在元末崛起的辽东豪强主要是在元代迁入辽东半岛的内地移民后裔。最初他们并不拥有国家赋予的特权身份,只是凭借经济实力和个人威望在地方社会中占据支配地位。在平定“红巾之乱”的过程中,辽东豪强集团发展成雄踞一方的割据势力。元廷虽然授予他们官职,但却没能将他们纳入国家的权力体系之中。元明鼎革后,辽东的豪强集团或主动归顺,或战败投诚,先后成为隶属于国家的卫所官军。在明军与纳哈出集团对峙期间,辽东豪强在当地的军事、行政事务中发挥了积极的作用。在纳哈出归降后,明廷开始削弱豪强在地方社会的权力基础,最终将他们置于国家权力体系的掌控之中。辽东豪强集团的史事,从一个侧面反映了元明之际辽东的社会变迁。 The rise of the Eastern Liaoning tyranny in the late Yuan Dynasty was mainly descended from the mainland immigrants who moved to the Liaodong Peninsula in the Yuan Dynasty. Initially, they did not possess the privileged status accorded by the state, but dominated the local society only by their economic strength and personal prestige. In the calm “red turban chaos ” in the process, the Liaodong despotic group developed into a dominant party separatist forces. Although the Yuan court granted them office, they failed to incorporate them into the state’s power system. After Yuan Ming Dynasty Leather, the powerful group in Liaodong either voluntarily surrendered or defeated and became the officer and guardian of the Wei Dynasty affiliated to the country. During the confrontation between the Ming army and the Naha group, the tyranny of the Liaodong army played a positive role in the local military and administrative affairs. After Naha’s return, the Ming court began to undermine the power base of tyrannical strongholds in local society and finally placed them under the control of the state power system. The historical events of the Liaodong Ho-Ho Group reflected the social changes in Liaodong during Yuan and Ming dynasties.