2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The Process of Chinese Communist Party Rule in Rural North China During the Civil War Period

Research Project

Project/Area Number	20820025
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Asian history
Research Institution	Wakayama University
Principal Investigator	MISHINA Hidenori Wakayama University, 教育学部, 准教授 (60511300)
Project Period (FY)	2008 – 2009
Keywords	中国近現代史 / 中華人民共和国 / 中国共産党 / 土地改革 / 国共内戦 / 華北農村社会 / 支配の正当性 / 毛沢東
Research Abstract	This studies two interrelated theme. First, it analyzed social relationships among the peasants of modern rural North China and their sense of values. It argued the importance of "Mian-zi" in their consciousness. Second, a study of the documents written by Chinese Communists during the civil war revealed that Party members did not usually have the right to interpret the claims of peasants constantly. From this came the hypothesis that the justice of the rule by the Chinese Communist Party was based on Mao-Zedong who was considered to have the most capability to interpret the claims of the people (mainly the peasants) in society.