Bohai Three Generations Wang Tang's Policy And Its Changes

Guided by the Marxist conception of history, this essay, employing the methods of document and comparative analysis, elaborates the evolutionary process of the first three kings'diplomatic policies, adopted differently during the reign of Dazuorong, Dawuyi and Daqinmao to Tang Dynasty in the Kingdom of Bohai and analyzes its influences on the successors. It's of great realistic and historical significance to maintain and develop contemporary national unity that we observe and rethink Tang's dominating policies to minority political powers through the research on the first three kings'diplomatic policies and to reveal the close relationship between the Kingdom of Bohai and the central dynasty. This essay consists of six parts: Abstract, preface, text, notes, references and appendix, and the text is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is about the policy to Tang Dynasty executed by the first king of Bohai, Dazuorong, after the establishment of Mohe regime. In the youth of Mohe, Dazuorong carried out a peaceful and friendly diplomatic policy, established diplomatic ties with the neighboring minority regimes constantly and built close-knit political, economic and cultural relationships with Tang to imitate its ruling mode to construct and consolidate the new born regime after accepted Tang's conferment with delight. The indiscerptible relationship of administrative subordination had been settled since Dazuorong ceaselessly dispatched his sons and vassals to the pilgrims to Tang developing greater empathy.The second chapter expatiates the policy to Tang of Bohai's second king, Dawuyi. At the initial stage of his succession, Dawuyi took in part independent stance to the central regime keeping subordinate to Tang with his own political plan. Despite the inner discontentment in the hierarchy of Bohai and the conflicts Tang due to Dawuyi's external expansion and conquest, Bohai was still under the suzerainty of Tang when Dawuyi successively sent ambassadors to Tang for about thirty times, contributing enormously to the development of Bohai with the study and importation of advanced cultural achievements of Central Plains.The third chapter elaborates the policy to Tang of Bohai's third king, Daqinmao, who had been respectful, loyal, and obedient to Tang. In A.D.762, Daqinmao was formally conferred by the central power with the first designation of"King"in the history of Bohai. With the cease of inner conflicts of the ruling class and the stability of the regime, the society of Bohai developed steadily and fleetly due to Daqinmao's"Government by civilians"policy. In Bohai's history, a climax of learning from the Central Plains came into being then on account of Daqinmao's passion for the regulations,systems and culture of the glorious age of Tang Dynasty.The fourth chapter expounds the influences of Bohai's first three kings'policies to Tang on their successors who inherited referential ruling experiences, which varied and developed continuously with rationality of different degree, from Dazuorong's determination to make his country prosperous, to Dawuyi's efforts to exhaust all resources to build his military power, and to Daqinmao's complete assimilation to Tang. The interdependence and the friendly intercourses between Tang and Bohai had been an unforgettable legacy in history.