唐朝海上丝绸之路的壮举：再论杨良瑶的聘使大食

Abstract:According to the Yang Liangyao's Inscription found in Jingyang County of Shaanxi Province in 1984， Yang Liangyao was sent to the Abbasid Caliphate as embassy by Tang Dynasty in 785 A.D. He starts for the Arab world from Guangzhou by Sea Silk Road， making connection with the Arabian force against Tibetan Kingdom， and coming back China after three years. One of the importance results of Yang Liangyao's mission is a complete dairy of sailing by Sea Silk Road. This is the route between Guangzhou and Baghdad recorded in Huanghua sida ji written by Jia Dan. The present article recalls the importance of Yang Liangyao's mission based on my paper entitled “New Evidence on the History of Sino-Arabic Relations： A Study of Yang Liangyao's Embassy to the Abbasid Caliphate”. I would explain why there is no record on Yang Liangyao's mission both in eastern and western sources according to the system of eunuch's visiting foreign country in Tang dynasty. Finally， I point that the nature of the Inscription on the tomb and the related persons with Yang Liangyao， whose were not paid attention by Stephen G. Haw in his article.

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