公元5至6世纪波斯与中国在丝绸之路上的关系探析

An Exploration of Persian and Chinese Relations on the Silk Road in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries

公元5至6世纪是波斯—中国友好关系发展的重要阶段,这一时期,由于丝绸之路的畅通无阻,两国围绕以丝绸为主的商品展开了广泛而密切的合作与交流。同时,由于丝绸贸易的丰厚利润,波斯和东罗马在丝绸之路上展开了贸易争夺战。为了争取丝绸贸易垄断权、削弱东罗马帝国的经济实力,在国内,波斯加快完善丝绸的出口生产体系;在国际,波斯致力于与中国保持合作关系,两国的使者往来数量不断增加、合作规模不断扩大。在这场带有政治性质的贸易战中,由于人为及地理因素的影响,波斯不仅是丝绸国际贸易的促进者,也是中国与地中海世界之间贸易交流的受益者和控制者。

The fifth and sixth centuries were an important stage in the development of Persian-Chinesefriendly relations. During this period, due to the smooth development of the Silk Road, the two countries hadcarried out extensive and close cooperation and exchanges around silk-based commodities. At the same time,due to the lucrative nature of the silk trade, Persia and Eastern Rome were engaged in a trade war on the SilkRoad. In order to gain a monopoly on the silk trade and weaken the economic power of the Eastern Roman Em-pire, Domestically, Persia was accelerating the improvement of silk export and production system and interna-tionally, Persia was committed to maintaining cooperative relations with China. The number of ambassadorial ex-changes between the two countries had been increasing and the scale of cooperation had been expanding. Inthis politically charged trade war, due to both human and geographic influences, Persia was not only a facilita-tor of international trade in silk, but also a beneficiary and controller of trade exchanges between China and theMediterranean world.