金世宗時期（1161-1189）為強化統治的女真族群內部團結，維持女真的戰鬥力，針對女真人實行了經濟上、教育上與選拔人材制度上的各項改革，更極力維護女真傳統，強化女真認同。對於實行這些改革的原因，一般多認為是移居華北的女真人中已出現貧富不均、好逸惡勞等問題，導致支持金朝政權的女真軍事力日益削弱，而做世宗不得不力圖振興。本文則試圖將這些改革放在一個較大的時空範圍中去討論，主要藉著分析猛安謀克組織與金政權之間關係的演變所造成的內在危機，與女真週邊契丹叛亂，及蒙古各部擾邊等外來危機，去探討世宗時期女真政權所面臨的挑戰，如何影響了世宗女真政策的規劃與施行。

　　　　　The reign of Shizong 世宗 (1161-1189) during the Jin dynasty was probably that dynasty's most prosperous period. During this time, the emperor embarked on a set of reforms that were aimed at reviving the Jurchen people's military vigor and solidarity. The basis of these reforms seemed obvious: contemporaries showed that the Jurchens were no longer the brave soldiers who defeated the Liao and the Northern Song dynasties in the first stage of Jin history. Scholars in general have taken this as the result of the Jurchen soldiers and their families' living in northern China. This work begins with a review of the scholarship on these reforms and later proposes a new perspective toward the internal and external crises faced by the Shizong emperor. The contention is that in response to these crises, these reforms were to enhance the defense along the northern and northwestern borderlands and build Jurchen solidarity in order to maintain their ruling status in the Jin state.