汉初功臣集团的政治斗争——“绛侯诛诸吕”事件考察

On the Political Struggle of the Military Meritocracy Groups in the Early Han Dynasty:An Investigation into the Event of“Jianghou Destroying the LüFamily”

“绛侯诛诸吕”是指汉初吕后去逝后,以周勃、陈平为首的功臣策划的联合刘姓宗室诛灭吕氏外戚集团的政治事件。通过诛诸吕,功臣集团铲除了吕姓诸侯王,践行了高帝的白马盟誓;还政于刘氏,避免了君位落入异姓的手中;同时维护了功臣集团自身的政治利益,对汉代此后的外戚政治与权臣政治产生了深远的影响。

“Jianghou destroying the Lüfamily”was a political event planned by the military meritocracy in the early Han Dynasty to destroy the clan members of the Lüfamily together with the clan of the Liu family.By destroying Lüfamily,the military meritocracy group removed all the vassal kings of Lü,and fulfilled the“White Horse Pledge”of Emperor Gao,returned the government to the Han Dynasty,avoiding the throne falling into the hands of different families;At the same time,it also safeguarded the political interests of the military meritocracy group and exerted a profound influence on the politics of the clans and officials later the Han Dynasty.