《水浒传》宋江刺配江州与浔阳楼历史地图(1102年 · 宋代江西九江 vs 秦汉重庆江州辨析)
Song Jiang's Exile to Jiangzhou & Xunyang Tower in 'Water Margin' (1102 CE Historical Map)
心在山东身在吴,飘蓬震垲幔嗟吁。他时若遂凌云志,敢笑黄巢不丈夫! —— 《水浒传》第三十九回 · 浔阳楼宋江吟反诗(背景年代:北宋徽宗崇宁年间 · 约1102年)
中国历史地理中最著名的“同名异地”案例之一便是“江州”:秦汉至六朝前期的“江州”为巴郡治所,位于嘉陵江入长江处的今重庆市渝中区;而自东晋设江州并移治寻阳(浔阳)后,隋唐宋明所谓的“江州”均指长江中下游赣北重镇——今江西省九江市。白居易《琵琶行》“江州司马青衫湿”与《水浒传》宋江刺配江州牢城、于浔阳江畔浔阳楼醉题反诗,在北宋(1102年)行政区划中皆属江南西路江州(治浔阳县,今江西省九江市浔阳区)。
One of Chinese historical geography’s classic homonym traps is "Jiangzhou": during the Qin, Han, and Three Kingdoms periods, Jiangzhou referred to modern Chongqing at the confluence of the Jialing and Yangtze rivers; from the Eastern Jin, Tang, and Song dynasties onward, Jiangzhou was seated at Xunyang (modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi). Both Bai Juyi’s "Pipa Song" and Song Jiang’s exile to Jiangzhou in Water Margin (c. 1102 CE, Northern Song) take place in Jiangnan West Circuit’s Jiangzhou (Jiujiang, Jiangxi).