The toponymy of Nanyang(南洋)used in Chaozhou in the Ming and Qing dynasties can be traced back to the Northern Song and Southern Song periods,but it was called Nanyang(南阳)at that time.In Chaozhou,the toponymy of Nanyang referred to the"large flat paddy fields in the south",which appeared in the early Ming Dynasty and was widely used by the mid-Ming Dynasty.Meanwhile,Nanyang(南阳)was still used by the people of the time.The toponymy of Nanyang(南阳)and Nanyang(南洋)co-existed.From the mid and late Ming Dynasty to the early Qing Dynas-ty,the toponymy of Nanyang(南洋)gradually replaced Nanyang(南阳).The change from Nanyang(南阳)to Nanyang(南洋)reflected the increasing importance that local people attached to the land.During the Republican period,with the adjustment of political districts at all levels,the toponymy of Nanyang(南洋)in Chaozhou disappeared.This change has led to the study of the history of litera-ture,which attributes the"Nanyang pirates"(南洋贼)in Lu Ruoteng's poem to the Western colonial-ists.The clarification of the issues above is helpful to the in-depth study of the local history of Chao-zhou,the history of overseas Chinese,and even the related issues of literary history.
Ming and Qing dynastiesChaozhouNanyangchange of toponymy
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