鄚天赐与郑信——政治立场、冲突及时代背景之研究

Mac Thieu Tu and Phraya Taksin:A Survey On Their Political Stand,Conflicts and Background

明清鼎革之际华南民众往越南、高棉、暹罗、马来亚及婆罗洲之迁移持续了近百年。即便我们清楚地知道,由于中国王朝更迭而导致的动荡,打破南海地区原来有秩序的移民活动,自秦汉以来曾经不同程度地再三发生,然而此次中国难民向南洋离散的规模和时间跨度仍然是史上罕见的。而该时段内一个前所未见的现象是,诸华人移民集团间盛行协助土著统治者垦荒,自居当地领袖,并建立由自己领有的有自治组织的定居点,甚或独立建国。此种行为显示出海外华人对外扩张之事业心,并标志着18世纪他们在东南亚的成熟的社群管理的出现。

At the juncture of the Ming and Ch’ing dynasties,a rare number of Chinese refugees who left to the“South Seas”and was encouraged by the Chengs Tungning regime expanded the scale of their enterprises in Southeast Asia,some of them even ran independent statesTwo of the most outstanding statesmen of these refugees were Mac Thieu Tu and Phraya TaksinCompared with Taksin’s assimilation to Siam,Thieu Tu kept more traditional Chinese specialty in his Hatien tranTheir conflicts and cooperation made them play important parts in the Indochinese history of the 17th and 18th centuriesThat also marked the advent of Chinese immigrant’s well organized collective management in the 18th century Southeast Asia.