著者

稲住哲朗

雑誌

東洋学報 / The Toyo Gakuho

巻号頁・発行日

vol.89, no.2, pp.125-153, 2007-09

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The research to date on Zu Ting 祖珽, a politician who was active as chancellor of the Northern Qi 北斉 Dynasty during the latter half of its reign, has understood him as an ambitious leader of a faction of mainly Han aristocrats who tried to expand his own sphere of influence and that of his faction.However, there are source materials which indicate another side to Zu, like his close relationships to the Hu 胡 people and lower level aristocrats. Therefore, in order to understand Zu's politics and personality, it is necessary to consider him among a different race and stratum of people, in a more structurally holistic manner.Regarding his political posture, we find a man with a strong attachment to personal power, while at the same time loyally giving his all to the state. Such a posture is evident in the nature of his involvement in the abdication of Wucheng di 武成帝 in favor of Houzhu 後主, his policy making during his term as chancellor, and his response to the assignation of Hulü Guang 期律光; in sum, his attempts to strengthen the emperor's right of kingship and stabilize administrative affairs. This posture stems from his family's tradition of serving the Wuhu 五胡 and Northern dynasties for generations, and his father, Zu Ying's 祖瑩 a close relationship with Gao Huan 高歓, a descendent of Hu people and instrumental in the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty.Therefore from Zu Ting's standpoint, serving the Eastern Wei 東魏 and Northern Qi Dynasties, the seats of power for the Hu people, was the same as "serving one's country" It is in this sense that those who claim that Zu exploited the state for the sake of his own personal interests and that of his fellow Han aristocrats are mistaken.To the contrary, Zu Ting actually learned from his predecessors' mistakes on this point and was able to respond far more flexibly to the complex power structure of the Northern Qi Dynasty as a descendent of the Han aristocracy serving the Northern Dynasties.