“映日帆多宝舶来”——唐诗中的“海上丝路”

Countless Ships Loaded with Valuables from Abroad

“海上丝路”是古代中国与外国贸易及文化交往的海上通道,形成于秦汉,兴盛于唐宋。唐诗中写到了“海上丝路”沿线的一些国家和地区,如扶南、真腊、诃陵、师子国等,地临南海及印度洋,是“海上丝路”所经的重要地区,一直与唐王朝保持着良好的关系。唐诗中的有关描写和记录表明,“海上丝路”并不是为了对应陆路“丝绸之路”创造的一个新词,确实是指汉唐以来就已经实际存在的东西方海上交通航线,而且对东南亚、东亚各国尤其是新罗、日本产生了巨大影响。

As a sea channel for trade and cultural exchanges between ancient China and foreign countries,the Maritime Silk Road started in the Qin and Han dynasties and thrived in the Tang and Song dynasties.Tang poems recorded that such countries and regions along the Maritime Silk Road as Funan,Zhenla,Heling,Simhala,etc.,had coastlines on the South China Sea and the Indian Ocean,and they were important areas that the Maritime Silk Road passed through.The Tang Dynasty maintained a good relationship with these countries and regions.The relevant descriptions and records in Tang poems showed that the Maritime Silk Road was not a newly coined word simply to correspond to the Silk Road on the Land,yet it referred to the actual east-west sea route since the Han and Tang dynasties,exerting a huge effect on the Southeast Asian and the East Asian countries,especially on Silla and Japan.