闽东北“畲”“倭”关系初识

The Relationship between She Minority Settlement and Japanese Pirates Invasion in Northeastern Fujian

闽东北是"嘉靖倭难"重灾区之一,不但沿海各县,而且部分内陆县份都深罹兵燹之害。"倭难"后,闽东北一方面人口减耗严重,另一方面官府档案簿籍亡佚散乱,众多寺院被毁,地权关系受到剧烈扰动,在宏观上对嘉靖初以来陆续进入闽东北滨海山区租山栽菁的汀州畲、客逐渐落地生根是有利的。但这并不意味着在"倭难"与明代畲人规模化入迁之间可以建立一一对应的线性因果联系。

Northeastern Fujian including the coastal as well as the interior regions,suffered attacks by Japanese Pirates during Jia Jing Period of the Ming Dynasty.In the aftermath of these attacks,the local population was drastically reduced,historical records and official documents were lost,temples were ruined,as a result,land ownership rights could not be tracked.This was advantageous to the She minority and Hakka people who came to settle down in Northeastern Fujian during the beginning years of Jiajing Period.However,this does not mean that there is causal relationship between the invasion of Japanese pirates and the settlement of She minority in northeastern Fujian.