归义军时期敦煌的乡族与社会

Village Clans and Dunhuang Society during the Gui-yi-jun Regime Period

归义军时期敦煌的乡族力量主要包括乡豪、乡里胥吏、耆寿。乡族力量在敦煌社会中的功能有组织集体活动、倡导公共建设、推行社会教化、调解民事纠纷、参与政治活动。乡族是归义军政权在基层社会治理中不得不依赖的对象,在建设乡村、推进社会治理方面起到了一定的作用。

During period of the Gui-yi-jun regime,the power of the village clans in Dunhuang mainly included xianghao乡豪(powerful and wealthy people in the village),xuli肴吏(village officials),and qishou者寿(senior people in the village).The power of the village clans served many purposes in Dunhuang society,including organizing collective activities,advocating public construction,implementing social education,mediating civil disputes,and participating in politics.Village clans were the primary political force that the Gui-yi-jun regime had to rely on in managing local society,and it played a particularly crucial part in village construction and the promotion of social governance.