论北宋前期中央政府对湘西边地的控制——以彭仕羲之乱为中心的考察

北宋前期酉水流域最大的“蛮人”集团溪州彭氏与宋廷保持着博弈关系。一方面，他们充当着边地守护者，负责维护“蛮”汉交界地带的秩序，平定其他人群的叛乱，以此换取宋廷的赏赐，亦提高其在地方的统率力；另一方面，当宋廷的边地政策或地方官员的举措损害其利益时，则会利用其影响力起而叛乱。尽管在经济与军事上处于优势，但宋廷对湘西边地的政策以抚绥为主，经济制裁和武力威慑为辅，不主张介入“蛮人”内部事务，反对轻易挑起边衅。平定彭仕羲之乱，成为宋廷在湘西边地建立正式行政区的前奏，为内地边疆最终纳入统一中国做了必要的准备。

The Political Control of the Central Government over the Xiangxi Frontier in the Early Northern Song Dynasty:Centered on Peng Shixi's Revolt

In the early Northern Song,there were frequent bilateral negotiations between the central government and the Peng's family clan,the most powerful barbaric ethnic group living in the You River Valley,Xiangxi (the west of Hunan Province).On one hand,the barbaric group acted as guardians in the Xinagxi Frontier and helped the central government to maintain order so that they would be economically rewarded and maintain their dominance in the local society as well.On the other hand,whenever their interests were damaged by the Song government or its officials,they chose to revolt.Despite its dominant position in economy and forces,the Song government tended to adopt a moderate policy in dealing with the problems in the Xiangxi frontier.Once conflict happened,the Song government always managed to harmonize via negotiation while military means was the last and extreme choice. The pacification of Peng Shixi's revolt raised the curtain on the establishment of formal administrative regions in the Xiangxi frontier and provided sufficient preparation for the inland frontier to integrate into the united China.