土司时代的施州卫对土家族区域的控制

Dominance of Shizhou Wei over Tujia Area in the Time of Hereditary Native Officials

在今天的土家族地区,唐崖长官司覃氏土司、永顺宣慰司彭氏土司文化遗址已经收录入世界文化遗产中。这说明,世界对中国的土司制度了解有了入门的路径。但是,目前的研究多是对土家族的历史文化研究,以及对土司与土司制度的研究。而对于控制土司的卫、所的专门研究,尚属不多。文章就施州卫的历史与特点作讨论,以期对施州卫对于今天鄂西南土司的控制与管理做更多的了解。

In current Tujia area, two Hereditary Native Officials cultural sites, respectively known as Tangya Qin Zhangguansi Hereditary Native Official Cultural Site and Sangzhi Peng Xuanweisi Hereditary Native Official Cultural Site, have been listed in the Cultural Heritages of the World. This event shows that the world has found an approach to the understanding of the system of Hereditary Native Official in China.Much more efforts have been put into the study of history and culture of Tujia People, the Hereditary Native Officials, and the system of the Hereditary Native Officials,while the study of the military institutions that control the Hereditary Native Officials is not adequate.This paper discusses the history and feature of a military institution Shizhouwei in order to know better its control and management of the Hereditary Native Officials in the area of today＇s west part of Hubei Province.