Indigenous Elite Networks and Mongol Governance in Thirteenth-century North China

In this paper, I reconstruct the epistolary network of Han literati in the northern territories during the thirteenth-century Jin-Yuan transition. As a base, I used two hundred letters in a collection titled Zhongzhou qizha 中州啓劄 (Epistolary writings of the central plain). In response to a recent study which suggested the dissolution of literati networks after the demise of the Jin dynasty in 1234, I show how literati across different regions in the North maintained connections with each other through letters. I further discuss how Qubilai's system of patronage, with the help of several key brokers in the epistolary network, transformed parts of the literati network into an indigenous network of political elites after 1260; and this network, in turn, contributed to Mongol governance and administration in the North.

關鍵字

Mongol empire ； elite networks ； Qubilai ； North China ； Epistolary Research

並列摘要

本文以《中州啓劄》內二百通書信為中心，重構十三世紀金元過渡時期華北地區漢文人的書信網絡。本文首先呈現了北方不同地區的文人如何通過書信保持聯繫，認為最近有研究提出文人網絡在1234年金朝滅亡後已解體的說法值得商榷，進而探討忽必烈的庇蔭體系以及書信網絡中幾個主要的中介人，如何把部分的文人網絡在1260年以後轉化為本土政治精英網絡，後者繼而促進了蒙古帝國在華北地區的管治。

並列關鍵字

蒙古帝國；精英網絡；忽必烈；華北；書信研究

國際替代計量

Indigenous Elite Networks and Mongol Governance in Thirteenth-century North China

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