<Articles>Fortresses in the East of Köke 青海 in T'ang Period 唐代

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  • <論説>唐代青海東辺の諸城塞について : 『玉樹県志稿』の紹介を兼ねて
  • 唐代青海東辺の諸城塞について--「玉樹県志稿」の紹介を兼ねて
  • トウダイ チンハイ ヒガシ ヘン ノ ショ ジョウサイ ニ ツイテ ギョクジュ

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Abstract

T'ang Empire appointed a commander in chief of Lung-yu district 隴右節度使 and constructed some fortresses to the east of Köke najur 青海湖 for the purpose of preventing the eastward movement of T'u-fan 吐蕃 (Ancient Kingdom of Tibet) at the beginning of the Dynasty. Those fortresses were located along the Huang-shui River 湟水 and along its branches. Several old volumes such as Yuan-ho-chön-hsien-t'u-chih 元和郡県図志, T'ung-tien 通典, and Hsin-t'ung-shu, ti-li-chih 新唐書地理志 referred to them articulately, pointing their respective locations by the li 里. Nevertheless, the exact sites of them have never been definitively fixed as yet. The subject of this article is to determine the exact sites of those fortresses by the method of the historical comparison of places included in the Appendix of Yü-shu-hsien-chih-k'ao 玉樹県志稿 which was published lately. As the result of the analysis, the following was proved. First, many of the fortresses in the T'ang Period were built just on the very spots where the older ones to which Shui-ching-chu 水経注 referred had been located since the Han and Wei Period 漢魏. Secondly, the front against the enemy was further advanced in T'ang Period. Furthermore, most of those fortresses were built in the reign of Hsüan-tsung 玄宗, and they functioned effectively and successfully enough to prevent and enclose T'u-fan.

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  • 史林

    史林 58 (5), 633-653, 1975-09-01

    THE SHIGAKU KENKYUKAI (The Society of Historical Research), Kyoto University

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