论唐代广州内外港与海上交通的关系

On the Relationship between Ports and Sea Transportation in Guangzhou in Tang Dynasty

唐代广州港分为扶胥港等外港和广州城等内港。扶胥港是中外商舶进出广州的必经之地,人们在此停泊一般与参拜南海神庙有关,扶胥港在中外商贸活动中作用有限。但其在护卫中外商贸交通,保证海上丝路畅通方面起到了重大作用。而广州对外贸易的繁荣与海上交通密不可分,广州城港不仅可利用珠江与广大腹地相连,而且直接与海外交通。广州城内外的相关官署和海阳等馆驿大都位于沿城南、城西的水滨,与海外贸易交通有关。唐代中后期历任广州地方官员的贪廉都对外贸的发展产生了一定的影响。

Guangzhou ports in the Tang Dynasty included Fuxu port outside the city and some ports inside the city. Fuxu port was an inevitable place for ships to crisscross Guangzhou city. People usually stopped there for visiting Nanhai Temple. Fuxu port played a much more important role in sea transportation than in trades. The prosperity of foreign trades in Guangzhou was closely associated with sea transportation. Most government offlees and posthouses were located along seaside in the south and west of the city. Corruption of the successive local government officials in Guangzhou had negative effect on foreign trade development in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.