The Evolution of Early Qing Regulations on Fugitive Slaves

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ID6008605
AuthorsXiangyu Hu (0000-0002-1599-5667, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume46
Issue6
Pages642-675
Publication date2020-11-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueModern China (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0097-7004 • E-ISSN: 1552-6836
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0097700419890391
OpenAlexW2993126855
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

The early Qing regulations on fugitive slaves, which originated in pre-1644 Manchu society, aimed to stop banner slaves from escaping. Because very harsh punishments were imposed on both those who harbored fugitive slaves as well as the harborers’ neighbors (both of whom were mainly Han), these regulations led to many tragedies among the Han population and became a key site of Manchu-Han conflict during the Shunzhi and Kangxi reigns. Scholars have thus tended to see them as representative of Manchu alien rule. Unlike previous scholars’ perspectives that emphasize the early Qing rulers’ cruelty toward the Han population in implementing the fugitive regulations, this article demonstrates that Qing rulers, including Dorgon, Shunzhi, and Oboi, protected the interests of the Han population, and that Han legal principles eventually prevailed

Alien · Archaeology · Banner · Cruelty · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Chinese history and philosophy · Demography · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies

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