东汉王朝对西北边疆治理策略研究

Strategy of the East Han Dynasty for Governance of the Northwest Frontier

东汉王朝在西北边疆的军事和政治力量反复的进入与退出,本质上与王朝国家统治者在“守中治边”和“守中弃边”边疆治理战略思想上的交替变化有关。在此过程中,东汉王朝不时利用西北边疆民族的政治和军事力量抵御匈奴的渗透与攻击,这是“华夷一体”“守在四夷”边疆治理思想在西北边疆的实践,发挥了西北民族在守土固边中的作用。当然,东汉王朝对西北边疆治理策略的选择及得失,在很大程度上与任用的“边吏”作用发挥情况密切相关。

the repetitive entry and exit of the military and political forces of the East Han Dynasty in the northwest frontier area was essentially brought about by the changes in the rulers’strategy for its governance,which alternated between“governing the border for defense of the hinterland”and“a⁃bandoning the border for defense of the hinterland”.In the process,the imperial court made use of the military and political forces of the ethnic minority groups living in the frontier area for defense a⁃gainst the infiltration and assaults of the Huns,a policy that embodied the idea that these minority groups were part of the Chinese nation,and that they were to be trusted in defense against foreign ag⁃gression.This policy allowed the minority groups of the northwest to play a major role in national de⁃fense.But of course,the success or failure of the policy depended to a large extent on the capabilities of the officials appointed to guard the border.