Sui Dynasty Northern Frontier Evolution Of Political Geography

In the history of Sui Dynasty, although the maintain time is short, but it ended three hundred years of division, and establish the prosperity situation of Tang Dynasty, the academia often treat Sui and Tang dynasties as a body, Sui and Tang and Five Dynasties as a research direction. Sui Dynasty, have productive effect on the local administrative system reform and institutional improvement, including Zongguanfu system, repeal County, remove some states and counties, replace states as counties, which have a great influence on the later dynasties. Study the development and evolution of administrative division of northern frontier and Border States (county) during this period can help us understand the transition of the country’s local control, and the relationship between Sui dynasty and Turkic and other ethnic groups.The study of Sui Dynasty’s northern frontier is generally in the viewpoint of Sui and Turkic ethnic relations, not from space internal and external discussed in details. Given the above situation, this article is divided into three parts, the first one is the general situation of the northern frontier political geography pattern before Sui Dynasty, including the geography of Sui Dynasty, the general situation of the northern frontier political geography before Sui Dynasty; The second part discusses the northern frontier political geography pattern during the period of Sui Wendi, including Sui Dynasty and Turkic’s war and peace relations in the era of Kaihuang and Renshou, the build of the Great Wall and the northern frontiers of Sui Wendi era; The third one discusses the northern frontier political geography pattern during the period of Yangdi, including the border situation before the tenth year of Daye, the political situation change of the northern frontier from the eleven year of Daye to the end of Sui Dynasty.Through this topic research, reappear the northern frontier region’s administrative division evolution during Sui Dynasty, the relationship between the internal and external historical environment situation changes and establish and abolish of Zongguanfu, state, county, to refine the research on border control measures from the period of Sui Wendi to Yangdi and the relationship of the Turkic. Use time as context, reflect the evolution process of the pattern of Sui Dynasty’s northern frontier political geography pattern more clearly. Analyze the cause of the pattern of evolution on the basis of historical materials preliminary, including natural environment, political will, military transportation, social life and so on.