、家庭生计的安排与家族控制、家庭教育中对读书与养生的重视以及对江南地方社会的关怀与公益事业的热心,进而据此可以更为全面地解读晚明政治史上这位重要人物的具体思想与活动,及其家国情怀。 Hongzhi and Masanori to the Wanli Dynasties were an important period for the development of Chinese history in the late Ming Dynasty. The development of the dynasty at the socio-economic level showed a trend of prosperity and development. At the same time, the Ming Dynasty has also produced so-called various kinds of current and social crises, including the longstanding problems of taxation, disaster strikes, rampant piracy and the outbreak of the Japanese Invasion. The so-called “North Pun” West Thief "stage of crisis changes. All these changes are closely related to daily life and family life in the region. Gu Dingchen, an outstanding representative of Gu’s family in Kunshan, started his career as a civil servant from his hometown to the central government agency in the capital north of Beijing. During his rise to political status, many courtesies and books sent to the court in Kunshan showed his cautious attitude in dealing with officialdom, arrangement of family livelihood and family control, and study in family education Attention to health, and the care of the local community in Jiangnan and the cause of public welfare. Based on this, we can more fully interpret the specific thoughts and activities of this important figure in the political history of the late Ming Dynasty and their feelings in the home country.