The Researching Of "Yi Ming" People's Behaviors And Surviving Ways In Chiangnan Area In The Beginning Of Qing Dynasty

The study object of this thesis is about a very special group of people. In the last decade of Ming Dynasty and the continuing first decade of Qing Dynasty, they were used to having their lives, expressing their feelings and thoughts through some kinds of very particular ways. They lived in Qing Dynasty but claimed that both their bodies and hearts were belong to the former Ming Dynasty, which was defeated by Qing Dynasty in a very short time. They called themselves "Yi Ming", gathering together, refusing to cooperate with the new government, and using their own ways to remember or commemorate their past times. Nowadays, the historians are accustomed to calling them as "Ming Yi Ming", the special people living between Ming and Qing. In order to learn more about this group of people, it's necessary for us to know their lives and thoughts clearly. The research work should also considering about the background times, outside circumstance, age trend of thoughts and many other objective factors.As the special group of people living in a special time, there are many points of views could be used by us to describe them. Paying attention to their real lives and activities after the dynastic changes, comparing the difference between the past and present, we will find out that these obvious changes happened in "Yi Ming" people's lives and thoughts not only came from the outside aspect but also decided by their own special characteristics. The influence factors are complex, and in my opinion, trying to figure out them could help us know more about this particular "Yi Ming" group. In the beginning decades of Qing Dynasty, there were many "Yi Ming" people gathering in "Chiangnan", the south area of Yangzi River. In order to make this research more feasible, the thesis will be restricted into this comparatively narrow area. And "Yi Ming" people's real lives and thoughts will be the keystone of the research.The whole paper was divided into four parts. They are exordium, the four certain main parts and the finial summary. In the four certain parts, chapter one and two are mainly about some basic conceptions and problems relating with the research. The detail describing and analyzing of "Yi Ming" people's real behaviors and surviving ways are in the next chapter three and four.