漢唐襃斜道考

THE PAO-HSIEH ROAD IN THE HAN AND T'ANG PERIODS

嚴耕望(Yen Keng-wang)

《新亞學報》 8卷1期 (1967/02) Pp. 101-156+i+ap5

並列摘要

During the Han and T'ang periods, the Pao-Hsieh road-most famous in China for its steep escarpments- was a main communication line between Ch'in (now Shensi) and Shu (now Szechuan). Although its name remained the same, the itinerary of Pao-Hsieh road did change from Han to T'ang. In the Han period, it started from the upper Han river at Pao-ch'eng (襃城); going north, it followed the valley of the Pao river, climbed over Y aling mountains, (衙嶺山) and then, following the valley of the Hsien river, it turned to the north-east, and reached the southern bank of the Wei river at Meihsien (郿縣). The road derived its name from the two rivers it followed. An analysis of T'ang documents shows that the itinerary of the Pao-Hsieh road was not the same in the T'ang period; although its southern section (going northward along the Pao river) did not change, its northern section went to the north-west up to Fenghsien, (鳳縣) coming out at the pass of Ta-san Kuan(大散關); this itinerary corresponded in fact to the Hui-ch'e road (廻車道) built by the Northern Wei, and was to be known later as the Lien-yun road (連雲道) in the Ming and Ch'ing periods. As for the genuine Pao-Hsieh road of the Han dynasty, due to its excessive escarpment, it fell into disuse after the middle of the T'ang period, and never regained its importance. Besides describing the modification of the itinerary of the Pao-Hsieh road from Han to T'ang, this article analyses in detail the different stations of the road in the Tang period.