“军阀”治下之“军阀”学理研讨——以北伐战争前夕一场政治与学术论战为中心

Debate on Warlords under the Rule of Warlords

在20世纪20年代中期北伐战争即将爆发之际,在一批学人和社会政治活动家中间爆发了一场关于谁是“军阀”,以及怎样定义“军阀”、如何改造国家与社会武装力量等问题的激烈论战。论战虽由时事问题所引发,其影响却超越了政论范围,推动了“军阀”话语体系的迅速发展,促进了有关中国政治与军事问题的学理研讨。

On the eve of the Northern Expedition in the mid-1920s, some scholars and social activists engaged themselves in a heated debate over such topics as to who was junfa, how to define junfa, and how to reform the state and the military forces in the society. This controversy originated from the discussion of current political affairs, its influence, however, went far beyond the political comments. It in the long run accelerated the development of the junfa discourse and promoted the scholastic research on Chinese political and military problems.