淮西镇是唐后期十分活跃的一个藩镇,其角色与地位一直为学界所忽视。安史之乱期间,淮西镇在协助朝廷平乱方面发挥了积极作用;代宗一朝,淮西镇是朝廷十分依赖的藩镇力量,可谓恭顺型或防遏型藩镇的典型代表;建中之乱时,淮西镇正式走上叛逆割据之路,其叛逆性胜于传统所认为的割据藩镇代表——河朔三镇。这一割据特性在贞元、元和年间一直都有充分的体现,晚唐时期的淮西地域社会对此亦有承继。 Huaixi is a very active vassal town in late Tang Dynasty. Its role and status have always been neglected by the academic circles. During the Anhsan rebellion, Huaixi Town played an active role in assisting the chaos of the court. For generations, the Huaixi Town was the typical force of the court town that was heavily dependent on the court, Huaixi officially embarks on the road of rebellion and separatism, and its rebelliousness is better than the traditional thinking of the separatist military governor - He Shuo three towns. This character of separatism has been fully demonstrated in Zhenyuan, Yuan and Qing dynasties. The Huaixi community in the late Tang Dynasty also inherited it.