秦代陆路交通初探

在秦朝的统一进程中,交通道路对于维持其统治机器的运转具有决定性的意义。秦朝在把过去错杂的交通路线加以整修和连接的基础上,费时十余年,展开了有史以来最大规模的筑路工程。它以京师咸阳为中心,向四方辐射,将全国各郡和重要城市,全部连通,终于形成了中国最早、最完备的陆上交通网络系统。

In the process of the unification of the Qin Dynasty,The landway played a decisive role in the operation of the ruling machine.On the basis of renovating and connecting the previous roads,Qin Dynasty mobilized nearly one million soldiers and workers to construct the most large-scale road project ever.During more than 10 years,China has formed the earliest and most completed landway system,It centered on the capital Xianyang and radiated in all directions,and linked all provinces and important cities.