中央アジア地域における唐の交通運用について

Abstract

Advanced into the Central Asia, the Tang dynasty established there a new traffic order which replaced a previous one that had been held by nomadic powers and oasis states. That is to say, it distributed transport facilities for long-journey (changxing fang 長行坊) which were controlled and managed by soldiers of stationary troops, not only in an area located east of Tianshan where was under district control of the Tang dynasty, but also in the four stationary troops of Anxi (Anxi sizhen 安西四鎭), and the government office of the governor-general in Beiting (Beiting duhufu 北庭都護府), creating military routes that connected those facilities each other. Indeed, the traffic of government soldiers, transportation of military supplies, communication and so on, that supported the Tang dynasty in administrating the Central Asia, were held by the system above mentioned. But it can be obvious that delivery of ulaɣ which was traditional among nomadic people still remained under the Tang dominion and it could be a means of transportation for Chinese envoys according to the state of affairs. Establishment and management of the military routes based on the transport facilities for long-journey played an important role for expansion of Tang's political, military and economic spheres into the Central Asia, and thus marked the beginning of new era in history of traffic and trade.