A Micro Perspective on the Integrated Development of Borderland and Mainland China:Local Officials in the Early Qing Dynasty and Social Governance in the Southeast Yunnan Region
In the early Qing Dynasty,southeastern Yunnan was officially included in the process of integrated political development,and its economy and society achieved significant development.This is closely related to the specific governance behavior of the officials serving in southeastern Yunnan.According to local literature records,the group of officials who served in southeastern Yunnan during the early Qing Dynasty had some basic characteristics,such as mainly coming from various provinces in the mainland,especially in the Jiangnan region;due to similar educational backgrounds,they share the same values,moral orientations,and patriotism.During their tenure,they built water conservancy projects,developed agricultural production,actively established schools to spread Confucian culture,valued social education,improved customs,and stabilized border society.Through specific governance actions,the concept of"state presence"has been transmitted,further enhancing the cultural identity and even national identity of the ethnic groups in the southeastern border areas of Yunnan.This is of great significance for the cohesion of Confucian culture as the axis link between the border areas and the mainland,and ultimately achieving the unremitting pursuit of the substantive development of border and internal integration through"Chinese identity".
group of local officialssocial governanceintegrated development of border areas and inland areasthe early Qing DynastySoutheast Yunnan
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