平播战争文献汇要及其史料价值

On the Documents of Pingbo War and the their Historical Values

平播战争是明神宗万历朝三大军事活动之一,其目的在于镇压以播州土司杨应龙为首的地方叛乱势力,这场战争以明王朝全胜而告终。关于平播战争的文献主要见于《明史》、《明神宗实录》、《明史纪事本末》、《万历起居注》、《贵州通志》、《四川通志》以及杂史等。另外,时人的奏议、碑铭、文集和其他地方志也对此有所记载。上述文献对研究平播战争发生的原因、经过、明朝军队使用的战略战术等具有重大的史料价值。

Pingbo war was one of the three military eonflicts in the reign of Shengzong of Ming Dynasty, the purpose of which was to suppress the local rioters with Yang Ying-long as the leader from Tusi of Bozhou, and the war ended up with the Ming Dynasty as the winner. The documents about this war can be known through many documents such as ＂The Annals of Ming Dynasty＂,＂The Memoir of Mingshengzong＇etc. Besides,this war was also recorded in some other materials. And the above-mentioned doeuments exert certain historical values in research into the cause, course and the strategies implemented by troops of Ming Dynasty about this war.