“永光顾命集团”与刘宋前废帝初年政局

Yongguang Assisting Ministers Group and the Political Situation of Early Liu Song

宋前废帝在位的一年半时间里刘宋政局经历了巨大的变化和激烈的动荡,最后导致南北力量对比发生关键性变化。以往学界对这段历史关注相对较少,且主要集中在前废帝诛杀执政及其后的残暴统治上,而对于前废帝初年,即顾命大臣执政时期的政局与权力斗争着墨甚少。事实上在前废帝即位初,由刘义恭等顾命大臣与戴法兴等恩倖联合而成的"永光顾命集团"控制了政局,顾命集团企图加强自己的权力却反而陷于孤立,最终被前废帝消灭,政局也由此而一发不可收拾,最终酿成巨变。

Great changes and furious turbulences of Liu Song political situation under the one year and a half reign of Emperor Qianfei ultimately resulted in the critical change of balance of power between the north and south.Relatively little academic attention was paid to this period of history. Research mainly focused on the Emperor Qianfei＇s tyranny after he killed the assisting ministers,while not too much was carried out on the political situation and power struggle when assisting ministers was in power at the beginning of Emperor Qianfei ＇s reign. In fact,Yongguang Assisting Ministers Group,comprising assisting ministers like Liuyigong and minions like Daifaxing,controlled the political situation at the beginning of Emperor Qianfei ＇s reign. The assisting ministers group ＇s attempt to reinforce its power turned out to be isolation and eventual elimination by Emperor Qianfei,after which situation was out of control and finally radical change occurred.