皇权政治视域下的唐代边疆封授政策

The Frontier Granting Policy of the Tang Dynasty from the Perspective of Imperial Power Politics

唐代的边疆不能用现代国家疆域划分的方法来理解,应放在封建王朝的大背景下,明确以皇权为核心的统治体系的支配作用,以便于还原古史真相,避免从经济、民族国家关系等方面的误读,形成对古代时期中华民族共同体渊源的正确认识。唐代边疆有地理与军事上的边疆、政治上的边疆和文化上的边疆三个维度的意涵,边疆封授包括边疆册封与授官两个方面,是边疆思想作用于政治体制的典型体现。从“天子”与“皇帝”的内涵与适用范围的讨论可以看出,皇权对天下的支配是边疆封授得以施行的关键政治背景。唐代边疆封授有着划分等级、区分内外等内在规律,但无论边疆如何变化、封授如何灵活,维护皇权是根本使命,皇权政治是古史体系中中华民族一体化进程得以顺利运转的基轴。

The frontier of the Tang Dynasty cannot be understood by the method of dividing the boundaries of modern countries.It should be placed in the context of the feudal dynasty and the dominant role of the ruling system with the imperial power as the core should be clarified in order to restore the truth of ancient history,avoid the misreading of historical information from the economic,national relations and other aspects and form a correct understanding of the origins of ancient Chinese National Community.The border of the Tang Dynasty had three dimensions of meaning:geographical and military border,political border and cultural border.The border conferment includes two aspects:the border conferment and the official conferment,which is the typical embodiment of the effect of the border ideology on the political system.It could be seen that the domination of imperial power over the world is the key political background for the implementation of the frontier conferment from the discussion of the connotation and the scope of application of “the Son of Heaven” and “the Emperor”.In the Tang Dynasty,the frontier granting policy had internal laws,such as hierarchical division,internal and external distinction,etc.However,no matter how varied the border areas were and how flexible the awarding was,maintaining imperial power was the fundamental mission and imperial politics was the fundamental axis for the smooth operation of the integration process of the Chinese nation in the ancient history system.