草原政权的“正统观念”与历史记忆——以北族记忆中的匈奴为例

The Concept of Legitimacy and Historical Memory of the Regime in the Steppe: An Example of the Xiongnu within the Memory of Ethnic Peoples of Northern China

本文从草原政权是否有类似中国定居社会的正统观念这一问题出发,进而探索草原政权对于之前政治体的历史记忆问题。以匈奴为个案所作的分析,证明草原政权也有丰富的历史记忆,只是构建合法性所依赖的历史记忆与华夏文明非常不同。由此进一步对草原政权合法性建构的特殊模式做一点探索。

This paper begins with the question whether or not the regimes in the steppe have the concept of legitimacy like the regimes in the settling society of China. Then, the author explores their historical memory on the political powers before them. The case study of the Xiongnu proves that the steppe powers have abundant historical memory. But they constructed their legitimacy with different type of historical memory from the one of the Huaxia civilization. On the basis of the study, the paper explores the special mode of the construction of the legitimacy of the regime in the steppe.