著者

和田 清

出版者

東洋文庫

雑誌

東洋学報 = The Toyo Gakuho

巻号頁・発行日

vol.36, no.4, pp.419-474, 1954-03

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The Chapter on Po-hai (渤海) in the New T'ang Annals (新唐書) is a quite authentic source, as it was based on "Po-hai-kuo-chi" (渤海國記), the Description of the Po-hai Kingdom, by Chang Chien-chang (張建章) who visited himself the country as an ambassador. By means of its description the writer has succeeded in locating 5 metropolei (五京), 15 local centres (十五府) and 62 provinces (六十二州) of the country. In connection with these he also has determined the territorities of the Seven Tribes of Mo-ho (靺鞨) stated in the Chapter on Mo-ho of the Sui Annals. The identification of these places is the problem that no one has ever been able to solve. As no history of the inner Manchuria is more detailed than the history of Po-hai, the success in fixing the localities of Po-hai offers a solid foundation on which other geographical studies can be made. At the same time the writer is convinced that he can solve the problem about the peoples inhabiting the North-Eastern Asia beyond the boundaries of Po-hai. He also has been successful in allocating the Tribe Wu-jo (兀惹), the descendants of Hei-shui Mo-ho (黑水靺鞨). These results will be published at other opportunities.