Jin Shizong was a comparatively enlightened and farsighted statesman in rulingclique of minorities nationality in northern
history of China.He drew the experience of ruling country from the monarchs of successive dynasties in Chinese history,drew lessons from the tyranny of Hai Lingwang and formed tolerant and benevolent thinking for ruling a country.This thinking was shown mainly as follows:advocating Confucianism and
combining rules of etiquette;persuading farmers to farm and
making people recuperate and multiply;readjusting the administration of local officials and being fair in meting out rewards and punishments;appointing people on the merits and abilities and laying equal stress on ability and integrity;providing wide opportunities for airing views and being open-minded in accepting advice;merging the south and north and incorporating things of diverse natureon one hand,he admired the culture of Han nationality and drew experience from it of his own accord,on the other hand, he retained the culture tradition of Nuzhen nationality;encouraging frugality and punishing extravagance and waste.Under the direction of his thinking of ruling a country,to keep abreast of the demand of the politics,economy and culture of the society of Jin dynasty,he made the adjustment and reform from many aspects and got obvious effects.