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For many years, I have been studying the relation between Qing Dynasty’s family history and politics. I wrote two books—“The Qing Imperial Lineage: Its hierarchical structure and economic life (天潢貴胄:清皇族的階層結構與經濟生活)” and “Qing Dynasty’s Imperial Power and Aristocratic Family (清代的皇權與世家)”, to have discussions on important clans in the Qing Dynasty, such as Aisin gioro, Niohuru hala, säy lamp gôg lo, the Kong Family Mansion in Shandong, the Wang family, the Chen family in Hainng, the Cha family, etc. By means of using pedigrees of clans, archives, contracts and documents, I do researches on Family History.
In the book “How about the bannermen? Law and society in the Qing period (但問旗民:清代法律與社會)”, I discussed the differences in the Qing Dynasty’s laws regarding its treatment to races and gender, which is an important issue in the researches on the Manchurian-Chinese relations in Qing Dynasty. The rulers in Qing Dynasty often said that “Manchurian and Chinese people are one family” and “No distinction between Manchurian and Chinese”. They utilized the policy of Chinese localization to varnish over, making the distinction between Manchurian and Chinese be barely-seen. The title of this book is “How about the bannermen?” The entire sentence should be “No distinction between Manchurian and Chinese. How about the bannermen?” Ruling bannermen is different from ruling civilian people (the Han people). This book has discussions on the differences in the Qing Dynasty’s laws regarding its treatment to races and gender.
Many previous Japanese scholars and American scholars, who researched on the society of Qing Dynasty, proposed the theories such as “Local Gentry Domination Theory”, “Third Realm” and so on. The population in Qing Dynasty had increased numerously since the 18th Century. However, local government offices had limited quotas of officials. Thus, they often had to draw power from the gentry, clans and countryside guards to keep social order. Nevertheless, in the bannermen’s society, administrative offices hired far more quotas than Chinese people did. In juridical trials, no third force was necessary to be drawn, which was different from the fact that clan elders and the local gentry in the Chinese people’s society could control legal adjudicative rights and punitive power.
Women History has become the subject most popular among college students. The present scholars engage in studying feminism and gifted females, which have become prominent subjects. I do researches on the women in the bottom level of a society who roam about the brink between laws and morality. Their unfavorable situation also deserves our sympathy and understanding.
The Institute of Modern History has many collections of archives related to the Qing Dynasty. Many scholars from Europe, America, Japan and Mainland China all go to Taipei to look up the data here. I served as a volunteer in the library. The colleagues in the library in the Institute of Modern History all do their jobs very well. Their attitudes are No.1 in the world. Through E-mail, researchers all around the world often make their inquiries about various kinds of research data or methods. These colleagues always reply in detail. Based on the purpose for serving the society, I intend to enhance Taiwan’s academic status through exchanges of researches, data and messages.
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