关于清代以前后套地区的开垦问题

ON THE LAND RECLAMATION ISSUE IN HOU TAO AREA BEFORE THE QING DYNASTY

在清代以前,内蒙古后套地区并不具备全范围开垦耕种的自然地理条件。大约在清代乾、嘉时期,由于流经该地黄河的南、北两派发生了支经倒置的实质性变化,该地区才具备了全面开垦耕种的客观条件。因此,后套地区绝不是古代历朝河套开垦的中心地区,不能简单地根据清代以来后套地区逐渐形成的适宜农耕的自然条件,就认为后套地区是历代河套开垦的中心地区。

Before the Qing Dynasty, Hou Tao Area in Inner Mongolia did not possess the natural geographical conditions for land reclamation in the whole area. Around Qian Long and Jia Qing＇ s periods in Qing Dynasty, due to the substantive change of the north and south branches of the Yellow River, which ran by this area, this area was provided with the objective conditions for general land reclamation.