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（本文发表于《社会学研究》2008年第4期，第203—214页）
[1]塞缪尔·芬纳：《统治史》（卷一至卷三，修订版），王震、马百亮译，华东师范大学出版社，2014年。——编者注
[2]与中世纪欧洲的无头封建制相对的是中国西周或日本幕府政治前的那种在封建贵族和领主之上还有国君统帅的有头封建制。
[3]本文中引用《统治史》内容时所用的页码均为英文版页码。