争国本：君臣博弈的政治解读

万历年间册立太子之争被称为＂争国本＂,围绕册立皇长子朱常洛还是皇三子朱常洵,明神宗万历与廷臣进行了旷日持久的博弈。整个事件由廷臣温和的建议开始,经过长期而激烈的斗争,以至于谣言四起,最后借助太后的力量得以解决,按祖制皇长子朱常洵被册立为太子,皇三子朱常洛受封福王。争国本是认识明朝政治运作的典型样本,折射了专制王朝政治运作的内在逻辑。

Contending for Being the Heir to the Throne:A Political Interpretation of Gaming of the Emperor and the Officials

The struggle for title-conferring of the Crown Prince in Wanli period of Ming Dynasty was also regarded as "contending for being heir to the throne".Centered on the heir to the throne being ZHU Changluo,the eldest son or ZHU Chang-xun,the third son,Wanli,Shenzong Emperor,started an exhaustive gaming with the officials.The entire event started with the moderate proposal by the officials,after long time of struggle the rumors were spread,at last the problem was solved with the help of the Queen Mother.According to tradition,ZHU Chang-luo,the eldest son was conferred as the heir to the throne,and ZHU Chang-xun,the third son was conferred as King Fu.Contending for being the heir to the throne was typical of the political operation of the Ming Dynasty and reflects the internal logic of political operation of dictatorship system.