官僚、幕友、胥吏:清代地方政府的三维体系

明清之际,中国绅士的条件和地位得以逐步地固定下来,随之,在政治体制中也形成了一种隐性的绅衿支配。随着幕友阶层队伍的扩大和游幕制度化,在清代各级地方政府逐渐形成了一个轮廓较清晰的官僚、幕友、胥吏既相互依赖,又相互牵制的三维体系。在“异族”统治下,这种隐性的绅衿支配体系虽然伴随着许多弊害,但在使中国封建社会保持相对稳定方面发挥了重要的作用。

The Roles of the Officials, the Petty Official and the Aides and Staffs in the Local Administration System during Qing Dynasty

Chinese gentry came to the stage and gradually became the dominate class in the political system during Ming-Qing period. We can grasp the local administration system that the officials, the petty officials and the aides and staffs took different roles and depended each other by studying the origins of the petty officials, the formation of the system of the aides and staffs. It brought much harms by the gentry dominated system but it was helpful to keep the society stable.