冶塘考

Research on Ye Tang

冶塘冶是六朝时期(公元3～6世纪)江南的大型铁冶。通过对"冶塘"一词含义及冶塘冶地望的探讨,可以知悉冶塘冶的得名、存在形态和管理方式。利用冶塘进行冶铁生产,实为因地制宜地应用水排鼓风法的产物。可确考的冶塘冶铁始兴于吴,至南朝宋以后始衰。经由对"冶塘"的考述,可对汉晋冶铁管理制度的嬗变、水排的发明及流传、东湖的形成与演变等问题获得一些新的认识。

Ye tang（冶塘） smelting is a kind of large-scale iron smelting in the Six Dynasties. By analyzing the meaning of ye tang and the location of ye tang smelting, the nomination, existing form and administrative measures of ye tang smelting can be known. Ye tang smelting is the product of air-blasting with use of a shui pai （水排） suited to local conditions. The precise emergence of ye tang smelting which can now be figured out beginning in the Wu Dynasty and its decline beginning in the Song Dynasty of the Southern Dynasties. Moreover, by studying ye tang, we can get a new under- standing on the change of management system of iron smelting during the Han and the Jin Dynasties, the innovation and spread of shui pal, and the formation and development of East Lake.