李自成最终隐归慈利县四十八寨说献疑

Doubts about Li Zicheng's Final Reclusive Life in the Forty-eight Villages of Cili County

慈利县四十八寨地区百姓认为李自成最终隐归四十八寨,慈利县文史工作者也认为李自成到过四十八寨。考察四十八寨的传说、遗迹和明末清初的历史,可以肯定,李自成余部在四十八寨地区有过活动,但不能将李自成余部的活动认为是李自成的活动。明清之际,传言甚多,李自成身死而又冒出其隐居的说法只是一个传言,并不符合李自成的行事风格和明清之际的历史。李自成隐居传言同明末清初的其他传言一样,都有着政治隐喻。

Common people in the Forty-eight Villages of Cili County generally believe that Li Zicheng finally lived in seclusion in this area,and the workers of culture and history in the county also consider that Li had really been there.It can be affirmed by the legends in the Forty-eight Villages,the relics in the area as well as the history of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties that the remnants of Li's insurrectionary army did take some actions there,which,however,cannot be considered as the actions of Li himself.The reemergence and reclusion of Li after death has been nothing but one of the many rumors about him between Ming and Qing dynasties,which does not accord with either Li's behavior style or the historical facts at that time.Like many other rumors between Ming and Qing dynasties,the reclusion of Li Zicheng is of some political metaphorical significance.