The Study On The Development Of The Shannan Dongdao Under The Local Officials’ Management After The An-shi Rebellion

This paper aims to discuss the relationship between the development of the area Dongdao, Shannan and the local officials after the An-shi Rebellion. It attempts to get a deeper understanding of various aspects of the features in this area through the entry point of local officials, thus further revealing the contribution and role of local officials in the development of the area. This paper firstly summarizes the changes of the construction system of the Dongdao town, Shannan, pointing out its characteristics, thus making an analysis of the reasons for the coexistence of four towns, and holding that such situation is mainly due to the safety consideration in the Guanzhong area of the central government. Secondly, it tackles with the serving officials’ names in these 4 towns after the An-shi Rebellion, trying to find out the characteristics of highest officials in this region, with a detailed analysis of their serving terms, backgrounds, origins, status, and resumes combined with the political environment then. At last, it makes a demonstration and analysis of the roles of local officials in the Dongdao area of Shannan, which is divided into 3 aspects:1. conquer the territory and maintain the sustainability. It mainly makes discussion and analysis of the contribution of local officials in aspects as stabilizing the local peace, maintaining the local security, assessing the officials, and keeping up with the strategic interest strategy of the central government.2. Develop the production. It assesses the behavior of local officials in building water conservancy projects, developing agricultural production, promoting industrial and commercial, as well as transportation development as the core. Besides, it discusses the reasons for the few floods in the Dongdao area of Shannan in Tang dynasty, holding that the water conservancy projects in this area have great relationship to it.3. Educate the mass. It mainly discusses behaviors in education and habits and customs changing. The above mentioned measures of the local officials have great significance to the development of Dongdao area of Shannan after the An-shi Rebellion.