The Datun contract documents provide empirical evidence for investigating the actual state of tuntian land transactionsin central Guizhou during the Qing dynasty.After the Wei-suo garrisons in Datun Village,Puding Cou...The Datun contract documents provide empirical evidence for investigating the actual state of tuntian land transactionsin central Guizhou during the Qing dynasty.After the Wei-suo garrisons in Datun Village,Puding County,were merged intoprefectural and county administrations,the village formed a"one place,three jurisdictions"governance pattern,rooted in thecoexistence of multiple land tax categories,including tuntian,ketian,and qiutian.Although land remained nominally classifiedas"tun"or"ke",and the documents continued to use the term"ding",tuntian had effectively been privatized,unifying rights tothe land's base and surface,and enabling free circulation.Tuntian primarily served as an indicator of tax grade,and transactionprices were lower than those of ketian due to"high tax,low price".Examining tuntian transactions provides empirical insightsinto land tenure structures and socio-economic changes in central Guizhou from the Ming to Qing dynasties.展开更多
文摘The Datun contract documents provide empirical evidence for investigating the actual state of tuntian land transactionsin central Guizhou during the Qing dynasty.After the Wei-suo garrisons in Datun Village,Puding County,were merged intoprefectural and county administrations,the village formed a"one place,three jurisdictions"governance pattern,rooted in thecoexistence of multiple land tax categories,including tuntian,ketian,and qiutian.Although land remained nominally classifiedas"tun"or"ke",and the documents continued to use the term"ding",tuntian had effectively been privatized,unifying rights tothe land's base and surface,and enabling free circulation.Tuntian primarily served as an indicator of tax grade,and transactionprices were lower than those of ketian due to"high tax,low price".Examining tuntian transactions provides empirical insightsinto land tenure structures and socio-economic changes in central Guizhou from the Ming to Qing dynasties.
