论怛罗斯战役涉及阿拉伯与唐帝国关系的几个问题

A Few Questions about the Relation between Arab Empire and Tang Dynasty Concerned in Talas Campaign

怛罗斯战役与阿拉伯帝国阿拔斯王朝的扩张并无直接关系。怛罗斯之战的发生 ,是由居住在阿拉伯和唐帝国边境的小国 (或部落 )间的冲突引起的。阿中两国都派兵支援自己的属国 ,因而发生了直接冲突。唐帝国边疆守将高仙芝的错误策略和行动给唐政府带来重大损失。至于怛罗斯战役促进了唐和阿拉伯之间的经济文化交流还是阻碍了两大帝国间的交流 ,尚需具体分析 ,不能一概而论。公元 75 1年之后两大帝国的交往比以前更为密切 ,那是与阿拔斯王朝的“和平外交”政策分不开的 。

Talas Campaign had no direct connection with a series of punitive expeditions launched by Arab Abbasides , for it was caused only by some states on the areas of Arab and Tang's borders , where Arab and Tang had dispatched troops in order to aid their dependent states. In Tang Dynasty, the faulty tactics and behavior had brought about enormous loss. As for the promoting role or hindering role in economic and cultural exchanges given by Talas Campaign, it needs analysis in detail, and not to be lumped together. The fact is that the 'Peace foreign policy' of Abbasides had advanced a more closer relation between two Empires after 751 AD.