The Southern Man People as a Political and Fiscal Problem in Han Times - HAL-SHS - Sciences de l'Homme et de la Société
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The Southern Man People as a Political and Fiscal Problem in Han Times

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Starting from what the Hou Hanshu says about the Southern Man in Later Han times, this article aims to measure the prescriptive importance of Fan Ye’s text, through a comparison with other types of documents, mostly unearthed documents from the Middle Yangzi area. Beyond the stereotypical image of benevolent officials educating savage barbarians, it suggests that the “Man problem” was not an ethnic issue, but rather a political and fiscal one. Indeed, most Man rebellions occurred not only because of the gradual imperial colonization of the southern part of the realm, but also because the officials holding office in the Middle Yangzi regularly questioned the Man’s fiscal status.
本文通過⟪後漢書⟫及近五十年來長江中游地區出土文獻來考察漢代南蠻的歷史。摒除了蠻人頑劣,受循吏諄諄教導的千篇一律形象,筆者認為“南蠻問題”并不是民族問題,而是政治和財政上的難題。事實上儘管在帝國南部的長江中游地區逐步殖民化進程中發生了許多南蠻叛亂,其主要原因還是當地任職官員對南蠻的財政及經濟身份經常有所質疑。

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halshs-02308349 , version 1 (08-10-2019)

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Alexis Lycas. The Southern Man People as a Political and Fiscal Problem in Han Times. Monumenta Serica - Journal of Oriental Studies, 2019, 67 (1), pp.145-164. ⟨10.1080/02549948.2019.1603443⟩. ⟨halshs-02308349⟩
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