Social Transformation and the Survival Strategies of the Indigenous Population in Vietnam's Northeastern Area during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K22031
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0103:History, archaeology, museology, and related fields
• Research Institution: Kansai University
• Principal Investigator: Yoshikawa Kazuki 関西大学, 文学部, 准教授 (60881464)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ベトナム北部山地 / 東北地域 / 阮朝 / 黎鄭政権 / 在地首長 / 18～19世紀

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Focusing on Lang Son province, this study examines the Governance Transition of Vietnamese dynasties and social transformation in Vietnam's northern uplands during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. From the late Le Dynasty to the early Nguyen Dynasty, local chieftains who were given official positions administered the tax collection and military service in each commune. During the Minh Mang period (1820～1841), the Nguyen court initiated a series of reforms to curtail the power of the local chieftains, including abolishing their hereditary status. During the 1850s, Vietnam’s northern uplands were attacked by a mass of bandits arriving from China’s Guangxi Province. With the background of these social and political changes, chieftains who were awarded government posts for cooperating with the local rule of the Vietnamese dynasties maintained and expanded their power.

Free Research Field

近世ベトナム史

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

18～19世紀は現代のベトナム国家につながる領域的枠組みが形成された時期であり、そこには歴史的・文化的伝統や生態環境を異にする多様な地域が含まれていた。ベトナム王朝権力はこれら多様な地域の複合体を実質的な統一国家へと転換させるため、多方面にわたる統合政策を実施したが、その結果、その後のベトナムが直面する国家統合の困難の多くを先駆的な形で経験することとなった。北部山地は18～19世紀のベトナム王朝が統治の困難に直面した地域の典型であり、国境を越えた密貿易の横行や住民把握の困難さなど現代に通じる現象も生じている。このように本研究は、現代的課題の理解や多面的な歴史叙述に貢献するものである。