东冶候官考

The Historical Name Change of Fuzhou from Dongye to Houguan

汉代冶县,三国东吴时期更名为候官县。现以史料为切入点,结合考古资料,发现冶县更名为候官县确如王国维先生所推测,是因为冶县外有一处军事候官障塞,该候官所在地点可能为今福州市牛头山遗址。汉初冶县与候官为两处城址,经多年发展,逐渐融合为一城,至东汉末三国初时冶县之名被候官取代。冶县更名为候官县从另一个角度反映出,两汉时期对东南边疆地区实行羁縻政策已见成效。

Fuzhou was called the Ye county during the Han dynasty,and renamed the Houguan county in the Three Kingdoms.Approaching from historical documents and archaeological data,this study argues that the reason of the Ye county being renamed the Houguan county was probably as what Mr.Wang Guowei supposed:there was a fort located outside of the Ye county.The present-day Niutoushan ancient site of Fuzhou is probably this fort,and during the years of development,the site of the fort and the Ye county were amalgamated jurisdiction,which was renamed Houguan at the end of the Eastern Han and the beginning of the Three Kingdoms.This amalgamation reflects that the implementation of Jimi policy in the southeast border areas has achieved great effect during the Han Dynasty.