<Articles>Civil Governors 観察使 of the Tang Dynasty : a study on the Provincial Command 藩鎮 System

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  • <論説>唐代の観察処置使について : 藩鎮体制の一考察
  • 唐代の観察処置使について--藩鎮体制の一考察
  • トウダイ ノ カンサツ ショチ シ ニ ツイテ ハンチン タイセイ ノ イチコ

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The intention of this article is to throw some fresh light on the system of provincial command under the Tang dynasty by reexaming the dynasty's local government policy. Previous studies of provincial command contain a number of problems. First, there is a tendency uncritically to generalise phenomena seen in relation to only a few provincial commands. Second, the relationship between central government and the provincial authorities tends to be regarded as essentially hostile. Third, such research has tended to be conducted mainly from a military perspective. Fourth, the general assumption that relations between central government and the prefectures had declined since the nation-wide establishment of the provincial command system. With these problems in mind, this research has been carried out on material relating to most of the areas over which the Tang ruler's authority extended, excluding those areas controlled by rebellious provincial commands. Since the An Lu-shan rebellion of 755-763, the dynasty had tended to reduce the power of civil governors, and although continuing the policy, begun with the reform of the provincial command system under the Hsien-tsung, of suppressing the power of civil governors, owing to the necessity of coping with the collapse of the local administration system, their powers in fact increased.

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  • 史林

    史林 77 (5), 706-736, 1994-09-01

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

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