CAJ | 학술논문

明代西北地区的卫所官也是世袭的，尽管学术界对他们是否可称为土司有一定的争议，但他们与西南地区的土司拥有类似的权力和义务，是没有疑议的。明初在西北撤郡县，置军卫，其后又恢复设立郡县，表明明廷并未放弃对边疆地区实行流官统治的打算，只是这一过程是渐进式的，逐渐压缩世袭土官的权力。明政府在西北地区的改流措施，大体上可以反映明廷对土司地区的基本态度。
명대서북지구적위소관야시세습적，진관학술계대타문시부가칭위토사유일정적쟁의，단타문여서남지구적토사옹유유사적권력화의무，시몰유의의적。명초재서북철군현，치군위，기후우회복설립군현，표명명정병미방기대변강지구실행류관통치적타산，지시저일과정시점진식적，축점압축세습토관적권력。명정부재서북지구적개류조시，대체상가이반영명정대토사지구적기본태도。
The officer positions of Weisuo(卫所) in the northwest territories were hereditary in the early Ming dynasty. There is a con-troversy about whether these officers could be called Tusi(土司) in academia,but all of scholars believe that these officers had similar powers and obligations with Tusi in the southwest areas. In the middle of the Ming dynasty, the Ming government withdrew some Weisuo, at the same time, established some administrative institution,such as taozhou. This change indicated that the Ming government didn't give up direct rule in the frontier area. Through gradually reducing the power of the hereditary officers, the Ming government re-alized the purpose of gradual reform. Such reforms could largely reflect the basic attitude of Ming government to Tusi system.