Discovery,Judgment and Significance of the Yellow Registers of Donga County in Ming Dynasty
The yellow register belonging to Donga County,Yanzhou Prefecture,Dongping Prefecture,Shandong Province,which were collected in the 10th year of Wanli in Ming Dynasty(1582),are a rare historical material newly discovered in recent years.After further arrangements and study,it is confirmed that the documents are divided into 15 groups,including the first tu of the first du in the Shangde township,the second tu of the first du in the Shangde township,the first tu of the second du in the Guide township,the third tu of the second du in the Guide township,the fourth tu of the third du in the Yangliu township,the second tu of the fourth du in the Anren township,totally six registers of the tu.In the meantime,there are five registers of the tun:East Yaojia tun,West Yaojia tun,Huaicheng tun,Lingshan tun,Dingquan tun.In fact,there are also four unknown tu or tun registers.The academic significance and historical value of the tun registers in Donga County are as follows:Firstly,it provides rare samples of the yellow register of the Ming Dynasty;Secondly,it reflects the unique publishing format of the yellow register of the immigrants.Thirdly,it helps to reveal the reasons for the formation of the publishing format of the yellow register of the immigrants.