会州为唐代丝绸之路上重要的交通枢纽,控扼黄河渡口,其故址为今甘肃省白银市平川区水泉镇柳州古城;该镇的陡城堡并非唐会州州治,而是明代的一处军事驻所。文中还考得,柳州古城附近的缠州古城为西汉鹑阴县、东汉鹯阴县城。本文最后还结合对于唐代会州城址等考证的实例,就如何考察研究古代城址谈了一些工作上的体会。
Huizhou(会州)was an important traffic node in Tang Dynasty,and had commanded the Yellow River ferry.Its site was current Liuzhou Ancient City(柳州古城)at the Shuiquan Town(水泉镇),Pingchuan District(平川区)of Baiyin City(白 银 市),Gansu Province.The Doucheng Castle(陡城堡)at the Shuiquan Town was not the site of Huizhou in Tang Dynasty,it was a military fort in Ming Dynasty.The Chanzhou Ancient City(缠州古城)at the Shuiquan Town was a ruins of Chunyin county(鹑 阴 县)in Xihan Dynasty,and Zhanyin county(鹯 阴 县)in Donghan Dynasty.The author gave a few comments about how to investigate and study the ruins of ancient city.