气候变化加速唐王朝衰亡的警示与反思

Warning and Thinking on the Decline of The Tang Dynasty Hastened by Climate Change

据2007年1月5日《环球时报》引英国广播公司1月3日的报道指出:德国科学家通过对雷州半岛湖光岩湖地质的研究,证明造成盛唐衰亡的主要原因是长期干旱少雨,造成谷物歉收,激起农民起义,最终导致唐朝衰亡。本文拟就唐文献记载的灾情史料,对这一震撼性气候说,略加补证,以期人们从历史警示中来直面当前全球气候的变暖。

from 《 Global Times》 published on Jan 5,2007： Based on the survey of the geology in the Hegang yarn lake on Lei Zhou Peninsula, it has been proved by British Scientists that the decline of the Tang Dynasty was caused mainly by years of drought, crop failure and peasant uprisings arising there from. In this essay, some more points will be added to the fact that the shocking climate change was the main cause of the decline of the Tang Dynasty , which was also recorded in the Tang Dynasty historical documents , in order that the world will learn a lesson from history and face , in a proper way , the present - day global wanning.