在中國從帝國體制向"民族國家"體制的轉型中,邊疆秩序的重塑是一個重要維度。始于晚清的"邊疆一體化"改革對邊疆社會的權力體系造成了沖擊,導致少數族群精英分化為新、舊兩類。"舊式精英"是傳統的貴族階層,"新式精英"則是通過接受新式教育而崛起的非貴族力量。本研究提出了一個結構性分析框架,對這一精英分化與演進的過程進行分析,并以此框架為工具,以歷史社會學的個案研究方法對典型的少數族群精英人物康巴人格桑澤仁的政治行為、邊政主張和身份困境等問題進行考察。在此基礎上,本文的學術關旨將落腳于對現代中國邊疆秩序形成過程中的結構性特征,即一體化的理想與多元化的現實間緊張關系的討論。

The rebuilding of the frontier order is an important dimension during China’transformation from an empire to a nation-state. The frontier integration project starting from late Qing Dynasty initiated great changes of the authority systems in frontier societies and led to a new-type of ethnic elites coming into being who were not nobles by birth but received modern education and were authorized by the central government.This paper focuses on these new elites and takes Kalsang Tsering,a Khamspa elite,as an example. Through a thorough analysis of his political career and his views and perspectives on frontier issues,this paper intends to provide a thorough discussion on the structural features of modern China’s frontier order,which is manifested by the tension between the ideal for integration and the reality of diversity.