The Study On Guazhou On The Early Stage Of Tang Dynasty

On the Early Stage of Tang Dynasty, the regime was not only unsteady but also faced with the threat of the northeast, the northwest, and the southwest, especially with the aggression by Tuguhun and Tubol from the northwest. In the confliction between Tang Dynasty and minority regime, Tang appointed governor and feudal provincial to strengthen administration, and set MoLi Jun to strengthen military management, so GuaZhou gradually became the place for the Resettlement for the surrender and the frontline of a war. Guazhou is the East-West transportation hubs, because it not only had roads direct to YiZhou and Xizhou, but also possessed advanced post road to Shazhou, which provided a convenient condition for official administration, folk business contact, and cultural communication. According to official materials and unearthed documents of Tuguhun and Turfan,this thesis has four chapters to research administration of GuaZhou of the Early Stage of Tang Dynasty. The first chapter analyses the history of GuaZhou set by Tang government, including the change of prefecture and military arrangement. The second chapter researches the features of GuaZhou under the administration of Tang government by appointing Guazhou feudal provincial. This is embodied in three aspects on Early Stage of Tang Dynasty. Fisrtly, with the set of GuaZhou, the administrator who is appointed was named as manager, or feudal provincial, or governor. Secondly, most of Guazhou administrators came from capital officials, whose hometown was aristocratic families.Thirdly, the tenure of Guazhou feudal provincial is different, from one or two years to seven years. The outstanding performance of Guazhou feudal provincial is to suppress the rebellion and to resist aggression from Tobol. The third chapter researches the relationship between Guazhou and Tobol, Tuguhun. Guazhou is not only the gathering place of tuguhun tribe, but also is the place where Tang Dynasty helped to settle down tuguhun tribe. The fourth chapter analysis the management of the East-West Ttransportation hubs under the administration on the Early Stage of Tang.This part mainly researches the two roads (Fifth Road MoheYanQi and Shuogan Road) which is from GuaZhou to the Western Regions and the post road between GuaZhou and ShaZhou.