长沙市走马楼出土“叛走”简探讨

A Study of the "Desertion" Slips from Zoumalou in Changsha City

三国时期是中封建社会一个分裂与动荡的历史时期。由于政权鼎立,战事频仍,

During the Three Kingdoms period featuring split, turbulence and frequent wars, population desertion was serious in the Wu Kingdom. Based on the 'desertion' slips recently unearthed from Zoumalou in Changsha City and relevant literary records, the present paper makes a preliminary study of related problems, including the status of the deserting population, the cause of desertion and the Wu government's measures against deserting acts. The author holds that despite severe punishments administered to put down transgressors, the main factors of population desertion could not be eliminated. In the late reign of the Wu Kingdom, this phenomenon became even more serious, endangering the stability and existence of the Wu power.