绪言国家机器的重心在军队,整套的统治机构以军队为基石。统治者一旦失掉军队,则不能保持其统治。军队强弱直接影响着朝廷(政权)的强弱,而军队强弱又主要是由军事制度决定的。契丹由氏族社会进入阶级国家,沿氏族编制为军事部勒。他们继承并吸收了游牧射猎诸族的传统:全民皆兵,自备武器,“有事则以攻战为务;间暇则以畋、渔为生”;部落组织形成了保卫政权的武装力量,他们也利用游牧射猎的环境,不断地锻炼并加增自己的部队。 Introduction The center of gravity of the state machine is in the army, and the entire ruling body is based on the army. Once the ruler loses its army, it can not maintain its rule. The strength of the army directly affects the strength of the court (power), and the strength of the army is mainly determined by the military system. Khitan from the clan society into a class country, along the clan preparation for the military department Le. They have inherited and absorbed the tradition of nomadic hunting of all ethnic groups: the people are all armed and their own weapons. “There are things that are based on the offensive; the leisure time is the use of fishing and fishing.” The tribal groups formed the armed forces that defend the regime They also use nomadic hunting environment, continue to exercise and increase their own troops.