波斯锦与锁子甲——西亚文明在陆上丝绸之路的传播

Persian Silk and Hauberk——The Spread of Western Asian Civilization on the Silk Road

中古时期随着陆上丝绸之路繁荣,中国和丝路沿线各国均展开密切的交流,很多异域物品经商人、使者等之手传入中国,这其中也包括来自西亚即波斯一带的物品。本文以波斯锦与锁子甲为例,指出这两样物品均产自西亚波斯一带,随着中西交通的开展,它们也通过丝绸之路经过中亚、西域、河西走廊(敦煌)等,进而传播并影响到内地,说明了陆上丝绸之路的活跃对西方文明传播的推动作用。

China has developed intense exchanges and communication with the countries in the Western Regions along the Silk Road,with the flourishing of the Road in Medieval times. Many exotic articles transformed to China by merchants and emissaries,some of them are the products of Persia in Western Asia. This article discussed about two Persian articles which were transformed and diffused to China Mainland via Central Asia,Western Regions,Hexi corridor along the Silk Road,by taking the Persian silk and hauberk as examples. This in turn indicated that the prosperity of overland Silk Road promoted the transmission of Western civilization.