渤海都城故址研究

A Study of the Capital-sites of Bohai

依据文献记载与考古发现,文中重点分析了渤海国的都城情况。根据记载对渤海国五京制度的内涵、性质进行分析,认为五京并非均具有都城的建制,并对渤海国曾经为都的西古城、八连城、东京城等城址进行指认。借助考古学手段,对渤海都城的为都时序进行推断,认为西古城城址应首先定位于"天宝"时期的渤海都城——显州。

Based on literal records and archaeological discoveries, the present paper deals with the capitals of the Bohai State during its existence in AD 698 to 926. First of all, the author analyzes the contents and nature of the Bohai State five-capital system in the light of textual data and comes to the conclusion that the five capitals of Bohai period were not all qualified as capitals in architecture. Then he identifies the xigueheng City, Bailiancheng and Dongjingeheng as cities once functioning as Bohai capitals and infers their chronological order on the basis of available archaeological research results. Finally he puts forward new viewpoints on the traditional theory of the location of the middle capital Xiandefu and points out that the xigucheng City-site should be taken as the most possible location of Xianzhou, the Bohai capital during the ＂Tianbao＂ reign.