云南孟连土司研究

A study of the system of appointing minority hereditary headmen in Menglian, Yunnan

元代勐卯王室罕叭法率领其部落由勐卯迁徙到孟连,途经西盟与大马撒佤族酋长和亲 结盟,从元代至民国年间孟连土司守土保民,勤守贡职,中央政府一直承认其世袭。从某种意义上说,没 有孟连土司就没有孟连的历史。其在守卫孟连、传播文化,加强中央与地方的政治、经济联系,促进民族 团结方面发挥着不可替代的历史作用。随着傣族社会经济的发展,土司制度必然走向消亡。土司制度 的历史如今仍是中华民族汲取国家统一方略的思想宝库的重要内容。

The imperial member Hanbafa led his tribe to move from Mengmao to Menglian in the Yuan dynasty, married the daughter of the Wa nationality chief of Damasa and formed an alliance with the chief. From then to Mingguo, Menglian headmen guarded territory, protected people, diligently safeguarded his heritage. There had been no history in Menglian without the system of appointing Dai nationality hereditary headmen. With the development of society and economy of the Dai nationality, the system of headmen inevitably withered away. But today it is the important thinking treasures in national union strategies.