西汉水利工程与“基本经济区”

Irrigation Works and "Basic Economic Regions" in the Western Han Dynasty

西汉一代,特别是汉武帝在位时期,曾兴建了一系列较大规模的水利工程。值得注意的是这些工程几乎都在当时的关中地区,这绝非偶然现象,而是与西汉统治者对“基本经济区”的特殊重视和政策倾斜密不可分的。“基本经济区”的发展,直接关系到政权统治的稳固,统治者给予特别的关注是可以理解的;问题在于“基本经济区”的发展在很多时候是以牺牲其他地区的利益为代价的,由此便加剧了不同地区间经济发展的不平衡。

In the Western Han Dynasty, especially under Emperor Wudi, a series of large - scale water conservancy works were built. It was noticed that almost all these works were placed in the present - day Guanzhong Region. This was not incidental, but counted for great attention and special policies from feudal central government of the dynasty. It was understandable that central governments paid much attention to the 'basic economic regions', whose development dealt directly with the dynasty's stability. However, the main issue was that the 'basic economic regions attained their developments often at the expense of other regions' economic developments, which worsened a unbalance of economic development among regions.