刘基长子刘琏出任江西参政时间及死因考

A Textual Examination of Liu Lian's Appointment in Jiangxi and the Reason of His Death

刘基长子刘琏因家世等原因,被卷入了明初朝廷政争之中,了解其生平对于搞清明朝初期的政治生态有一定意义。但史籍对之记载较少,且多有扑朔迷离之处,迄今学界对之关注亦少。本文专就其担任江西布政使司参政之时间及死因加以考证,认定其于洪武十年冬至十二年六月底任江西布政使司参政约一年半,其死乃为被胡惟庸同党所害。

Liu Lian(刘琏),the eldest son of Liu Ji(刘基),was involved in the political disputes at the early Ming period because of his family background.Record about his life is rare and many mysteries remain to the present.This paper invests the time period of Liu Lian serving as the Assistant Administrator of Jiangxi Province and concluded that it was started from the winter of the tenth year of Emperor Hongwu’s reign and ended by the June of the twelfth year of Emperor Hongwu’s reign.He was eventually poisoned to death by Hu Weiyong(胡惟庸).