中古时期肥水与巢湖流域连通问题考辨

Research on Whether the Feishui Watershed and the Chaohu Watershed were Connected to Each Other from the Wei to the Southern and Northern Dynasties

本文重点讨论在中古时期是否存在沟通肥水、巢湖两流域河道(包括自然与人工)的问题。《水经注》认为存在,而且不止一条。后人踵其说而不加考察,最终积非成是。本文在仔细梳理历代正史、地理书、古地图和方志的基础上,结合前人研究成果、实地考察资料,主要从历史文献记载和实际地理状况两方面进行考证分析,对自《水经注》以来的这种说法加以否定。本文认为在中古时期,肥水、巢湖两流域始终是没能连通的。

Whether there was a water that connects the Feishui watershed with the Chaohu watershed during the period from the Wei to the Southern and Northern dynasties is a contentious question.Shui Jing Zhu recorded that more than one channel existed between the two watersheds,which seemed highly convincing.For centuries people believed in that description without carefully inspecting the source material.After literature reviews and analyses on official histories,geographical classics,ancient maps,and local chronicles,as well as field studies,I refute the idea from Shui Jing Zhu and argue that the Feishui watershed and the Chaohu watershed were totally separated from each other in this period.