羁縻府州是唐代重要的地方行政区划,也是唐王朝民族政策的重要体现,最近20多年来,学界对这一问题展开了较为深入的讨论,取得了不少研究成果。人们在一些问题上达成了共识,但在一些问题上仍存有分歧,本文拟就羁縻府州的类别划分及其与藩属国的区别两个问题加以讨论,不妥之处,敬请 Jimi prefectures are important regional administrative divisions of the Tang Dynasty and an important manifestation of the Tang Dynasty’s ethnic policy. In the recent 20 years, the academic circles conducted a more in-depth discussion on this issue and obtained many research results. People reached consensus on some issues, but there are still differences on some issues. This article intends to discuss the classification of ji prefectures and their differences with the vassal states.