From "The Mountain Visitor" To "The Well-known Clan In Southern Fujian"

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties,the She had been active in the south-eastern China region.Their modes of production is the slash-and-burn.In ancient China where focused on discrimination between Chinese and the ethnic minorities,the She was discriminated against and excluded by the Han people,which naturally became the marginalized Ethnic group.However,in the course of the historical development of the following several centuries,the She people and the Han people which both live in the southeastern region continued to blend and contact,the Lan family in the area of Zhangpu was also one of them.Since the Dynasty of Ming,the Lan family in the area of Zhangpu has gradually begun to transform its natural life style to the life style which has the character of the traditional farmer family.Meanwhile,they also began to build up its own clan lineage in an effort to eliminate the obstacles of family advancement.In the year of Chongzhen's,the family of the Lan in the area of Zhangpu eventually cultivated a gentleman like Lan Mingqiu.However,with the demise of the Ming dynasty,Lan Mingqiu and other famous persons in this family almost died for the Ming dynasty which caused the situation that the rising momentum of the Lan family was interrupted,meanwhile,their marginal fate hasn't changed a lot.At the time of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Zhangzhou,Quanzhou,Chaozhou,and other places that located in the southeast China became the core areas for which several forces like the regimes of Qing and Zheng all struggled.After the long-term wrestle of them,the group of Ming Zheng gradually began to recede,at the same time,the Qing Dynasty gradually reversed its unfavorable situation through the policies and strategies which include the national strength and flexible recrmit.In this time,the majority of the people and the robber forces went to the Qing government.Besides,the military governor of Geng imposed ruthless rules on the people.Therefore,during the turmoil in Fujian,Lan Li who was the representative in the area of Zhangpu suffered a many of difficulties to take refuge in the Qing army,and then became a great general of the Qing dynasty.Due to the relatively complicated domestic political environment during the early period of Emperor Kangxi's reign,in order to consolidate the govern of the territory,the young Emperor Kangxi began to assign the talent people in an eclectic manner.As a brave man,Lan Li showed the excellent performance in the battle of Pingtai which was recognized by the emperor Kangxi and then he was entrusted with heavy responsibilities to make contributions to the reunification of the Qing dynasty.After the person named Lan Li,Lan Tingzhen also became the core figure of Lan family in Zhangpu area.On the one hand,his growth originated from the promotion of Lan Li.On the other hand,the state's rule for the Chinese South-eastern coastal areas make him success.His reputation came from the contribution of arresting bandits in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang province,and then after putting down Zhu Yigui's rebellion in Taiwan province,he became one of the most important military general in the regime of the emperor Yongzheng.Compared with Lan li,Lan Tingzhen began to pay more attention to guiding the atmosphere of reading in the family.Lan Dingyuan,after Lan Tingzhen,was well-known for his neo-confucianism's achievement?talent and contribution to the govern of Taiwan province.People called him as "a talented man of governing the country" and "a master of governing Taiwan province".Because of Lan Dingyuan's image which is "a talented man of governing the country ",the Lan family got rid of the view from the local people who thought that military officers had the graceless habit.Lan Dingyuan had become the key figure in the family who had made the family risen by relying on military power to by relying on literature.As a minority regime,the governor of Qing dynasty appeared to be cautious and flexible while dealing with the relationship between the central government and the local government.In order to control south-eastern region effectively,the government of Qing dynasty relied on the reform called "family returnee households" during the reign of Emperor Kangxi to re-enter the south-east society that had been out of control since the middle and late Ming dynasty and regained control of it.Meanwhile,Lan family also got a legal social status in virtue of this reform.And then,on this basis,on the one hand,the rulers of the Qing dynasty adhered to the policy of "assimilating the minority by Han";and on the other hand,they carried out the national policy that emphasizing on both literature and military accomplishment and highlighting diversified peoples to realize the goal of controlling the borders effectively.With the effective control of the territory,Lan family in Zhangpu area achieved dual conversion of ethnic groups and social identities by virtue of military power in this atmosphere.In the middle of the Qing Dynasty,the Zhangpu Lan family had been the well-known family in southern Fujian.In the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Lan family' s development and transformation has provided a great window for studying the society in Fujian-Taiwan.Under the Ming and Qing regimes,witnessing the "big history" of the country and society through the family's "little history" and presenting the relationship of Zhangpu Lan family?society and Fujian-Taiwan are two excellent ways to highlight the internal and secondary factors'impact in the period of controlling borders in Qing dynasty.What's more,it can reveal the development and transforming course.