溥仪小朝廷的政治史研究

“Little Court” in the Forbidden City:Its Political History

辛亥革命,民国肇建,庞大帝国清王朝退出历史舞台,逊清皇室作为一个微型政治实体停留于民初社会。1912—1924年间,逊清皇室以紫禁城内廷为主要活动空间,仍然保留着不少皇家机构,发挥着维持宫廷运作的各项功能,并且与外界社会发生比较复杂的关系。复辟不是小朝廷唯一的政治命题,实施内部管理、结交外部力量与争取合法性等都是其政治功能的体现。逊清皇室还通过隆裕太后葬礼和溥仪大婚这两场重大仪典向公众宣示自己的合法性存在。

Since the 1911 Revolution,the abdicated imperial family of the Qing Dynasty had set up a little court of the Qing Dynasty w ithin the Forbidden City,w hich had been active for 12 years. Betw een 1912 and 1924,the little court,as a miniature political entity of the great empire,still maintained a series of predigested institutions that carried out many different functions of a royal palace. M eanw hile,it stayed in contact rather complicatedly w ith the society outside the Forbidden City. It not only aimed at resuming the throne as its mission,but also performed other political functions such as internal management,seeking for external alliance and striving for its legitimacy. The little court manifested its legitimacy to the public by organizing the funeral of Empress Longyu and w edding ceremony of Emperor Puyi.