从土官与夷官之别看明代土司的界定

Distinction between Tu Officials and Minority Officials in the Ming Dynasty

近年来,土司研究发展成果十分丰富,土司研究已渐成为学术之热点。然而近读关于明代土司之论述,颇感一些学者对于明代土司之理解有误,有将东北、西北"番夷"误入土司之列,究其主要原因,是《明史》作者为统治者讳,有意含混其词,令今人误读所致。

The recent Tusi studies has produced quite a few findings in various aspects but some scholars have such misunderstanding of ＂Tusi＂ in the Ming dynasty as the classification of some mi- nority chieftains in northwest and northeast China into ＂Tusi＇. The major cause of such misunder- standing originates from their misunderstanding of ＂Tusi＂ in A History of the Ming Dynasty due to its author＇s ambiguous definition of ＂Tusi＂ .