南诏大理国与吐蕃及东南亚地区的茶叶贸易初探

南诏大理国时期的云南茶叶生产趋于繁荣,将茶运往藏区销售并出口到以安南为主的东南亚地区成为王国重要的贸易活动。南诏大理国将茶叶产区的诸多民族置于统一的管辖之下,保证了产地与市场之间的有效联系;茶叶贸易不仅维持着茶马古道交通网络的存在,云南也借此强化了与西藏以及东南亚的政治文化交流。本文以茶叶及其对外贸易为媒介进行讨论,旨在揭示南诏大理国的经济与社会状况,深化对中国西南边疆发展历程的理解。

On Tea Trade Between Nanzhao-Dali Kingdom,Tubo and Southeast Asia

The production of tea flourished in the Nanzhao-Dali Kingdom,and a large amount of tea was transported to Tibetan areas for sale and exported to Southeast Asia with Annan(today’s Vietnam)as the main selling area.Ethnic minorities living in the tea-growing areas were under the unified jurisdiction of the kingdom for maintaining effective links between the tea producing areas and markets.Tea trade was important in maintaining the existence of the ancient tea-horse road,by which Yunnan sustained political and cultural exchanges with Tibet and Southeast Asia.Probe into the tea and its foreign trade not only reveals the economic and social situation of the Nanzhao-Dali Kingdom,but also deepen the understanding of the historical process of Southwest frontier in China.