《唐六典》和两《唐书》职官志等典志,都曾经对唐代州县官员的员额、官品和职掌等有所描写。这些典志也成了今人了解和研究唐代地方行政制度最主要的依据。但如果完全依赖这些典志, 我们对唐代地方行政的认识恐怕是不完整的,因为唐代制度的运 Tang dynasties and two “Tang book” official records and other dictionaries, have on the Tang Dynasty officials in the county post, official product and the work described. These dynasties also became the most important basis for the modern people to understand and study the local administrative system in the Tang Dynasty. However, if we completely rely on these dictionaries, our understanding of the local administration in the Tang Dynasty may not be complete because the system of the Tang dynasty