Inter-ethnic Relationships in southwestern China in the 10-13th century

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 16K03077
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: History of Asia and Africa
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: HAYASHI Kenichiro 名古屋大学, 人文学研究科, 准教授 (20294358)
• Project Period (FY): 2016-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 大理国 / 宋代中国西南 / 民族関係 / 民族分布

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The lack or scarcity of the description of the Dali kingdom in the 10-13th century Yunnan is one of the major questionｓ on the history of Southwest China. This study examines the cause of this scarcity through the analysis of the articles in the Chinese source written in the Song period, and reveal the fact that in this period several ethnic groups that lived in the marginal zone between Song and Yunnan often call themselves using the placename of title that had once used in the Yunnan area during the Tang period. Song officials, especially in the border area, also tended to treat them as representing "Yunnan", as a result, direct connection between Song and the real Dali Kingdom scarcely occurred. this study suggested this phenomenon can be called as the "virtualization" of Yunnan in the Song period, and it can explain the scarcity of the description at least from one aspect.

Free Research Field

中国民族史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

宋代雲南に関する史料の乏しさは西南中国の通史を記述する際の大きな障害になってきた。本研究の成果はその乏しさをただちに補うものではないが，そのような状況をもたらした原因のひとつを明らかにしたことにより，今後の研究に新たな基礎を提供するものである。世界史教科書にも大理国は登場するが，これまでその意義についてほとんど説明されておらず，学習者の歴史理解の妨げになっている。本研究の成果は，この大理国が当時置かれた状況の一端を説明するものでもある。