鄂西宣恩县境土司历史考略

Textual Research on the History of Tusi in Xuan'en County Western Hubei

在土司制度时期,今湖北省宣恩县全境均为土司管辖,从元至清,中央政府在今宣恩县设置了施南、忠建、东乡五路、忠峒、高罗、木册等十余个大小土司,经历了数百年的土司时代后,至雍正年间改土归流,将原土司辖地改设为宣恩县。文章对宣恩县历史上的土司设置、沿革等情况进行梳理,并根据文献记载及实地调查资料对各土司辖地及传袭情况进行了初步考证。

During the period of Tusi system,the whole Xuan'en County in Hubei Province was under its jurisdiction,from the Yuan Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty,the central government set up more than ten Tusi in Xuan'en county,such as Shinan,Zhongjian,Dongxiangwulu,Zhongdong,Gaoluo and Muce.After hundreds of years of Tusi era,until the reign of Emperor Yongzheng in Qing Dynasty,changed from Tusi to the feudal gouerment in uhat was termed Gai Tu Gui Liu(shift from Tusi to pro vincial ruling)the Tusi system was reformed and Xuan'en county was established.This paper combs the setting and evolution of Tusi in the history of Xuan'en County,and makes a preliminary textual research on the jurisdiction and inheritance of Tusi based on literature records and field investigation data.