- 著者
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藤本 猛
- 出版者
- 東洋史研究会
- 雑誌
- 東洋史研究 (ISSN:03869059)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.74, no.2, pp.261-293, 2015-09
It is said that the eunuchs dominated the latter half of the Huizong reign, but the actual situation is unclear. Some records claim that their ascendancy was related to government conducted through imperial edicts written by the emperor himself (御筆). I have therefore examined the eunuch posts associated with the Xuanhedian 宣和殿, or Ruisidian 睿思殿 within the imperial court (禁中) where imperial edicts were written by the emperor himself, and also the other eunuch posts, such as the Lianfangshizhe 廉訪使者 at local governments and the Chengshouguan 承受官, established at many central government offices. Firstly as the result of an examination of the Zhi-Ruisidian 直睿思殿 and Zhi-Xuanhedian 直宣和殿, to which many higher-ranking eunuchs were appointed, we see that the establishment of these posts was a part of the reorganization of military officers carried out in 1112, and thanks to these changes, higher-ranking eunuchs could enter the Imperial Court. And then the Wenzi-waiku 文字外庫 of the Ruisidian, which was the management office of Administrative Documents in the Imperial Court, received reports to the throne, and the Shichen 使臣 who were able to write official documents that were released by emperor were stationed there. Caozu 曹組, one of these Shichen, was a famous writer of ci 詞who was discovered by Emperor Huizong himself. Zouma-chengshou 走馬承受, the predecessor of the Lianfangshizhe, had been established in frontier areas and supervised warriors. Emperor Huizong expanded their right to audit accounts of local governments and changed the name of the office. The Lianfangshizhe later became one of the Jiansi 監司. The Chengshouguan 承受官 were liaison officers between government offices and the Imperial Court, and some of them dominated the offices they held. The appearance of this post made possible the concentration of information from government offices at the Imperial Court. All these eunuch posts were established during same period and improved the capacity of the Imperial Court to administer the government. They did not advance the interests of the eunuchs, but supported the system of direct administration by Emperor Huizong.