摘要：土司制度溯源于羁縻制度，两者都是历代中央王朝统治少数民族地区的统治措施。

元明清在总结羁縻政策的基础上发展演变为较为严格的土司制度。本文以明代湖广行省的鄂西土司为例，主要从鄂西土司的授职与职衔，承袭与升降这两个大的方面入手，对比鄂西土司与其他少数民族地区土司，本人认为：只有武职，职衔较高，建置较稳定。其次通过分析容美土司处理与周边土司之间的关系，实行联姻和武力镇压的政策，使得容美土司在明朝达到了鼎盛。

关键词：明代 土司制度 鄂西土司 容美土司

Abstract: Toast system under its system, both in traced all previous central dynastic rule is minority area of rule measures.Under its policy in some on the basis of summarizing the evolution and development chieftain system for more strictly. In this paper HuAn provinces in western hubei toast of Ming dynasty for example, mainly from the western hubei toast with ShouZhi retention and nobility, lifting the two big aspects, compared with other western hubei toast ethnic minority regions toast, I think that: only WuZhi, occupying a stable higher, hed. Secondly by analyzing let beauty toast with surrounding toast handle the relationship between the military crackdown, implement marriage and the policy that makes let beauty toast in the Ming dynasty, reached the peak.

Key Words: Ming Dynasty Toast system In western hubei toast  Let beauty toast