再论古代北京发展成为中国首都的原因

本文认为 ,唐代以后 ,北京政治地位的上升并非如以前一些观点所认为的那样 ,是东北少数民族崛起的结果 ,而是农业时代国家经济重心与政治重心分离的必然产物。隋唐以后 ,在国家经济重心由西北向东南转移 ,而由民族关系决定的政治重心并未发生根本性位移的双重力量之下 ,国家的政治中心逐渐由西北向东北转移 ,北京随之于元代以后成为大一统封建王朝的首都

Another Study on Beijing's Becoming the Capital of Chinese Empire

The article thinks the exaltation of Beijing's political status since Tang dynasty was not the result of the grown up of Chinese northeast minority but the outcome of the nation's breakaway of economic barycenter and political barycenter. When the nation's economic barycenter transferred from northwest to southeast after the Sui and Tang dynasty, the nation's political barycenter still rested on north China, which resulted in that the political center of China transferred from northwest to northeast gradually and Beijing became the capital of Chinese feudal empire since Yuan dynasty.