从两则故事的比较看唐王朝与波斯的文化交流

Cultural Exchange Between the Tang Dynasty and Persia in Terms of a Comparison of Two Stories

唐代与波斯的两则筑城故事的脉络和叙事方式极为相似,说明两者之间存在影响或借鉴的可能性。根据有关文献记载,波斯的筑城故事至迟在十六国时期已经传入中国。据此可证唐代的一则筑城故事取法于波斯故事,从而说明魏晋南北朝至唐代之时,中国与波斯之间不仅存在密切的物质文化交流以及频繁的人员往来,而且在精神文化层面的关系也非常密切。

The two city-building stories in the Tang Dynasty and in Persia respectively nearly shared the organization of plot and mode of narration,which shows the possibility of influencing and borrowing between the two nations. According to the records concerned,the Persian city-building story was introduced into China as late as the Period of the Sixteen Kingdoms in Chinese history. This proved that the city-building story in the Tang Dynasty was fabricated based on the Persian counterpart. All this demonstrated,between the Wei Kingdom,the Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties,there were not only close exchange of physical culture,frequent transaction of personnel but also very close tie of spiritual culture between China and Persia.