《文史知识》1997年第2期刊载王玉群同志的文章(以下简称王文),对拙文《皇帝·宰相·宦官——晚唐中枢权力分配格局变动述略)提出商榷,认为“在述及晚唐中枢权力分配格局变动时,如果不述及藩镇势力这‘一元’所起的‘制约’作用,实为一个缺憾”。我认为他的意见有合理成分,拙文确有言而未尽之处,应予扑充;同时对他对一些 “Literary and Historical Knowledge”, No. 2, 1997, which published an article by Comrade Wang Yuqun (hereinafter referred to as Wang Wen), put forward a discussion on the essay entitled “Emperor Prime Minister and Eunuch - Summary of the Changes in the Distribution Pattern of Power in the Late Tang Period”, saying that “ In the late Tang Dynasty, when the pattern of the distribution of power in the Central Government changed, it would be a pardon if we did not talk about the ’restraint’ function of the ’one yuan’ by the military forces in the throne. ” I think he has a reasonable composition of opinion, I do not have exact language, should be put on charge; at the same time to him some