唐宋时期是中国漕运发展的重要阶段，两代漕运既存在制度上的延续性，也出现了诸多方面的不同变化。主要表现在：（１）唐朝时逐渐形成以南方为主的供漕区域及南北向的漕运路线，宋代不仅保持了这一格局，而且进一步加剧了对东南地区的依赖；（２）唐宋时期在漕运方式中长期实行机动灵活的“转般法”，北宋后期则改行“直达法”，结果弊端丛生；（３）唐朝产生了转运使之类的最早的漕运官职，宋代则建立了以东南发运司为主，包括各地区机构在内的完备的漕运管理组织；（４）在唐宋两代，漕运运输队伍经历了由征调农民服役到职业性漕卒承担的变迁过程。漕运的以上沿革变迁，正体现了历史发展的必然内在联系 The Tang and Song dynasties were an important stage in the development of China’s water transport. The two generations of water transport existed in both institutional continuity and in many different aspects. The main manifestations are as follows: (1) During the Tang Dynasty, the southward-oriented waterway and the south-north waterway gradually formed. The Song Dynasty not only maintained this pattern, but also further intensified its dependence on the southeast. (2) During the Tang and Song dynasties In the middle and long term, the “water transfer method” practiced in the medium and long term was practiced flexibly. In the late Northern Song Dynasty, the “Direct Method” was diverted. The results were troublesome. (3) The earliest water transport official who had been transferred to the Tang Dynasty was established. In the Song Dynasty, Shipping Division, including the various agencies, including the complete organization of water transport management; (4) in the Tang and Song dynasties, the transport of water transport by the peasants experienced by the occupation of the cadets commitment to the process of change. The changes in the above-mentioned water transport embody the necessary internal relations of historical development