Frontier Stories： Periphery as Center in Qing History

Since at least the 1960s, the importance of the tremendous territorial expansion under Qing role to the modem history of China has been generally acknowledged. Indeed, one can say that the frontier story is one of the things that makes the Qing ＂Qing.＂ However, only in the last twenty years has the study of what is now termed the ＂borderlands＂ come into its own as a sub-field. This essay begins by describing some key concepts and terms in the study of the Qing frontier, including the Manchu wordjecen. It then raises the problem of narrative fiameworks, asking how we might best contextualize the growth of the empire, before going on to explore the implications of the discursive shift represented by the ＂New Qing History＂ and the extensive research on Qing borderlands associated therewith. A poem by the Mongol poet Na-xun Lan-bao provides the focus for a concluding discussion of a distinctive Qing frontier sensibility.     

欧文·拉铁摩尔的中国边疆史研究

美国学者欧文·拉铁摩尔是一位有重要影响的中国问题专家。他在中国边疆史研究方面成果颇丰,《中国的边疆》一书是拉铁摩尔以边疆的观点研究中国历史和中国周边地缘政治的代表作。文章通过对拉铁摩尔学术背景和社会条件的考察,揭示其在中国边疆史及地缘研究上的独特视角,着重分析他在边疆史研究上的理论和方法。