明初の北邊について

Abstract

With the fall of the Yuan (元) dynasty the Mongols in China fled to their homeland. Most of them did not resume nomadic life and lived in towns and villages, while the rest surrendered to the Ming and were allowed to return to China. The latter were mostly enlisted in the Ming army and had good treatment as the result of the Ming's appeasement policy toward the Mongols, but, when the Mongols ceased to be a menace, the Ming began to maltreat them, sometimes enforcing them become peasants. Their discontent led them to take part in Ch'engtsu's (成祖) rebellion. After Ch'engtsu's success they were rewarded with improving their status. Incidentally, the author refers to causes of the fall of the Yuan-Mongols, problems of returning from a nomadic to sedentary life, and the nature of garrison soldiers under the Ming.