西州水利利益圈与西州社会

Benefit Circle of Water Conservancy in Xizhou and Xizhou Society

西州在唐朝统治和社会发展过程中,围绕生产发展和社会稳定的最主要因素——水利,形成了一个由地方官府、民众、基层水利管理人员三者组成的水利利益圈,为维护各自的利益,各方围绕水利建设和灌溉管理进行活动。水利圈中各力量的活动不仅形成了相互间的互动和沟通,而且,西州基层水利管理人员向社会更广泛的阶层延伸和由乡官向乡役的转变,实际上也成为后来唐宋社会转型的一个草创雏形。

During the Tang Dynasty,a benefit circle around water conservancy,the most important factor for production development and social stability then in Xizhou,was formed up by local government,the people and basic-level managerial personnel of water conservancy.To protect the interest of their own,different parties conducted activities around water conservancy construction and irrigation management.These activities contributed to the interaction and communication among these parties,moreover,as more and more people of different social classes were included in and the position of basic-level managerial personnel of water conservancy shifted from petty official to village runner,and this became a model of the social transformation in Tang and Song dynasties.