鄂西土司制度的起源与发展

The Origin and Development of Chieftain System in Western Hubei

唐宋时期的中央政府在鄂西土家族地区推行羁縻政策,后在元代形成初步完备的土司制度,于明代最为鼎盛,最终在清代被废除。土司制度自诞生之日起便对实行该政策的地区产生了深远的影响。在我国少数民族历史文化的研究进程中,有关鄂西土司制度的研究取得了一些丰硕的成果。本文通过对相关文献资料的搜集整理,从鄂西土司制度形成的历史背景、土司制度的主要内容以及鄂西土司制度的历史变迁三个方面对这一制度进行基本介绍。

The central government of Tang and Song Dynasties carried out the policy of Jimi in the Tujia area of Western Hub-ei,and then formed a preliminary and complete chieftain system in the Yuan Dynasty,which was the most prosperous in the Ming Dynasty and finally abolished in the Qing Dynasty.Since its birth,chieftain system has had a profound impact on the ar-eas where the policy was implemented.In the process of the research on the history and culture of ethnic minorities in China,the research on the chieftain systemin Western Hubei has made some fruitful achievements.Based on the collection of relevant documents,this paperintroduces the systemfromthree aspects:the historical background of the formation of the chieftain system in Western Hubei,the main contents of the chieftain system and the historical changes of the chieftain system in Western Hubei.