甘露之变新论

A New Opinion about the Sweet Dew Incident of 835

唐文宗起用李训、郑注 ,实际上是为了破除官僚朋党。文宗认为他们同自己的太平理想契合 ,予以倚重 ,翦除宦官是实现理想的一个步骤。李训、郑注政变失败 ,昭义藩镇的介入抑制了宦官的势力 ,稳定了国家局势。李德裕党平定昭义叛乱 ,藉机陷害、打击李宗闵党 ,硬把李训、郑注和不知情的其他官员拉扯进去 ,因而否定李训翦除宦官的活动。

Emperor Wenzong of Tang Dynasty called LI Xun and ZHENG Zhu to offices, the purpose of which was to eradicate bureaucrats and clique. Wenzong thought that their ideas agreed with his idea of a peaceful and tranquil social order, and relied heavily on them to eliminate the eunuchs which was one of the stages of realizing his ideals. Both the failure of LI Xun and ZHENG Zhu's coup and the intervening of the Zhaoyi military region restrained the power of eunuchs, and stabilized the country. The clique headed by LI Deyu, taking advantage of eliminating the Zhaoyi coup, made a false charge against the clique of LI Zongmin, and involved LI Xun, ZHENG Zhu and others who didn't know anything about it intentionally.Therefore, LI Xun's role in the elimination of the eunuchs was denied.