Elucidation of Historical Features of the Formation, Development, and Cultural Transformation of the Qing Dynasty's 'Inland Asian Trade Network'

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19H01326
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Review Section: Basic Section 03030:History of Asia and Africa-related
• Research Institution: Nihon University
• Principal Investigator: KATO Naoto 日本大学, 文理学部, 名誉教授 (90130468)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 松重 充浩 日本大学, 文理学部, 教授 (00275380)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 内モンゴル / 旅蒙商 / 内陸華僑 / 交易ネットワーク / 中国東北 / 韓辺外 / 清朝

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During the course of this study, the characteristics of the social and cultural transformations brought about by the inland Asia trade network were elucidated. This was achieved through fieldwork conducted in Inner Mongolia in China and northeastern China to trace the activities of traveling Mongolian merchants and through an examination of documents written in Manchu, Mongolian, Chinese, Russian, and other languages conducted in Japan and elsewhere.
The results revealed that the trade network linking Inner Mongolia in China and Northeastern China, which formed in the Qing Dynasty, continued to function through the 20th century, and that this network could create a political and social space that is relatively independent of government authority.

Free Research Field

清朝史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義としては、満洲語・モンゴル語・漢語・ロシア語などの多言語史料を用いた徹底した文献研究と、旅蒙商交易路の現地調査を通じて、内陸アジア交易ネットワークが、現地社会に如何なる社会的・文化的な影響を与えたのかを明らかにすることにある。
また、その社会的意義は、現在、中国の「一帯一路」政策に象徴される国家を跨ぐ形で展開する交易ネットワークが現地社会に如何なるダイナミズムを惹起するのかという今日的課題への、貴重な歴史的知見を提供するものでもある。