《皇宋十朝纲要》，是记载北宋九朝及南宋高宗朝的编年体史书。每帝首卷列举年号及宰相、参政、枢密使副、使相、三司使、御史中丞等姓名。载科举之年取士数与州府废置。然后按年代顺序记朝廷大事。《四库全书》虽未予著录，但其中间有《续资治通鉴长编》及《建炎以来系年要录》等书未载之史料，是宋史研究必备的基本书之一。《校正》为本书的首次整理，足资研究者阅读利用。

China was the most advanced country in the world when Huizong ascended the throne in 1100 CE. In his eventful twenty-six year reign, the artistically-gifted emperor guided the Song Dynasty toward cultural greatness. Yet Huizong would be known to posterity as a political failure who lost the throne to Jurchen invaders and died their prisoner. The first comprehensive English-language biography of this important monarch, Emperor Huizong is a nuanced portrait that corrects the prevailing view of Huizong as decadent and negligent. Patricia Ebrey recasts him as a ruler genuinely ambitious—if too much so—in pursuing glory for his flourishing realm. After a rocky start trying to overcome political animosities at court, Huizong turned his attention to the good he could do. He greatly expanded the court’s charitable ventures, founding schools, hospitals, orphanages, and paupers’ cemeteries. An accomplished artist, he surrounded himself with outstanding poets, painters, and musicians and built palaces, temples, and gardens of unsurpassed splendor. What is often overlooked, Ebrey points out, is the importance of religious Daoism in Huizong’s understanding of his role. He treated Daoist spiritual masters with great deference, wrote scriptural commentaries, and urged his subjects to adopt his beliefs and practices. This devotion to the Daoist vision of sacred kingship eventually alienated the Confucian mainstream and compromised his ability to govern. Readers will welcome this lively biography, which adds new dimensions to our understanding of a passionate and paradoxical ruler who, so many centuries later, continues to inspire both admiration and disapproval.

宋朝是中國歷史的大轉折時代，令人意外的是「怪力亂神」在宋代也有了新變化。卜算成了「全民運動」，上至皇帝任命官員，下至一心想發財的百姓與埋首啃書的讀書人，都要借助算命。「風水」一詞於宋代也應運而生，居所與墓地都要看風水，風水不對，生靈與亡魂同感不適，宋代出版了許多算命、風水書籍，讓人可以自學卜算。 鬼魂也常出現在宋人的日常生活中，不少鬼故事反映出亡靈須小心對待，而鬼魂招引的麻煩中，來自於冥間異性的勾引是令男性最難招架，與這些熱情艷美的女鬼翻雲覆雨的代價卻高得難以負擔。 以上情形今日看來雖然不無可笑之處，然而當代的「怪力亂神」可以說和歷史上的這段發展有直接間接的關係。

《为神性加注:唐宋叶法善崇拜的造成史》以唐代宫廷道士叶法善为例，讨论唐宋时期叶法善肉身成神的造神史。著名道士作为社会公共资源，成为箭垛式的圣者符号，被各种社会力量所利用，不断被加注新的神性，其中有中央朝廷的政治加注、传奇小说的文学加注、道团道经的托名加注、地方道观的在地化加注、叶氏宗族的祖先崇拜等等。

《蔡京、蔡卞与北宋晚期政局研究》主要收录了蔡京茶法改革的主要内容、蔡京茶法中的诸端管理、蔡京茶法的特点和茶法改革的影响、蔡京的盐法改革、蔡京盐法改革的内容、蔡京盐法改革的效果及影响、蔡京盐法改革的反思、蔡京的榷酒制度、蔡京以前宋代酒的管理概况、蔡京榷酒制度中的酒价、酒利分配等内容。

“澶渊之盟”为众多历史人物提供了有声有色的活动舞台。《澶渊之盟新论》对“澶渊之盟”的不少有关人物进行了新的评价。其中不仅有被称为“左右天子为大忠”的冥想寇准，“老将知兵”的外戚名将驾前东面排阵使李继隆，“澶渊之功数第三”的枢密使王继英等这样的人物，而且也注意到了过去被忽略的功臣如出使契丹的张皓，率部射杀契丹大将萧挞览的周文质，宋真宗的贴身扈从侍卫王应昌等这样的小人物，同时还对庆历年间富弼的使辽增币交涉进行了深入的述评，体现了对“澶渊之盟”的全方位的考察。 《澶渊之盟新论》还对与“澶渊之盟”有关的政策和制度进行了研究。如有的论文论述了宋真宗对辽作战与阵图使用的关系，有的论文研究了在边防政策影响下的北宋的科举和治河，有的论文对北宋与辽夏对峙的前沿地带河北、河东、陕西三路军事后勤保障体制的变化及其深层背景进行了考察；有的论文对宋辽交聘制度及宋朝派出使臣的管理制度进行了探讨，有的论文对宋代的国信所进行了深入的分析。《澶渊之盟新论》中许多内容都是以往“澶渊之盟”的研究所从未涉及过的。