唐代设置六胡州的历史地理考察

唐代六胡州所在的“河曲”之地属半农半牧地带,既是多民族错居杂处而交融频繁地域,又是唐朝的边疆战略要地。六胡州的置废变迁,就是唐前期关内道北部乃至整个北方边疆军政形势起伏变化历程之缩影。本文着重从地理环境、畜牧经济、人口数量和地缘战略等方面,考察六胡州设置前后的历史地理背景,力求揭示当时的北疆军政局势与河曲内外的民族关系状态。

A Historical and Geographical Investigation into the Administrative Organization of Liuhouzhou in Tang Dynasty

Liuhuzhou was located in Hequ area,a half-agricultural and half-animal husbandry geographical region and a key frontier fort where inhabited people of various minority nationalities in frequent contacts in the Tang Dynasty.Establishing and abolishing Liuhuzhou indicate the changeable military and political situation of the boundary or even the northern area of the country in the Tang Dynasty.A historical and geographical investigation into Liuhuzhou from the perspectives of its geographical environment,animal husbandry economy,population as well as geopolitics brings to light the military and political situation in the northern frontiers and the relationship among nationalities in Hequ area in the Tang Dynasty.