On the Transformation of the Gentry Members of Yunnan Advisory Bureau in Late Qing Dynasty and Early Republic of China
In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,Yunnan as a border province has gone through constant changes.The gentry in Yunnan strode across the functions of the traditional gentry class and reconstructed their political identity in the process of adjusting and transforming.During the process of constitutionalism at the end of the Qing Dynasty,the gentry of the Yunnan Advisory Bureau participated in politics and advocated for safeguarding sovereignty.They were quite disappointed with the Qing government's"constitutionalism";After the Double Ninth Uprising,the gentry of the former Yunnan Advisory Bureau actively joined in the military governor system and promoted the political construction of the"republic";The contradictions among various parties in"The Defending Republicanism Movement"have motivated a strong sense of responsibility among the gentry of the former Yunnan Advisory Bureau.During the special periods the gentry of Yunnan continuously transformed their role and adjusted themselves to the constant changes and whose influence continued until the arrival of the next revolutionary climax.
Yunnan gentryYunnan Provincial Advisory BureauAdaptation and Transformation
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