高丽选择由明州登陆朝贡宋朝的原因探析

The Reason Why Goryeo Chose Mingzhou as the Landing Port to Pay Tribute to the Song Dynasty

宋熙宁四年(1071年),高丽恢复了中断40多年的对宋朝贡往来。与此前高丽通过传统的由登州港登陆朝贡不同,此次高丽主动选择了明州作为朝宋的登陆地点,使明州成为这一时期宋丽官方往来的唯一出入口。高丽选择由明州登陆朝宋的原因从表面上看是为了“欲远契丹”,但深层次的原因是这一时期高丽私贸的发展以及高丽对到宋朝贡贸易需求同宋朝逐渐弱化北方登州港贸易产生矛盾。高丽需要通过当时已经成为宋朝对外贸易重要港口以及经济重镇的明州来扩大同宋朝的经贸文化往来,进而提升高丽的实力,以便在以宋、辽为中心的东北亚秩序中增强一定的底气。

In the fourth year of Emperor Xining(1071),Goryeo restarted paying the tribute to the Song Dynasty after a break of more than forty years.Mingzhou was chosen as the landing port this time instead of the traditional port of Dengzhou.It seemed that Goryeo tried to “avoid the Khitan” by choosing Mingzhou as the only channel for official exchanges between the two parties,but in fact,there were conflicts between the development of private trade in Goryeo and the weakened role of the Northen port of Dengzhou.Goryeo intended to expand the economic and cultural exchanges with the Song Dynasty so as to enhance its strength and play a more important role in the Northeast Asian order centering on the Song and the Liao.