略谈南北朝宦官的军事表现

On Military Performances of Eunuchs in Southern and Northern Dynasties

南朝宦官的品秩要比北朝低得多,这就决定了南朝宦官的政治地位和社会地位远远不能和北朝宦官相比。南朝宦官在军事方面的表现,多为个别偶然现象,北朝宦官的军事职务往往是与刺史、郡守等地方官联系在一起的。北朝宦官的军事职位的品秩比较高,都在四品以上,这样品秩的军事职务,加重了宦官的社会政治身份,同时也使宦官拥有军权,进而为影响北魏的政治生活提供了必要的军事因素。

The ranks of eunuchs in Southern Dynasty were much lower than those in Northern Dynasty, and as a result, the political and social status of eunuchs in Southern Dynasty was far incomparable to that of their counterparts in Northern Dynasty, and the display of eunuchs in military affairs in Southern Dynasty can be considered rare. The military positions of Eunuchs in Northern Dynasty were often related to provincial or prefectural governors and other local positions. Eunuchs in Northern Dynasty had higher military ranks, so that they had higher social and political status and possessed military power, becoming an important force in the political arena of Northern Dynasty.