深耕细作与推陈出新——《匈奴政权及相关制度研究》评析

Deeply Ploughing and Bringing Forth the New——A Book Review on The Hun Regime and Related System

匈奴人在中国最早建立了游牧政权,并统一北方草原,产生了深远的历史影响。对匈奴历史的研究长期成为学界的关注热点。由于史料相对缺乏,近年来匈奴史研究的开拓性较为有限。内蒙古社会科学院历史研究所的李春梅研究员撰写的《匈奴政权及相关制度研究》一书,在悉心研读史料的基础上,认为匈奴出现于中国历史并与诸侯国接触的时间应该在战国时期,匈奴的贵人会议是单于的附属机构而不是原始民主制下的决策机构,匈奴的左贤王、左谷蠡王、右贤王、右谷蠡王构成“四角”,“四角”下各有六个万骑长,构成了匈奴的“二十四长”等。作者以匈奴政权及其相关制度为中心,提出了一系列具有创新价值的观点,推进了匈奴政治制度史的研究。

The Huns firstly established a nomadic regime in China and unified the northern grasslands,which produces profound historical impacts.Researching the history of Huns has long been a hot academic topic,but the pioneering research findings in recent years are quite limited due to the relative lack of historical materials.In her latest book"The Hun Regime and Related System",by careful examination of historical information,Li Chunmei,a researcher of the Institute of History,Inner Mongolia Academy of Social Sciences,has contributed some innovative and valuable viewpoints:it was during the Warring States period when Huns appeared in Chinese history and contacted with vassal states;the aristocratic meetings in Huns were subsidiary of Chanyu rather than decision-making bodies under primitive democracy;the positions of Zuo Xianwang,Zuo Guliwang,You Xianwang and You Guliwang of the Huns were the"four corners"and each of them had six Wan Qizhang which constituted the"twenty-four captains"of the Huns.By focusing on the Huns regime and its related systems,this work has put forward the research on the history of the Hun political system.