唐初至宋中期城市修建扩建述略——兼论南北地区城市发展之异同

A Summary on the Construction and Extension of the Core Cities from the Early Tang Dynasty to the Middle Song Dynasty

唐宋时期发生的社会变化是中国古代史研究的重要问题,城市变化是这种深刻变化的一个集中表现。城市修建和扩建是古代社会经常进行的国家工程。从唐初到北宋初以都城为主的中心城市修建扩建的阶段性,政治中心东移与经济重心东南移过程中城市建造的对应,南北地区城市的不同特点,以及当时人透漏出的值得引起我们重视的有关城市发展的新信息等等,都向我们展示了城市历史发展和演变丰富的内涵。

As a critical subject in the research of China＇s ancient history, the social changes during the Tang and Song Dynasties are typically witnessed by the changes of cities. The construction and extension of cities was a constant national project in ancient China. This article summarizes the stages from the Early Tang Dynasty to the Middle Song Dynasty in constructing and extending the core cities with priority of the capital cities, focusing on the symmetry in urban construction with the eastward movement of political centers and the economic centers＇ movement to southeast, on the distinctions between the southern and northern cities, and on the noticeable new messages conceming urban development conveyed by the then-people.