明朝治藏政策成因述要

明王朝的治藏政策之所以是温和而富有成效的,不应孤立地从明朝的国力强弱去评判,这与在当时占统治地位之朱学“王道”思想,还有草原文化的冲击及当时西藏地方的政教发展形势等均有莫大的关系。在主观层面上,明王朝从一开始就自觉地走上了一条与前代崇尚法家、醉心于开疆拓土所不同的发展思路。历史地看,这既是一个具有高度封建文明的中华民族的理性选择,也是中华民族多元一体历史演进的必然结果。

Formation Causes of Governing Tibet in the Ming Dynasty

The policy of governing Tibet in the Ming Dynasty was moderate and fruitful,due to not only the power of the Ming Dynasty. It was also related to the kingcraft thought,which was dominating over the time,and a shock from the nomadic culture as well as the development situation of politics and religion in Tibet. Subjectively,the central government purposefully adopted a thought at its beginning different from other empires' policies of advocating legalism and expanding territory. Historically,it is not only a rational choice but an inevitable result of polygenesis.