中原大战是近代中国史上规模最大的新军阀混战。阎锡山是中原大战的主角之一。本文试就阎锡山与中原大战的发动、结局等问题作一探析。 1928年底,蒋介石在形式上统一了中国,但各地实力派拥兵自重、割据地盘,形成了事实上的独立王国。为了达到“军令统一”、“政令统一”的目的,蒋介石召开了“国军”编遣会议及国民党第三次全国代表大会;裁撤了各地的政治分会,从而激化了与各派系的 The Central Plains War was the largest new warlord in the history of modern China. Yan Xishan is one of the protagonists of the Central Plains War. This article tries to make an analysis on the launching and ending of Yan Xishan and the Central Plains War. At the end of 1928, Chiang Kai-shek unified China formally. However, the strength of various localities sent their own troops to occupy their own places and cut apart the territory to form a de facto independent kingdom. In order to achieve the goal of “unifying the military order” and “unifying the decree,” Chiang Kai-shek convened a “national army” editorial meeting and the third national congress of the Kuomintang; it abolished the political branch in various places,