The Roll Of Locial Chief Officials In The Ecomomic Development Of Southwest Region Of Tang Dynasty

In ancient China ruling by person is a distinguishing political characteristic. Locial officials, both as the roll to carry out the central policy in the area and the direct managers of the place, their political quality is of great value to social stability and economic development, Tang dynasty is inclued too.The reason for Southwest area's economic development of Tang dynasty is multiple and the role of local officials is a key. To study the effection of Locial officials on economic development of Tang dynasty not only can help us to deepen the understanding about the cause of economic development in Southwest of Tang, but also has positive implacations on nowdays officals'assigning and Southwest area's economic and social development.Locial chief officals in the southwest of the Tang dynasty have these characteristics:1.Their term of office is relativly stability.2. Most were ecdemic the places of origin.3. They had long a piered of office experience and high cicial status; 4. Many were born of an aristocratic families in government functionary or families well-known to many.Under the view of humanitary circumstance, local chief officals in the Southwest play such rolls in the economic development:1. stable the social circumstance; The chief local officals of Southwest guaranteeThe boundry's peace and stability. The Southwest was on the front line of the struggle against the nanzhao and Tibet. To eliminate their threat, to keep both the loval area's and the kingom's security and stability, the main measures taken are as following:Taking dramatic military operations on Tibet and nanzhao Kingdom. Separating the relationship between nanzhao Kingdom and Kingdom of Tibet to weaken the opponent forces. Perswuading the minority to submit to tang dynasty;Buiding fortification. Recruiting soldiers, strengthening the troop's training and improving its military equipment so as to boost the fighting capacity. Iimproving the local traffic to ensure the logistics. Chief officals of the Tang dynasty in the southwest had also played an important role to the internal stability. The first is boosting the national unity. The second is putting down the rebellion. The third is governning honestly. The forth is lightening the burden of the people, the fifth is readjasting local administration. The sixth is reliving effiction of disaster. The seventh is helping the refugees settle down. The chieflocal officials of the Tang dynasty in the southwest ensured both peace and security on the border and internal society stability. they played an extremely important role on advancing local economic development.The local chief officials atributed to local economic developing greatly. First, they took messures to develop the irrigation systerm. Second, they advanced agriculture producing. The third, they paid attention to the handicraft producing. The fourth they promoted the development of commercial and transport. In the efforts of local chief officals, the southwest at the time made great progress in e agriculture, industry and business.During Tang dynasty many chief officals of southwest had taken various means to abolish the bad customs. They advocated Confucian education to increase the level of cultural, they combating the people trafficking, they destroied temples of witchcraff. This reversed the bad social atmosphere at that time and provides healthy social environment for economic development of the Southwest.In the southwest of Tang dynasty some locial chief officals played an important positive role to the economic development. There were three major factors to detemine the action of the locial chief officals:first is the individual personality traits and qualities, the secong is his official career and personal relationships; the third is depended on the strength of local financial resources.