青海土司制度研究

土司制度是我国在少数民族地区实行的一种特殊地方行政体制。明清时期青海地区的土族、撒拉族中也实行了土司制度。本文从土族、撒拉族所处的历史背景、民族属性、地理环境条件、生产方式等方面,分析了土司产生的原因。认为土司制度是明清中央政权在这一地区实行的符合民族特点的地方行政体制,对稳定边疆地区的局势、调和民族关系、维护明清的封建统治,起到了不可或缺的作用。

Study on the Chieftain System of Qinghai

The Chieftain system is a special local administrative system carried out in minority areas in our country. In Ming and Qing dynasties, Tu and Salar also carried out this system. From the aspects of historical background, national attribute, geographical environment condition, production mode, etc, this article analyzes the cause of chieftain, holding that this system is a local administrative system according with national characteristic carried out by the central regime of Ming-and-Qing dynasties. It played an indispensable role in stabilizing the situation of the border area, mediating the national relation and safeguarding the ruling of feudalism in Ming-and-Qing dynasties.