學界對於梁武帝在南朝時期雍州地域社會成形的過程中,結合荊州、雍州在地豪族的武裝力量而建立政權,已有不少認識,然而對於梁武帝的功臣集團以及梁初的權力結構,尚缺乏全面而完整的考察。本文在承繼學界的研究成果之下,首先從梁武帝創建政權的過程,全面考察梁武帝功臣集團的成員,並分析這些成員的特色,其次從梁武帝即位後所任命的將相大臣,論述梁代初期的權力結構,最後再探討梁武帝功臣集團與梁代初期權力結構的關係。梁武帝的功臣集團人物,依其背景可歸為三類。第一類,蕭衍的元從舊屬及其雍州府僚或下官;第二類,齊和帝與蕭穎冑的荊州府僚及其下官;第三類,個別來附的文武官員。整體言之,這些功臣集團人物,在齊末多為中低級的官員,他們的門第階層,除少數為新進的甲族高門之外,大多屬於所謂「次門層」或「寒門」,再就族群、地域來看,他們絕大部分為僑人,其中在前線衝鋒陷陣的武將,則多為襄陽地區的「晚渡北人」。不過,梁武帝的功臣集團人物雖然從龍有功,並在梁初的權力結構中掌握許多軍政要職,但在整個梁初權力結構中並未佔有絕對的優勢。梁初的權力結構可略分為皇族宗室、非功臣集團的高門士族及功臣集團人物三個群體,三者分享政權。功臣集團中能晉昇為將相大臣者,大多原本就是門第較高的中上級官員,其中又以具備才學者較受重用,至於功臣集團中缺乏文才的寒族、豪族武人,其職位或門第在梁初雖然普遍得到提升,但仍難在高層的權力結構中嶄露頭角。
Based on the research accomplishment in the field of history, the study, at first, intends to institute detailed and full researches on the members of the creditable courtier group of the emperor Liang's sovereign as well as analyzes their characteristics. Moreover, the study is engaged in the power structure of the early Liang Dynasty by looking into the appointed generals, ministers as well as prime minister after the emperor Liang asended the throne. In the long run, the study also does reasearch on the relationship between the creditable courtier group of the emperor Liang's sovereign and the power structure in the early Liang Dynasty