吐鲁番文书所见唐西州"城主"考

通过对吐鲁番文书中西州"城主"一词进行考察,认为城主一职设置于唐代,在对高昌原有郡县省并之后,为便于对城中居民的管理,唐保留了城的建制,设立城主对原有郡县城进行管理.城主之下,另置有副城主、城局、横催、里正、坊正等吏员.限于城镇规模,城主的官位不高,很可能位居流外,但由于其任命为"准式铨拟",故城主应非色役或差科而属于官吏之列.

On the Chengzhu of Tang's Xizhou State: A Study Based on the Turfan Documents

Based on the Turfan unearthed documents,this paper examined the term of chengzhu(head of a city) of Xizhou State.It is found that the position of chengzhu was set up in the Tang Dynasty.In order to rule the region originally belonging to the Xizhou State gaochang after merging the counties there,the Tang government retained the city as its administrative organ and established the position of chengzhu,who was assigned the duty to manage the territory there.Besides the position of chengzhu,the central governm...