唐初的中尼交通:资料的再审视

Re-examination of Materials about the Communications between Nepal and China in the Early Tang Dynasty

蕃尼古道的存在有很长的历史,考古发现证明其最早可以追溯到旧石器时代。对于蕃尼古道的历史,可以分为唐代以前、唐代、唐以后至明清时期这三个大的时段来理解和研究。具体到唐初的蕃尼古道,应该考虑东亚与南亚甚至中亚当时各个方面的形势、文献记载的时间层次、考古新发现等方面的问题,同时有关蕃尼古道研究的文献,虽然大多早已经被人注意到和引用过,但仍然存在不少问题,研究其实还可以深入。此外,我们还要注意求法僧与外交使节以及商人的关系,当时求法僧行进经常跟使节和商人搭伴,所以他们当时求法的路线实际上也就是商路。

The Bod-Balpo Ancient Road has a long history,which can be traced back to the Paleolithic Age on the basis of archaeological discoveries.As for the history of the Bod-Balpo Ancient Road,we can distinguish three periods,namely,pre-,during,and post-Tang dynasty to the Qing dynasty.In the specific case of the Bod-Balpo Ancient Road,we need to consider the situation of East Asia,South Asia and even Central Asia at that time,the chronological order of the literary records and the recent archaeological discoveries.In the meantime,although many researchers have noticed and quoted the literary records on the BodBalpo Ancient Road,there are still some problems that require further studies.In addition,we also should pay attention to the relationship between the Buddhist monks and diplomatic envoys and merchants,they always traveled together at that time.In fact,the routes taken by Buddhist monks coincide with those taken by commerce.