广西忻城“裁流复土”考略

On System of Dismissing Government Official and Resetting Hereditary Headmen in Xincheng Guangxi

历史上的广西忻城县在建置方面出现两次罕见现象:一是从唐代初开始建置至明代初的七百余年间,流官管理和土司管理多次反复更迭,在我国地方建置史上极为罕见;二是明代弘治九年(1496年)"裁流复土",至清代光绪三十二年(1906年),长达四百多年忻城都是实行土司制度,这在我国土司制度史上更为罕见。本文拟对忻城县建置沿革、明初"裁流复土"及其背景、"裁流复土"后数百年间忻城土县社会状况略作考究阐述,试图理清这段历史。

Two rare cases happened in Xincheng county＇s establishment in history of Guangxi,one was governed by the government officials and by the hereditary headmen alternatively for many times during 700-odd years starting from the early Tang dynasty to the early Ming dynasty;another one was to carry out the system of hereditary headmen for over 400 years from 1496 to 1906.This paper tries to do an investigation into the history of Xincheng county＇s establishment,the system of Dismissing Government Official and Resetting Hereditary Headmen in the early Ming dynasty and its background,and the social conditions of Xincheng county for centuries after that.