The transformation of Yunnan in Ming China : : from the Dali kingdom to imperial province / / edited by Christian Daniels and Jianxiong Ma.
This book examines how the Ming state transformed the multi-ethnic society of Yunnan into a province. Yunnan had remained outside the ambit of central government when ruled by the Dali kingdom, 937-1253, and its foundation as a province by the Yuan regime in 1276 did not disrupt Dali kingdom style p...
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| Superior document: | The Historical Anthropology of Chinese Society Series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon ;, New York, NY : : Routledge,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Historical anthropology of Chinese society series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (201 pages). |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The agency of local elites in the transformation of western Yunnan during the Ming dynasty; Governance prior to the conquest of 1382; Main changes wrought by early/mid-Ming governance; Lowland/upland dichotomy in western Yunnan; Civilising projects; Role of Buddhism in the pre-1382 period; Establishment of new civilian and military institutions; Administrative status of population
- Establishment of Guards and Battalions and the Mäng2 Maaw2 polityMing transition and ethnic groups; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 1: Salt, grain and the change of deities in early Ming western Yunnan; Introduction; The salt-barter system and the military in Yunnan; The Mäng2 Maaw2 campaigns, the grain supply and local magnates; Native officials and local magnates as grain suppliers; Impact on local society; Changed identity of the Sanchong Deity; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- Chapter 2: Local communities, village temples and the reconstruction of ethnic groups in western Yunnan, fourteenth to seventeenth centuriesIntroduction; Wet rice cultivation and basin societies; Historical overview of irrigation in the three basins; Institutional changes and the differentiation of social identities; Role of the gentry in the transformation of local society; Lijia system, religious reform and the gentry; Establishment of common property based on village temples; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography
- Chapter 3: The Lancang Guard and the construction of Ming society in northwest YunnanIntroduction; Location of Beisheng and the native officials in northwest Yunnan; Position of Beisheng on the communication route to Sichuan; Native officials in northwest Yunnan during early Ming; Revolt by and unrest among ethnic leaders and the Lancang Guard; Revolts by indigenous leaders in the early Ming; Unrest in the mountain tracts of Iron Chain Gorge; Lancang Guard; Interaction between the Guard and border society; Tribute and tax; Deployment of native official troops
- Appointment of a Military Defence Vice-CommissionerLancang Guard and social change in local society; Changing the structure of society; Promoting Confucian education; Irrigation projects; Establishment of market systems; Construction of local ethnic status; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Chapter 4: The Mu Native Official's governance of the Tibetan world and his sponsorship of Tibetan Buddhism; Introduction; Sources; The Mu Native Official's military campaigns in Southern Kham:the case of Muli; Physical location of Muli and its leaders; Military campaigns