“辽东属国”,是东汉元帝时期为安置、管理内附汉廷的乌桓人,于今辽西地区设置的地方建制机构。弄清“辽东属国”的置建过程,利于深入研究东汉中央政府对北方少数民族的统治政策、管理方式及北方少数民族与东汉中央政府、与中原汉族人民关系的变化等。一、“辽东属国”置建前的乌桓乌桓,也称乌丸,是两汉时期活动于我国北方(包括东北西部地区)的一支游牧民族。王沈《魏书》云:“乌丸者,东胡也。汉初,匈奴冒顿灭其国,余类保乌丸山,因以为号焉。”乌丸山,大约在今额尔古纳河及克 “Liaodong belongs to the state” is the local institution established in the western Liaoning during the reign of the Yuan emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty in order to resettle and manage the Wuhuan people in the Han dynasty. To clarify the process of the establishment of the “Liaodong Province” will be conducive to an in-depth study of the governing policies and management of the ethnic minorities in the North, and the changes in the relations between the Northern Minorities and the Central Government of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Han people in the Central Plains. First, “Liaodong is a country” Before the establishment of Wuhuan Wuhuan, also known as Karasuma, is a Han Dynasty period activities in northern China (including the western region of Northeast China) nomads. Wang Shen “Wei Shu” cloud: “Karasuma, East Hu also. Early Han Dynasty, Huns Mao Dayton out of their country, more than Baoyu Maruyama, because of the name Yan.” Karasuma Mountains, about this Erguna River and G