A Series Of Problems About The Tang Dynasty's Zhaoyi Army From The Newly Founed Epitaph

As one of Tang Dynasty important military governors,Zhaoyi army is composed of places cross Shanxi, Hebei's Zelu area and Xing Ming area. Two big administrative division different physical geography condition decided Zhaoyi army had many characteristics which other military governors didn't have.As the forward-edge position controlling Heshuo,Zhaoyi army played an remarkablly important role in guards against the pre-north of the Heshuo three male ,for its Xing Ming area was in-line the Heshuo three fence center. Its sharp cavalry army made the entire Tang Dynasty's military governors look at itself with new eyes. As a result of Zhaoyi army 's these remarkable characteristics, it has been causing the domestic and foreign scholars'very high regarding.In order to have breakthrough and innovation on the foundation which the predecessors study, the author studies a series of problems with epitaph as the clue and the recently Zhaoyi army 's epitaph discovery as the breakthrough point.The first question the essay studies is the Zhaoyi army's cavalry.The historians have universal praise on Zhaoyi army 's infantry,but unusually studies its cavalry. This part post some complexion such as: its cavalry soldier quantity was quite considerable, its cavalry soldier and infantry's distribution presented the regional characteristic, its cavalry had some designation other military governors didn't have and so on.The second question the essay studies is the Zhaoyi army's services. The Zhaoyi army 's service had regular characteristics, for Zhaoyi army crossed two areas and its Xing Ming area's important position in guarding against the Heshuo. The regular characteristic of the Zhaoyi army 's service turn out in newly founed epitaph. The part try to post the characteristics and the reason of services in different area with the epitaph as the breakthrough point.The third question the essay studies is the Zhaoyi army's retirement problem of the basic generals.After research into the newly founed epitaph, I find that there is the retirement system of basic generals. Although Tang Dynasty's retirement system was perfect, the retirement record of soliders was seldom, the retirement record of basic generals in the mid and late Tang military governors was not founed.we know the age and the treatment of basic generals ,which give us a useful clue of knowing the treatment of basic generals.The essay takes the study of the epitaph with unioning three aspect material which are newly founed epitaph,faraway founed epitaph and documental record, by the method of dual evidence.With the research above, The essay trys to enrich the studial content of the Tang Dynasty military governor, widen the thinking of the study of the Tang Dynasty military governor.