Textual Research on Officials Involved in Building Water Conservancy Projects in the Tang Dynasty Recorded in Geographic Record of The New Book of Tang:
The development of Tang civilization relied on the water conservancy projects.A large number of water conser-vancy projects were built in the Tang Dynasty by officials to promote the agricultural development.Geographic Record of The New Book of Tang keeps the first-hand data on water conservancy construction in the Tang Dynasty.According to statistics,130 officials with name recorded in the Tang Dynasty were in charge of water conservancy projects,including officials at all levels from the central to local prefectures and counties,reflecting the importance that the Tang Dynasty attached to water conservancy projects from the central to local government.In the Tang Dynasty,there were more officials involved in building water conser-vancy projects in the early Tang Dynasty than in the late Tang Dynasty,and more in the south than in the north,reflecting the shift of the national water conservancy center.And the officials who built water conservancy projects were mainly local state gov-ernors and county magistrates.The water conservancy project was not only an important indicator of the government officials'achievements in the central examination,but also the main basis for the people to evaluate the officials.The naming of water conservancy projects after officials in the Tang Dynasty reflects the recognition of the people to the government officials'contri-butions to water conservancy projects.
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