中央王朝的开拓与少数民族地方政权承袭制度的演变--对明代贵州水西彝族宗法制的再思考

既往的许多研究采用嫡长子为大宗、其余众子为小宗,层层分封的宗法制原则来解释贵州水西彝族的政治制度,本文梳理、考辨有关彝、汉文献,认为水西彝族本来采用的是轮替继承的承袭制度,嫡长子继承制是在明代中央王朝的干预下才逐渐形成的.

The Expansion of Chinese Control to the non-Han Societies and the Changes of inherit institution of Minority Ethnic Groups

Many scholars consider that the eldest male children by tribal leader's wife have always been first in line to inherit the office according to Yi ethnic group's custom in northwest Guizhou province, however, this article argues that the primogeniture in rulership was not established until the expansion of Chinese control to this area in Ming dynasty.