Late Tang Relations With The State Of Research

This thesis aims at the relationship of military governors and prefectures during theLate Tang.There was a triangular relationship among royal government,militarygovernors and prefectures.To restrain military governors,the royal government wasalways trying to keep direct touch with prefectures.So the strength,status andindependence of the prefectures were increased.The royal government adopted aseries of measures to weaken military governors after putting down the rebellion andfirmly controlling the obedient.Especially in the Dynasty of XianZong,through thereturn of military power to the prefectural governors and the reform of the TrisectionFinancial System of Liangshui,the dependent prefectures gradually broke away frommilitary governors and maintained independence.Otherwise,military governors'power was weakened greatly because their military strength and financial resourceswere confined to capital prefectures.Besides,many policies were carried out,such asdivision of military governors,migration of capital prefectures,and upgrade ofdependent prefectures,so that the status and importance of prefectures rose notably.During the reign of TaiZong in Northern Song Dynasty,all prefectures directlysubordinated to the royal government instead of military governors.In fact thischange started from the Late Tang.The split of military governors and enhancementof prefectures,via the new conformity in Five Dynasty,developed into a new setup oflocal politics in Northern Song Dynasty.The structure of this theme is made of fivechapters.The first two chapters probe into the administrative relationship betweenmilitary governors and prefectures and military strength in the later period of TangDynasty from systems.The third chapter and the fourth study the evolution and taxesof prefectures and military governors.The fifth chapter achieves mastery through acomprehensive study of the preceding four chapters,and elucidates in depth throughthe analysis of inscription on the memorial tablet within the tomb of Sun Gongyi whowere the governor of six prefectures.The inscription within the tomb of Sun Gongyihad substantial content,not only able to verify the conclusion of the preceding fourchapters,but also,as a good example,able to offer a good aspect to further study.