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【简评】乾隆十三年(1748年),历来被很多学者视为乾隆朝政治的转折点。对乾隆帝本人而言,这一年发生了很多“拂意之事”,其中就包括孝贤皇后之死,随即引发了各种政治震荡。本文不仅梳理了事件的前后过程,还特别借鉴两本研究清代政治史的经典著作——美国汉学家孔飞力(Philip A. Kuhn)的《叫魂:1768年的中国妖术大恐慌》和白彬菊(Beatrics S.Bartlett)的《君主与大臣:清中期的军机处》——对清朝的官僚制度与君主权力关系的深刻剖析,进而提出:面对1748年孝贤皇后去世后的一连串事件,乾隆帝经受了巨大的挫折感,审视自己权力的局限性以及官员忠诚度的同时,开始转而探索一种基于君主专断权力(arbitrary power)的政治运动(political campaign)型的统治机制。
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