“巫蛊之祸”是汉武帝后期的重大政治事件,它是西汉中后期国家干预政策转变的关键,因为其引发了“巫蛊之祸”→“轮台诏”→“盐铁会议”等一连串与政策转变密切相关的重大事件。“巫蛊之祸”中的外戚、权臣势力消长对这一系列事件的发生、发展起着关键作用,所以有必要对这种消长变化的真相予以考证~①。本文立足于以《史记》、《汉书》为中心的史料对这一论题给予考察。“巫蛊之祸”主要集中在汉武帝后期征和年间,史料记载以《资治通鉴》卷二十二《汉 Witchcraft is a major political incident in the late Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. It is the key to the change of state intervention policy in the middle and late Western Han dynasty because it triggers the calamity of witchcraft “Salt and Iron Conference ” and a series of major events closely related to policy changes. “The witch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Based on the historical data centering on ”Historical Records“ and ”Han Books“, this essay examines this topic. ”Curse of the Curse “ mainly concentrated in the late Emperor and Emperor Wudi period, the historical records of ”Mirror“ twenty-two ”Han