唐代宦官专权延续性的原因探析

The Reasons of Eunuch's Controlling the Court Administration Continually in the Tang Dynasty

唐代宦官专权自玄宗始,经肃、代、德、顺、宪、穆、敬、文、武、宣、懿、僖、昭十四朝,近两个世纪,其延续性、持久化在中国古代史上可谓独一无二。唐中后期特殊的历史背景是其产生的内因;宦官干政的制度化是其延续持久的外部条件;君主易人不易权的手段、外朝对内朝的依附以及宦官世家的出现,更为其推波助澜,使其愈演愈烈,终呈延续发展之势。

With the crisis of the politics in middle period of the Tang Dynasty, the Emperor Tang Xuanzong＇s started to appoint Eunuchs. So, the eunuch participated in political affairs and gradually controlled the court administration. Form Emperor Tang Xuanzong to Emperor Tang Zaozong, the eunuchs had controlled the court administration continually for over two hundred years.