The Reason That The Fujian People Migrated To Southeast Asia During Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty was an important period for the fujian people migrated to Southeast Asia.Both the scale and the number had a greater jump than before. Many academics relate to the reason that the Fujian people migrated to Southeast Asia,but most of them are general analysises.The researches on the topic are not enough.This paper analysis of the reason for the immgration profoundly and comprehensively.In this paper ,I use the theory of "Thrust and the Rally",analysis mainly from the the inside thrust and the outside rally. The inside thrust includes economic thrust,social thrust and political thrust and so on.And the ecomomic thrust includes:the conflicts between the population and land, the natural disasters occurred frequently,the Opium War(1840-1842) exacerbated the poverty of the peole's life.The development of commodity economic and overseas trade droved the immigration to overseas.The improvement of traffic conditions also promoted the immigration process.The social thrust includes: The relatives and friends in Southeast Asia led them to overseas.The Clan Clashes between the Fujian people was another factor of the immigration.The progressive thinking of Fujian people was also important,they enjoyed moving to other places and they also had enough courage to stuggle in overseas.The political thrust includes:the adjustments of the government's policy had an important impact on the immigration.Some Fujian people were against the rule of the Qing Dynasty,and even rebelled against the government,but failed,and they had to move overseas.The imperial examination system also had some influce on the immigration.The ones that always failed in the government examination were angry to society and wanted to go abroad. The abolition of the imperial examination system also influenced some Fujian pople.The outside rally mainly includes:the natural and geographical conditions in Southeast Asia attraced the Fujian people.When the western colonialists were developing and looting Southeast Asia,they needed a large quantity of the workforce.And they had taken various touting and abducting measures, which led a large number of Fujian people there. The Chinese elites in Southeast Asia also took many touting measures,which encouraged Fujian people to migrate overseas. This paper has been tied in wedlock large amount of local genealogy materials,annal of local history,collected works about Qing dynasty etc.It has expounded a theme comparatively throughly,and has developed more incisive analysis .This paper also has a more thorough analyses from a few brand-new angle.