中古时期中原王朝和地方政权治理西域的经验与教训

中古时期中原王朝或河西地方政权皆认识到西域的重要性,都根据自身的实力和条件或迟或早经营西域,这既是争正统的需要,也是实际利益的需要.中原王朝和地方政权都采取"恩威并用"的方式经营西域,具体做法是:经济上优惠、政治上拉拢、文化上宽容、军事上镇压.中原王朝和地方政权大多还在西域条件较成熟的地方建立郡县,以此作为经营西域的牢固的根据地.而中原政权不稳定,或统治者的认识局限性或错误决策,都影响了西域的稳定与治理.

Experience and Lessons Gained by the Medieval Zhongyuan Monarchies and Their Local Governments in Managing the Western Regions

In medieval China,Zhongyuan monarchies and the Hexi local governments both recognized the importance of the Western Regions and managed them according to their own power and other conditions sooner or later.This was required not only by the competition for the orthodox position but also by the pursuit of practical interests.The rulers then managed the region with a stick-and-carrot policy:military repressions combined with economic benefits,political appeasement and cultural tolerance.If conditions were mat...