《北蕃地理》引书考

Source Analysis of Bei Fan Di Li

《武经总要·北蕃地理》记录北方契丹地理,主体框架保存了一套较为完备的辽代政区系统,时间截止到辽兴宗重熙十年。该书的契丹史料来源颇为庞杂,既有唐代贾耽《皇华四达记》,又有宋人王曾、晁迥、薛映、宋绶出使契丹的“行程录”,然书中的辽代政区系统内容已经超出了宋人对辽地的认知水平,恐非取材宋方文献,而是来自一份契丹本土资料。从《武经总要》成书背景分析,编纂工作始于庆历三年,而此期间恰逢赵至忠从辽朝投宋,曾多次向宋廷献书,当数《虏廷杂记》最为重要,这为当时编写《北蕃地理》提供了参考资料。

The Wujing Zongyao:Bei Fan Di Li(《武经总要:北蕃地理》)chronicles the geography of the Khitan in the northern regions,preserving a comprehensive political division system of the Liao Dynasty,with a temporal demarcation at the tenth year of the Chongxi reign.The Khitan historical materials within this text are eclectic,including Jia Dan's Huanghua Sida ji(《皇华四达记》)from the Tang Dynasty,as well as the“Travelogues”of the Song Dynasty envoys Wang Zeng,Chao Hui,Xue Ying,and Song Shou during their missions to the Khitan.,The content pertaining to the Liao political divisions surpasses the Song Dynasty's understanding of Liao territories,suggesting that the source may not be from Song documents but rather an authentic Khitan indigenous document.An analysis of the background of the compilation of the Wujing Zongyao reveals that its compilation began in the third year of the Qingli reign,coinciding with Zhao Zhizhong(赵至忠)'s defection from the Liao to the Song Dynasty.He had repeatedly offered literary materials to the Song court,among which Lu Ting Za Ji(《虏廷杂记》)was the most important,providing reference material for the compilation of the Bei Fan Di Li at that time。