本书分上、下篇，上篇以雄州崛起为核心阐述隋唐五代时期苏州地区经济发展的过程，重心在于论证促使苏州成为雄州的原因等问题。下篇以区域秩序稳定为核心阐述隋唐五代苏州政局稳定发展的过程，重心在于探讨促进大族文化与苏州政局稳定之间的关系。其中，经济发展是政局稳定的重要体现， 而政局稳定又是经济发展的基本前提。

The first part focuses on the economic development process of Suzhou during the Sui and Tang dynasties, focusing on the reasons why Suzhou became a Xiongzhou. The second part focuses on the stability of regional order and stability, expounding the process of the stable development of Suzhou's political situation in the five dynasties of the Sui and Tang dynasties, focusing on the relationship between promoting ethnic culture and Suzhou's political stability. Among them, economic development is an important embodiment of political stability, and political stability is the basic prerequisite for economic development.（AI翻译）