水利与唐代“循吏”官声初探

Primary Exploration of Water Conservancy and the Reputation of Xunli in the Tang Dynasty

循吏,是为文献记载认可的具有良好声誉的地方官。在《旧唐书》和《新唐书》为“循吏”所立的列传中,唐代循吏关注水利、兴修水利的情况得到充分反映。二书对水利的重视,是我国正史记载的一次突破,并为后世正史所继承和发展。正史《循吏列传》中对水利的日趋关注,也体现了我国水利技术不断进步、水利建设日益受到重视的过程,表明优秀的地方官员不断探讨更加丰富、更为恰当的做法,尝试在一定程度上改造环境,突破自然的局限,更好地处理人与自然的关系。

Xunli(Reputational officials)were a group of local officials with good reputations and qualities of honesty and integrity in ancient times.According to the biographies in Old Book of Tang and New Book of Tang,Xunli in the Tang Dynasty paid much attention to water conservancy and successfully constructed some water conservancy projects.The great value attached to water conservancy in these two books was a breakthrough in the official history of China,which was inherited and developed by later official history.The increasing attention paid to water conservancy in the Biography of Xunli also reflected the continuous progress of water conservancy technology and the increasing importance attached to water conservancy construction in our country.It also shows that excellent local officials constantly explored more abundant and appropriate methods to improve the environment to a certain extent,and better deal with the relationship between human and nature despite the limitations of nature.