从历史地理角度论古代徽州政区稳定的原因

On the Reasons of the Political Stability of Ancient Huizhou from the Historical and Geographical perspectives

徽州是中国古代历史上重要的经济文化重地,它既是一个地理概念,也是一个历史文化概念。追本溯源,古代徽州地区最早脱胎于隋文帝开皇九年(589)所设置的歙州。自宋徽宗宣和3年(1121)改歙州为徽州,除元末曾改为兴安府外,直到辛亥革命(1911)废府留县为止,徽州之名前后沿用长达780年之久,其下辖六县也一直没有变动,这在中国行政区划史上是极其罕见的。文章以历史地理为视角,结合史料着重从自然环境与人文环境探讨徽州政区稳固的原因。

Huizhou was an important hub for economy and culture in old China be it a geographical concept or a cultural concept. Traced back to its source, the old ancient Huizhou was born out of Shezhou state set by Emperor Wen in Sui Dynasty in 589. From 1121 to 1911, Shezhou state was called Xing＇an prefecture except in the end of Yuan Dynasty, and the fact that it had six subordinate prefectures remained the same, which is very rare in the history of Chinese administrative division. This paper tries to explore the reasons of the political stability of Huizhou from the historical and geographical perspectives.