齐畅著《宫内、朝廷与边疆——社会史视野下的明代宦官研究》,2014年由中国社会科学出版社出版。是书以墓志碑刻等出土史料为基础,通过个案分析对以往传统史学关注的重点领域——宦官这一群体进行重新考察,令人耳目一新。首先,研究方法上,该书摆脱了传统政治史研究中着眼于政治制度本身演变的方式,选取明代宦官制度发展关键时期的代表性宦官即永乐宣德时期的刘通、刘顺兄弟,成化弘治时期的钱能,正德时期的高凤,嘉靖时期的麦福,万历时期的陈矩,以五名宦官及其家族研究为中心,在缜密细致的考证基础上, Qi Chang “intrauterine, court and frontier - Ming Dynasty under the perspective of social history of eunuch research,” 2014 by the China Social Sciences Publishing House. It is refreshing to re-examine the group of eunuchs, the key areas of traditional historiography, through the case analysis on the basis of unearthed historical materials such as epitaphs and epitaphs. First of all, on the research method, the book got rid of the traditional political history research focused on the evolution of the political system itself, the selection of the representative eunuchs in the pivotal period of the development of eunuch system in the Ming Dynasty, namely Liu Tong, Liu Shun brothers, Chenghua Hongzhi During the period of Qianneng, Gao Feng in Masanori Period, Mai Fu in Jiajing Period, Chen Mo in Wanli Period, with the research of five eunuchs and their clans as the center, based on careful and meticulous research,