试论清前期缅甸华侨的骤增

On the Causes of the Abrupt Increasing Chinese Immigrants in Myanmar in the Early Qing Dynasty

明末清初的战乱及康、雍、乾时期的三藩之乱、改土归流、中缅冲突导致了中国军民落藉缅甸的增多;清初的移民垦殖政策、中缅边贸经济的长足发展和缅王朝奉行的政策促进了中国商民大量移居缅甸。清前期缅甸华侨骤增十余万之众,他们以聚族而居和散居于当地居民中的形式侨居缅甸,就两种分布特点而言,聚族而居是主要的。

The chaos caused by the war in the early Qing dynasty led to an abrupt increase of Chinese immigrants in Myanmar. The immigration policy carried out by the rulers of the early Qing dynasty,the trade between China and Myanmar and Myanmar Kings favorable policy helped increase the popu- lation of the Chinese immigrants in Myanmar. Its number in the early Qing dynasty amounted to over ten thousands. They lived in Myanmar in compact communities or in a scattered form.