西周南土的政治网络与王朝治理

The Political Network and the Dynastic Governance in the Southern Territories of the Western Zhou Dynasty

西周南土涵盖南襄盆地、随枣走廊、汝颍流域与淮水上游沿岸四个政治地理区,在周王朝与南方、东方内外势力的政治博弈中形成了动态发展的政治网络。西周早期,南土以汝颍流域和随枣走廊为区域中心,构建了较为稳定的治理网络,姬姓应、蔡、曾与异姓胡、陈、鄂等成为南土的核心邦国;西周中期,受到淮夷族群和鄂侯叛乱的冲击,这一政治网络面临解体;西周后期,经过宣王的重新布局,形成了以申与姬姓鄂国、唐与邓、息与番三组重要邦国和西周前期核心邦国相互补充的空间网络,保障了南土的稳定,有效促进了周人南土治理的深入。

The Southern Territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty covered four political and geographical regions:the Nanxiang Basin,the Suizao Corridor,the Ruying River Basin,and the upper reaches of the Huaihe River,forming a dynamic political network in the political games between the Zhou Court and internal and external forces in the south and east.In the early Western Zhou Dynasty,the Southern Territory was centered around the Ruying River Basin and Suizao Corridor,constructing a relatively stable governance network.The vassal states Ying,Cai,and Zeng of surname Ji,along with states Hu,Chen,and E of other surnames,became the core states of the Southern Territory.In the mid Western Zhou Dynasty,this political network faced disintegration due to the impact of the Huaiyi ethnic group and the rebellion of the Marquis of E.In the late Western Zhou Dynasty,through the re-layout of King Xuan,a new spatial network was formed,consisting of three pairs important states composed of Shen and E,Tang and Deng,and Xi and Fan,as well as core states founded in the early Western Zhou period.This ensured the stability of the Southern Territory and effectively promoted the governance by the Zhou Court in more depth.