《新唐书》的“四夷传”与唐代的民族史志研究

唐王朝是一个疆域辽阔的统一多民族帝国,唐王朝不但能够很好地处理国内的民族问题,还能够与海外的民族或者民族国家建立友好关系,正是在这样宏大的历史背景之下,《新唐书》以超过以往正史的丰富内容以及庞大的文献体量,记载了所有唐朝直接统治、间接管理的民族,以及唐朝人目光所及的海外民族,以民族史志的方式给我们展示了一幅具有世界意义的民族发展画卷。

The Siyi Biography in New History of the Tang Dynasty and the Study of the National History of the Tang Dynasty

The Tang Dynasty was a unified multi - ethnic empire of a vast territory. It not only handled well its national prob- lems at home, but also got along well with overseas nations or nation - states. It is in such a grand historical background that in New History of the Tang Dynasty were recorded all the nations under the direct rule or indirect administration of the Tang Dynasty in unprecedented rich content and huge literature volume. Overseas nations within the dynasty＇s reach were also included in the book. It reveals us a picture of Tang＇s development in an ethnographic way.