从修筑杭州罗城看钱镠的统治策略

The Strategy of Qian Liu’s Rule From the Angle of Building the Outer City Wall of Hangzhou

在中国古代城防系统中,罗城是城郭的外城,在军事防御中起极大的作用。杭州城在五代之前只有子城并无罗城,董昌及其继任者钱镠先后与杨行密、孙儒和王郢等势力发生过多次战争,至钱镠任职苏杭观察使时,杭州城的防御设施已经不能满足军事需要,因此钱镠于景福二年(893)七月,发动二十万民夫和十三都军士修筑杭州罗城[1],史载这次修筑的罗城周长七十里。与钱镠同时期的周宝也曾在辖境内修筑过罗城二十余里[2],引发镇海军辖下民众怨气。

Qian Liu was the founding monarch of the state of Wuyue in the period of the Five Dynasties,which had a great influence on the historical development of Hangzhou and even Zhejiang province.In the past,scholars generally believed that during the reign of Qian Liu,he built the city defenses and water conservancy projects many times.These actions protected his people and his territory.However,Qian Liu mobilized large numbers of peasants and soldiers to build the outer city wall of Hangzhou.In this article,in consideration of the status of registered permanent residence and the military situation,this construction was not only for protecting his people and territory,but also to weaken the unstable internal forces of the state and the strength of other unstable hidden forces which are on his territory.Building the outer city wall of Hangzhou was a ruling strategy of Qian Liu.