明代东西“清水江”和东西“龙里”考辨

Reconfirmation of the Eastern and Western Qing shui River and Eastern and Western Long-li in Ming Dynasty

明代的清水江流域,土司领地遍布各地,土司领土之间又镶嵌着大小不等的"生界"。致使对清水江流域内的山川形胜,不仅明代的文人学士难以知晓,就是政府官员也很少涉足其间,因而明代的官私文书对这一领域的记载很不充分,经常出现张冠李戴,或记载混误的现象。通过对《明史》有关东西清水江、东西龙里记载混误的考辩,以此告诫学人,在利用《明史》的相关资料时,需持谨慎态度,切不可盲从。

The territory belonged to the national minority chieftains throughout the whole Qingshui River in Ming Dynasty, but there were called ＂Sheng Jie＂ （the territory in the imperial China, but not be ruled by the imperial government） among the territory. Which caused not only scholars, but also government officials were difficult to know this area correctly. So in Ming Dynasty, official and private documents recorded in this area is not sufficient, if so, the records were either confuse one place with another, or mistaken identity. After textual distinguishing ＂history of Ming Dynasty＂ about eastern and Western Qingshui River and eastern and Western Long-li mixed error record, the author want to warn people that we need to be cautious in the use of ＂history of Ming Dynasty＂ information.