东汉皇宫宿卫体系论略

On the System of Safeguarding Imperial Palace in Donghan Dynasty

东汉的皇宫宿卫体系是在继承西汉皇宫宿卫体系的基础上,进一步调整而形成的。东汉皇宫多层宿卫体系非常严密、宿卫军权高度集中,这利于东汉皇权的集中和强化。然而,东汉后期,随着外戚和宦官势力的不断膨胀,他们为把持国政,都争相把控制皇宫宿卫力量作为争夺权势的强力后盾,使东汉皇宫多层宿卫体系成了外戚和宦官削弱和控制皇权的凭借。

The system of safeguarding imperial palace in Donghan dynasty was built on the background of the system of safeguarding imperial palace in Xihan dynasty. This system was very rigorous, and the safeguarding power was highly centralized. Such conduct was beneficial to the concentration and strengthens of imperial power in Donghan dynasty. But in late Donghan dynasty, emperor＇s relative and eunuch monopolized power. In order to control the government, they treated the force of safeguarding imperial palace as their backing of struggling for power, and the system of safeguarding imperial palace became the means by which emperor＇s relatives and eunuch weakened and controlled the imperial power.