夜郎和西僰与昭通政区之渊源

A Study on the Relationship Between Yelang,West Bo and the Origin of Zhaotong Administrative Region

春秋至西汉初年六百多年间,在今川西南、滇东北的昭通、曲靖至贵州西部一带,方国、部落林立,互争雄长,西僰、牂柯、夜郎为其代表,曾经名噪一时,称雄一方,既参加中原盟会,又与巴、楚、邛都、滇国交通。汉武帝开西南夷,正是以部族为基础,在僰人区域设置犍为郡,夜郎境域则为牂牁郡、滇为益州郡、邛都为越嶲郡。夜郎西部包括有今天云南昭通,贵州赫章、威宁等境域,此时的昭通境内还有与夜郎并称的"僰侯国",犍为南部的朱提(今昭通)地区则也称为"西僰"。

There were a great numbers of seigneur states and tribes in the areas of today＇s southwestern Sichuan, northeastern Yunnan and western Guizhou from spring and autumn period to the Western Han Dynasty about six hundred years. These seigneur states and tribes stack up against each other. Some of them such as West Bo, ZangKe, Yelang were their famous representative and made a regional breakthrough. They are not only participated in the Central Plains League, but also kept on touch with surrounding kingdom （e. g. Ba, Chu, Qiongdu and Dian）. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty conquered the Southwest Barbarians,he had been setting up Qianwei prefecture in the Bo people＇ aera, and compared with ZangKe prefecture in Yelang Kingdom, Yizhou prefecture in Dian Kingdom, Yuexi in Qiongdu＇aera based on the realistic situation of the local tribe. Among them, Yelang including today＇ s western Zhaotong and Hezhang, Weining etc of the Guizhou province. At that time, there is a ＂ Bohou State＂（the state of 13o Marquises） within the terri- tory of Zhaotong which compared with Yelang Kingdom. So the area of the southern Qianwei prefecture （now is the re- gion of Zhaotong） is also known as ＂West Bo＇.